Pararhizobium

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Pararhizobium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Hyphomicrobiales
Family: Rhizobiaceae
Genus: Pararhizobium
Mousavi et al. 2016[1]
Type species
Pararhizobium giardinii
(Amarger et al. 1997) Mousavi et al. 2016
Species[2]

Pararhizobium is a genus of Gram-negative soil bacteria that fix nitrogen. Some species of Pararhizobium form an endosymbiotic nitrogen-fixing association with roots of legumes.

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