family Rhizobiaceae

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family 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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The best known and most exploited symbiotic N2-fixing bacteria are belonging to the family Rhizobiaceae (Graham and Vance, 2000).

ROLE OF PHYSIOLOGICAL PRECURSOR AND RHIZOBIUM-WHEAT ASSOCIATIONS IN FIELD CONDITIONS

Legume plants are able to enter into symbiosis with bacteria belonging to the family Rhizobiaceae [45].

Preliminary study of the properties of the plasmid pSym of the species Rhizobium sullae by the application of a bacterial conjugation with the species of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Degradation of the herbicide glyphosate by members of the family Rhizobiaceae. Applied Environmental Microbiology.

Bioremediation of glyphosate by bacteria isolated from glyphosate contaminated soil