''Azospira'' is a genus in the phylum
Pseudomonadota
Pseudomonadota (synonym Proteobacteria) is a major phylum of Gram-negative bacteria. The renaming of phyla in 2021 remains controversial among microbiologists, many of whom continue to use the earlier names of long standing in the literature. The ...
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Bacteria
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It has two members, namely ''
Azospira oryzae'' and ''
Azospira restricta''.
See also
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Bacterial taxonomy
Bacterial taxonomy is the taxonomy, i.e. the rank-based classification, of bacteria.
In the scientific classification established by Carl Linnaeus, each species has to be assigned to a genus ( binary nomenclature), which in turn is a lower level ...
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Microbiology
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References
Bacteria genera
Rhodocyclaceae
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