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Rhizobium
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Rhizobium

Rhizobium is a genus of Gram-negative soil bacteria that fix nitrogen. Rhizobium species form an endosymbiotic nitrogen-fixing association with roots of legumes and Parasponia.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Rhizobium leguminosarum

speciesRhizobium leguminosarum

Rhizobium rhizogenes

speciesRhizobium rhizogenes

Rhizobium galegae

speciesRhizobium galegae

Rhizobium etli

speciesRhizobium etli

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