''Phyllobacterium leguminum'' is a
Gram-negative
Gram-negative bacteria are bacteria that do not retain the crystal violet stain used in the Gram staining method of bacterial differentiation. They are characterized by their cell envelopes, which are composed of a thin peptidoglycan cell wa ...
bacteria
Bacteria (; singular: bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one biological cell. They constitute a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms. Typically a few micrometres in length, bacteria were am ...
from the genus of ''
Phyllobacterium
''Phyllobacterium'' is a genus of Gram-negative, oxidase- and catalase-positive, aerobic bacteria.
Phylogeny
The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature
List of Prokaryotic names wi ...
'' which was isolated from
root nodules from the plants
Argyrolobium uniflorum
''Argyrolobium uniflorum'' is a wild pluriannual herbaceous species of drought tolerant legume found in arid regions of Northern Africa sometimes described as pseudo-savannah. ''A. uniflorum'' is a hardy wild species of plant and it is consider ...
and
Astragalus algerianus
''Astragalus'' is a large genus of over 3,000 species of herbs and small shrubs, belonging to the legume family Fabaceae and the subfamily Faboideae. It is the largest genus of plants in terms of described species. The genus is native to temp ...
.
UniProt
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References
Phyllobacteriaceae
Bacteria described in 2006
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