Rhizobiaceae


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Noun1.Rhizobiaceae - a small family of rod-shaped bacteria
bacteria family - a family of bacteria
genus Rhizobium, Rhizobium - the type genus of Rhizobiaceae; usually occur in the root nodules of legumes; can fix atmospheric oxygen
Agrobacterium, genus Agrobacterium - small motile bacterial rods that can reduce nitrates and cause galls on plant stems
Eubacteriales, order Eubacteriales - one of two usually recognized orders of true bacteria; Gram-positive spherical or rod-shaped forms; some are motile; in some classifications considered an order of Schizomycetes
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Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus (Las) (Rhizobiales: Rhizobiaceae) is a gram-negative, phloem-limited alphaproteobacterium, and the putative causal agent of citrus greening disease, or huanglongbing (Bove 2006).
Based on the growth rate on YEMA medium, the Rhizobiaceae family of bacteria can be divided into two major groups, namely, fast- and slow-growing rhizobia.
The best known and most exploited symbiotic N2-fixing bacteria are belonging to the family Rhizobiaceae (Graham and Vance, 2000).
Strain SWLH2 belonged to family Rhizobiaceae and the highest degree of similarity was found with the genus Agrobacterium.
The best known and most exploited symbiotic [N.sub.2]-fixing bacteria are those belonging to the family Rhizobiaceae (Rhizobia) and include the following genera: Rhizobium, Bradyrhizobium, Sinorhizobium, Azorhizobium, Mesorhizobium, and Allorhizobium [1, 2].
More strikingly, it has recently been discovered that bacteria that do not belong to the Rhizobiaceae can induce nodules on legumes [5].
Putative SCB species 1 (SCB1) clearly belongs to the Alphaproteobacteria, and is closely related to bacteria belonging to the families Rhizobiaceae and Phyllobacteriaceae in the order Rhizobiales (Fig.