Rhizobacteria
Rhizobiaceae
The Rhizobiaceae is a family of proteobacteria comprising multiple subgroups that enhance and hinder plant development. Some bacteria's found in the family are used for plant nutrition and collectively make up the rhizobia. Consequently, other bacteria's such as Agrobacterium tumefaciens and A. rhizogenes severely alter the development of plants in their ability to induce crown galls or hairy roots found on the stem. The family has been of an interest to scientists for centuries in their...
8 branches of this family, most-observed first
agrobacteria
genusAgrobacterium
Rhizobium
genusRhizobium
Ensifer
genusEnsifer
Allorhizobium
genusAllorhizobium
Sinorhizobium
genusSinorhizobium
Reichenowia
genusReichenowia
Carbophilus
genusCarbophilus
Ciceribacter
genusCiceribacter
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 349868.