Beijerinckia
Beijerinckia is a free living nitrogen-fixing aerobic microbe. It has abundant of nitrogenase enzyme capable of nitrogen reduction.
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| Genus: | Beijerinckia Derx 1950[1] |
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Beijerinckia is a genus of bacteria from the family of Beijerinckiaceae.[1][2]
Beijerinckia named after M.W. Beijerinck, the Dutch microbiologist (1851–1931).[3]
References
- LPSN lpsn.dsmz.de
- UniProt
- Whitman, William B; Rainey, Fred; Kämpfer, Peter; Trujillo, Martha; Chun, Jonsik; DeVos, Paul; Hedlund, Brian; Dedysh, Svetlana, eds. (2015-04-17). Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (1 ed.). Wiley. doi:10.1002/9781118960608.gbm00795. ISBN 978-1-118-96060-8.
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