Entry
Org code
ali
Name
Azospirillum lipoferum 4B
Annotation
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Taxonomy
Lineage
Bacteria; Pseudomonadati; Pseudomonadota; Alphaproteobacteria; Rhodospirillales; Azospirillaceae; Azospirillum; Azospirillum lipoferum
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Org group
Bacteria; Alphaproteobacteria; Rhodospirillales
Brite
KEGG organisms [BR:br08601 ]
KEGG organisms in the NCBI taxonomy [BR:br08610 ]
KEGG organisms in taxonomic ranks [BR:br08611 ]
Data source
Keywords
Denitrification
Comment
Bacteria of the genus Azospirillum are found primarily in terrestrial habitats, where they colonize roots of important cereals and other grasses and promote plant growth by several mechanisms including nitrogen fixation and phytohormone secretion.
Chromosome
Plasmid
Statistics
Number of protein genes: 6098
Number of RNA genes: 121
Created
2012
Reference
Authors
Wisniewski-Dye F, Borziak K, Khalsa-Moyers G, Alexandre G, Sukharnikov LO, Wuichet K, Hurst GB, McDonald WH, Robertson JS, Barbe V, et al.
Title
Azospirillum genomes reveal transition of bacteria from aquatic to terrestrial environments.
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