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A New Species of Devosia That Forms a Unique Nitrogen-Fixing Root-Nodule Symbiosis with the Aquatic Legume Neptunia natans (L.f.) Druce
- R. Rivas, E. Velázquez, +6 authors E. Martı́nez-Molina
- Biology, Medicine
- Applied and Environmental Microbiology
- 1 November 2002
ABSTRACT Rhizobia are the common bacterial symbionts that form nitrogen-fixing root nodules in legumes. However, recently other bacteria have been shown to nodulate and fix nitrogen symbiotically… Expand
Reclassification of Agrobacterium ferrugineum LMG 128 as Hoeflea marina gen. nov., sp. nov.
- A. Peix, R. Rivas, M. Trujillo, M. Vancanneyt, E. Velázquez, A. Willems
- Biology, Medicine
- International journal of systematic and…
- 1 May 2005
Members of the species Agrobacterium ferrugineum were isolated from marine environments. The type strain of this species (= LMG 22047(T) = ATCC 25652(T)) was recently reclassified in the new genus… Expand
Nodulation of Lupinus albus by Strains of Ochrobactrum lupini sp. nov
- M. Trujillo, A. Willems, +6 authors E. Velázquez
- Biology, Medicine
- Applied and Environmental Microbiology
- 1 March 2005
ABSTRACT The nodulation of legumes has for more than a century been considered an exclusive capacity of a group of microorganisms commonly known as rhizobia and belonging to the α-Proteobacteria.… Expand
Bacterial Associations with Legumes
- A. Peix, M. H. Ramírez-Bahena, E. Velázquez, E. Bedmar
- Biology
- 1 June 2015
Legumes form a large group of plants that constitute the third largest family of angiosperms, including near 20,000 species and 750 genera. Most of them have the ability to establish symbioses with… Expand
The beneficial plant growth-promoting association of Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii with rice roots
- Y. G. Yanni, R. Rizk, +22 authors F. Dazzo
- Biology
- 21 September 2001
his paper summarizes a multinational collaborative project to search for natural, intimate associations between rhizobia and rice (Oryza sativa L.), assess their impact on plant growth, and exploit… Expand
Historical evolution and current status of the taxonomy of genus Pseudomonas.
- A. Peix, M. Ramı́rez-Bahena, E. Velázquez
- Biology, Medicine
- Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of…
- 1 December 2009
The genus Pseudomonas was described in 1894 and is one of the most diverse and ubiquitous bacterial genera whose species have been isolated worldwide in all kinds of environments, from the Antarctica… Expand
Description of Devosia neptuniae sp. nov. that nodulates and fixes nitrogen in symbiosis with Neptunia natans, an aquatic legume from India.
- R. Rivas, A. Willems, +6 authors E. Velázquez
- Biology, Medicine
- Systematic and applied microbiology
- 2003
Neptunia natans is a unique aquatic legume indigenous to tropical and sub-tropical regions and is nodulated symbiotically by rhizobia using an unusual infection process unlike any previously… Expand
Herbaspirillum lusitanum sp. nov., a novel nitrogen-fixing bacterium associated with root nodules of Phaseolus vulgaris.
- Angel Valverde, E. Velázquez, C. Gutiérrez, E. Cervantes, A. Ventosa, J. Igual
- Biology, Medicine
- International journal of systematic and…
- 1 November 2003
Several bacterial strains were isolated from root nodules of Phaseolus vulgaris plants grown in a soil from Portugal. The strains were Gram-negative, aerobic, curved rod-shaped and motile. The… Expand
Bradyrhizobium pachyrhizi sp. nov. and Bradyrhizobium jicamae sp. nov., isolated from effective nodules of Pachyrhizus erosus.
- M. H. Ramírez-Bahena, A. Peix, +6 authors E. Velázquez
- Biology, Medicine
- International journal of systematic and…
- 1 August 2009
Several strains isolated from the legume Pachyrhizus erosus were characterized on the basis of diverse genetic, phenotypic and symbiotic approaches. These novel strains formed two groups closely… Expand
Burkholderia spp. are the most competitive symbionts of Mimosa, particularly under N-limited conditions.
- Geoffrey N. Elliott, Jui-Hsing Chou, +7 authors E. James
- Biology, Medicine
- Environmental microbiology
- 1 April 2009
Bacteria isolated from Mimosa nodules in Taiwan, Papua New Guinea, Mexico and Puerto Rico were identified as belonging to either the alpha- or beta-proteobacteria. The beta-proteobacterial… Expand