Azoarcus

Azoarcus is a genus of nitrogen-fixing bacteria.[2] Species in this genus are usually found in contaminated water, as they are involved in the degradation of some contaminants, commonly inhabiting soil. These bacteria have also been found growing in the endophytic compartment (inside the plant between the living cells) of some rice species and other grasses.[3] The genus is within the family Zoogloeaceae in the Rhodocyclales of the Betaproteobacteria.[1]

Azoarcus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Class:
Order:
Family:
Zoogloeaceae[1]
Genus:
Azoarcus

Reinhold-Hurek et al. 1993
Species:
Type species
Azoarcus indigens

References

  1. Boden, R; Hutt, LP, Rae AW (2017). "Reclassification of Thiobacillus aquaesulis (Wood & Kelly, 1995) as Annwoodia aquaesulis gen. nov., comb. nov., transfer of Thiobacillus (Beijerinck, 1904) from the Hydrogenophilales to the Nitrosomonadales, proposal of Hydrogenophilalia class. nov. within the 'Proteobacteria', and four new families within the orders Nitrosomonadales and Rhodocyclales". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 67 (5): 1191–1205. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.001927. PMID 28581923.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  2. Reinhold-Hurek, B.; Hurek, T.; Gillis, M.; Hoste, B.; Vancanneyt, M.; Kersters, K.; De Ley, J. (1993). "Azoarcus gen. nov., Nitrogen-Fixing Proteobacteria Associated with Roots of Kallar Grass (Leptochloa fusca (L.) Kunth), and Description of Two Species, Azoarcus indigens sp. nov. and Azoarcus communis sp. nov". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 43 (3): 574–584. doi:10.1099/00207713-43-3-574. ISSN 0020-7713.
  3. Raven Biology of Plants 8th Edition. Freeman

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