Biology:Beijerinckia
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Short description: Genus of bacteria
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Hyphomicrobiales |
| Family: | Beijerinckiaceae |
| Genus: | Beijerinckia Derx 1950[1] |
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| Beijerinckia indica[1] | |
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Beijerinckia is a genus of bacteria from the family of Beijerinckiaceae.[1][2]
Beijerinckia is a free living nitrogen-fixing aerobic microbe. It has abundant of nitrogenase enzyme capable of nitrogen reduction.
Beijerinckia is named after M.W. Beijerinck, the Dutch microbiologist (1851–1931).[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 LPSN lpsn.dsmz.de
- ↑ UniProt
- ↑ Whitman, William B, ed (2015-04-17) (in en). Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (1 ed.). Wiley. doi:10.1002/9781118960608.gbm00795. ISBN 978-1-118-96060-8. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781118960608.
Wikidata ☰ Q15787457 entry
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