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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.

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  1. ^ Mousavi SA, Österman J, Wahlberg N, Nesme X, Lavire C, Vial L, Paulin L, de Lajudie P, Lindström K (2014). "Phylogeny of the RhizobiumAllorhizobiumAgrobacterium clade supports the delineation of Neorhizobium gen. nov". Syst Appl Microbiol. 37 (3): 208–15. doi:10.1016/j.syapm.2013.12.007. PMID 24581678.
  2. ^ Euzéby JP, Parte AC. "Neorhizobium". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved September 17, 2022.
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