Pararhizobium giardinii explained

Pararhizobium giardinii is a Gram negative root nodule bacteria. It forms nitrogen-fixing root nodules on legumes, being first isolated from those of Phaseolus vulgaris.^{[1] [2]}

Further reading

• Beyhaut. Elena. Tlusty. Becki. van Berkum. Peter. Graham. Peter H. Rhizobium giardinii is the microsymbiont of Illinois bundleflower (Desmanthus illinoensis (Michx.) Macmillan) in midwestern prairies. Canadian Journal of Microbiology. 52. 9. 2006. 903–907. 0008-4166. 10.1139/w06-051. 17110983.
• Velazquez. E.. Martinez-Romero. E.. Rodriguez-Navarro. D.N.. Trujillo. M.E.. Daza. A.. Mateos. P. F.. Martinez-Molina. E.. van Berkum. P.. Characterization of Rhizobial Isolates of Phaseolus vulgaris by Staircase Electrophoresis of Low-Molecular-Weight RNA. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 67. 2. 2001. 1008–1010. 0099-2240. 10.1128/AEM.67.2.1008-1010.2001. 11157280. 92684.
• Book: Krishnan, Hari B. . Emerich, David W. . Nitrogen fixation in crop production . American Society of Agronomy . Madison, WI . 2009 . 978-0-89118-170-5 .
• Zotov. V. S.. Punina. N. V.. Khapchaeva. S. A.. Didovych. S. V.. Melnichuk. T. N.. Topunov. A. F.. A new taxonomic marker of nodule bacteria of the Rhizobium genus and its evolution. Russian Journal of Genetics: Applied Research. 3. 2. 2013. 102–113. 2079-0597. 10.1134/S2079059713020111.

Notes and References

1. Mhamdi. R. Different species and symbiotic genotypes of field rhizobia can nodulate Phaseolus vulgaris in Tunisian soils. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 41. 1. 2002. 77–84. 0168-6496. 10.1016/S0168-6496(02)00264-7. 19709241. free.
2. Amarger. N.. Macheret. V.. Laguerre. G.. Rhizobium gallicum sp. nov. and Rhizobium giardinii sp. nov., from Phaseolus vulgaris Nodules. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 47. 4. 1997. 996–1006. 0020-7713. 10.1099/00207713-47-4-996. 9336898. free.