The class Alphaproteobacteria is comprised of a diverse assemblage of Gram-negative
bacteria that includes organisms of varying morphologies, physiologies and habitat …

Enhancement of the nitrogen-fixing ability of endophytic bacteria in rice is expected to result
in improved nitrogen use under low-nitrogen conditions. Endophytic nitrogen-fixing bacteria …

The anaerobic phototrophic purple bacteria are a phylogenetically highly diverse group of
bacteria with the common physiological property of performing anoxygenic photosynthesis …

The taxonomic position of strain MSSRFBL1T, isolated from chickpea rhizosphere soil from
Kannivadi, India, was determined. Strain MSSRFBL1T formed bluish black colonies, stained …

A Gram-stain-negative, strictly aerobic and moderately halophilic bacterium, designated
strain Gri0909T, was isolated from a red marine alga, Grinnellia species, in the Yellow Sea …

A Gram-stain-negative, motile, rod-shaped bacterium, designated MSSRFH1T, was isolated
from the rhizosphere of the mangrove, Avicennia marina, in Pichavaram, Tamil Nadu, India …

Background Magnetotactic bacteria (MTB) are ubiquitous in natural aquatic environments.
MTB can produce intracellular magnetic particles, navigate along geomagnetic field, and …

A novel Gram-staining-negative, spiral-shaped bacterium, designated strain 64-1T, was
isolated from oil reservoir water collected from Liaohe oilfield, north-eastern China. Growth …

Two strains of the family Rhodospirillaceae were isolated from the rhizosphere of the
medicinal plant Hypericum perforatum. Cells of both strains were Gram-stain-negative …

A bacterial strain designated LTC-2T was isolated from a freshwater lake in Taiwan and
characterized using a polyphasic taxonomic approach. Cells of strain LTC-2T were Gram …