Herbaspirillum Explained

Herbaspirillum is a genus of bacteria, including the nitrogen-fixing Herbaspirillum lusitanum.[1]

Although usually found in soil environments, it has also been identified as a contaminant of DNA extraction kit reagents, which may lead to its erroneous appearance in microbiota or metagenomic datasets.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Parker. Charles Thomas. Wigley. Sarah. Garrity. George M. Charles Thomas. Parker. George M. Garrity. Nomenclature Abstract for Herbaspirillum Baldani et al. 1986 emend. Carro et al. 2012. The NamesforLife Abstracts. 10.1601/nm.1705. en. 2009. 2024-04-17 .
  2. Salter. S. Cox. M. Turek. E. Calus. S. Cookson. W. Moffatt. M. Turner. P. Parkhill. J. Loman. N. Walker. A. Reagent contamination can critically impact sequence-based microbiome analyses. 2014. 10.1101/007187.

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