''Beijerinckia'' is a genus of bacteria from the family of
Beijerinckiaceae
The Beijerinckiaceae are a family of Hyphomicrobiales named after the Dutch microbiologist Martinus Willem Beijerinck. '' Beijerinckia'' is a genus of free-living aerobic nitrogen-fixing bacteria. Acidotolerant ''Beijerinckiaceae'' has been show ...
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Beijerinckia is a free living nitrogen-fixing aerobic microbe. It has abundant of nitrogenase enzyme capable of nitrogen reduction.Beijerinckia are characterized as nonsymbiotic (i.e., free-living), aerobic, chemoheterorophic bacteria with the ability to fix atmospheric nitrogen. They can be distinguished from other nitrogen-fixing bacteria by cell morphology and some physiological characteristics.
''Beijerinckia'' is named after M.W. Beijerinck, the Dutch microbiologist (1851–1931).]
References
Beijerinckiaceae
Bacteria genera
Martinus Beijerinck
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