Methylobacterium nodulans explained

Methylobacterium nodulans is an aerobic, facultatively methylotrophic, legume root nodule-forming and nitrogen-fixing bacteria.^[1]

Further reading

• Jourand. Philippe. Renier. Adeline. Rapior. Sylvie. de Faria. Sergio Miana. Prin. Yves. Galiana. Antoine. Giraud. Eric. Dreyfus. Bernard. Role of Methylotrophy During Symbiosis BetweenMethylobacterium nodulansandCrotalaria podocarpa. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 18. 10. 2005. 1061–1068. 0894-0282. 10.1094/MPMI-18-1061. 16255245.
• Renier. Adeline. Jourand. Philippe. Rapior. Sylvie. Poinsot. Véréna. Sy. Abdoulaye. Dreyfus. Bernard. Moulin. Lionel. Symbiotic properties of Methylobacterium nodulans ORS 2060T: A classic process for an atypical symbiont. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 40. 6. 2008. 1404–1412. 0038-0717. 10.1016/j.soilbio.2007.12.020.
• Renier. A.. De Faria. S. M.. Jourand. P.. Giraud. E.. Dreyfus. B.. Rapior. S.. Prin. Y.. Nodulation of Crotalaria podocarpa DC. by Methylobacterium nodulans displays very unusual features. Journal of Experimental Botany. 62. 10. 2011. 3693–3697. 0022-0957. 10.1093/jxb/err083. 21422120. free.

External links

• • LPSN
• Type strain of Methylobacterium nodulans at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

Notes and References

1. Jourand. P.. Methylobacterium nodulans sp. nov., for a group of aerobic, facultatively methylotrophic, legume root-nodule-forming and nitrogen-fixing bacteria. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 54. 6. 2004. 2269–2273. 1466-5026. 10.1099/ijs.0.02902-0. 15545469. free.