Azospirillum lipoferum: Difference between revisions
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==Introduction== | ==Introduction== | ||
<i>Azospirillum lipoferum</i>, is a gram | <i>Azospirillum lipoferum</i>, is a gram negative a-proteobacteria extensively studied due to its properties to influence plant growth, due to this symbiotic characteristic this bacteria is qualified as a Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR). The organism was first described by Martinus Beijerinck who named it <i>Spirillum lipoferum</i> , in 1925. Later, the classification was revised by Tarrand et al. who renamed it <i>Azospirillum lipoferum</i> which means "small, fat bearing, spiral". | ||
==Classification== | ==Classification== | ||
[[Image:Lipoferum.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Transmission electron micrograph of Azospirillum lipoferum 4B grown in liquid culture. (F, polar flagellum; bar, 1 µm).Source: Alexandre et al. 1999, Applied Environmental Microbiology, 65, 7401.]] | [[Image:Lipoferum.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Transmission electron micrograph of Azospirillum lipoferum 4B grown in liquid culture. (F, polar flagellum; bar, 1 µm).Source: Alexandre et al. 1999, Applied Environmental Microbiology, 65, 7401.]] |
Revision as of 00:24, 21 April 2014
Introduction
Azospirillum lipoferum, is a gram negative a-proteobacteria extensively studied due to its properties to influence plant growth, due to this symbiotic characteristic this bacteria is qualified as a Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR). The organism was first described by Martinus Beijerinck who named it Spirillum lipoferum , in 1925. Later, the classification was revised by Tarrand et al. who renamed it Azospirillum lipoferum which means "small, fat bearing, spiral".
Classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Rhodospirillales
Family: Rhodospirillaceae
Genus: Azospirillum
Species: Azospirillum lipoferum
Metabolism
Ecology
Reference
http://www.genoscope.cns.fr/spip/-Azospirillum-lipoferum-.html
http://www.plantphysiol.org/content/125/4/2053.full
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhizobacteria
http://www.idosi.org/aejaes/jaes8(6)/1.pdf
http://www.bacterio.net/azospirillum.html
http://www.straininfo.net/taxa/308;jsessionid=B15A4846847631CCCC748BDC2391FB0A.straininfo2
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&id=193