Devosia neptuniae explained
Devosia neptuniae is a nitrogen-fixing bacteria that nodulates Neptunia natans. It is Gram-negative, strictly aerobic short rod-shaped and motile by a subpolar flagellum. The type strain of D. neptuniae is LMG 21357T (CECT 5650T).[1]
Further reading
- Rivas R, Velázquez E, Willems A, Vizcaíno N, Subba-Rao NS, Mateos PF, etal . A new species of Devosia that forms a unique nitrogen-fixing root-nodule symbiosis with the aquatic legume Neptunia natans (L.f.) druce. . Appl Environ Microbiol . 2002 . 68 . 11 . 5217–22 . 12406707 . 10.1128/aem.68.11.5217-5222.2002. 129907 . 2002ApEnM..68.5217R .
- Polacco, Joe C., and Christopher D. Todd. Ecological Aspects of Nitrogen Metabolism in Plants. John Wiley & Sons, 2011.
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Notes and References
- Rivas. Raúl. Willems. Anne. Subba-Rao. Nanjappa S.. Mateos. Pedro F.. Dazzo. Frank B.. Kroppenstedt. Reiner M.. Martínez-Molina. Eustoquio. Gillis. Monique. Velázquez. Encarna. Description of Devosia neptuniae sp. nov. that Nodulates and Fixes Nitrogen in Symbiosis with Neptunia natans, an Aquatic Legume from India. Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 26. 1. 2003. 47–53. 0723-2020. 10.1078/072320203322337308. 12747409.