Neorhizobium
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Neorhizobium
Mousavi et al. 2014[1]
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Neorhizobium galegae Lindström 1989
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Neorhizobium is a genus of Gram-negative soil bacteria that fix nitrogen. It was recently segregated from the genus Rhizobium. Neorhizobium forms an endosymbiotic nitrogen-fixing association with roots of legumes.