Azospirillum halopraeferens

Azospirillum halopraeferens is a species of nitrogen-fixing bacteria associated with the roots of Diplachne fusca and black mangrove.[1][2] It is microaerophilic and its type strain is Au 4 (= LMG 7108 =DSM 3675).

Azospirillum halopraeferens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Proteobacteria
Class:
Alphaproteobacteria
Order:
Rhodospirillales
Family:
Rhodospirillaceae
Genus:
Azospirillum
Species:
Azospirillum halopraeferens

Reinhold et al., 1987

References
  1. Puente, M (1999). "Root-surface colonization of black mangrove seedlings by Azospirillum halopraeferens and Azospirillum brasilense in seawater". FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 29 (3): 283–292. doi:10.1016/S0168-6496(99)00023-9. ISSN 0168-6496.
  2. Reinhold, B.; Hurek, T.; Fendrik, I.; Pot, B.; Gillis, M.; Kersters, K.; Thielemans, S.; De Ley, J. (1987). "Azospirillum halopraeferens sp. nov., a Nitrogen-Fixing Organism Associated with Roots of Kallar Grass (Leptochloa fusca (L.) Kunth)". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 37 (1): 43–51. doi:10.1099/00207713-37-1-43. ISSN 0020-7713.

Further reading
  • Rueda-Puente, E. O.; Castellanos, T.; Troyo-Diéguez, E.; León-Alvarez, J. L. Díaz de (2004). "Effect of Klebsiella pneumoniae and Azospirillum halopraeferens on the growth and development of two Salicornia bigelovii genotypes". Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture. 44 (1): 65. doi:10.1071/EA03012. ISSN 0816-1089.


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