''Mesorhizobium ciceri'' is a
gram-negative
Gram-negative bacteria are bacteria that, unlike gram-positive bacteria, do not retain the crystal violet stain used in the Gram staining method of bacterial differentiation. Their defining characteristic is that their cell envelope consists ...
,
nitrogen-fixing
Nitrogen fixation is a chemical process by which molecular dinitrogen () is converted into ammonia (). It occurs both biologically and abiological nitrogen fixation, abiologically in chemical industry, chemical industries. Biological nitrogen ...
motile
bacteria
Bacteria (; : bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one Cell (biology), biological cell. They constitute a large domain (biology), domain of Prokaryote, prokaryotic microorganisms. Typically a few micr ...
from the genus of
Mesorhizobium
''Mesorhizobium'' is a genus of Gram-negative soil bacteria. At least one, the nitrogen fixing species, ''Mesorhizobium loti'', forms symbiotic root nodule
Root nodules are found on the roots of plants, primarily legumes, that form a symbiosi ...
which was isolated from Chickpea nodules of
Cicer arietinum
The chickpea or chick pea (''Cicer arietinum'') is an annual legume of the family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae, cultivated for its edible seeds. Its different types are variously known as gram," Bengal gram, garbanzo, garbanzo bean, or Egypt ...
in
Spain
Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...
. Rhizobium cicero was transferred to ''Mesorhizobium ciceri''.
References
Further reading
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External links
Type strain of ''Mesorhizobium ciceri'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Phyllobacteriaceae
Bacteria described in 1997
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