Beijerinckia

Beijerinckia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Alphaproteobacteria
Order:	Hyphomicrobiales
Family:	Beijerinckiaceae
Genus:	Beijerinckia; Derx 1950
Type species
	Beijerinckia indica;
Species
	B. derxii Beijerinckia derxii subsp. derxii; Beijerinckia derxii subsp. venezuelae; ; B. doebereinerae; B. indica Beijerinckia indica subsp. indica; Beijerinckia indica subsp. lacticogenes; ; B. mobilis;

Beijerinckia is a genus of bacteria from the family of Beijerinckiaceae.

Beijerinckia is a free living nitrogen-fixing aerobic microbe. It has abundant of nitrogenase enzyme capable of nitrogen reduction.Beijerinckia are characterized as nonsymbiotic (i.e., free-living), aerobic, chemoheterorophic bacteria with the ability to fix atmospheric nitrogen. They can be distinguished from other nitrogen-fixing bacteria by cell morphology and some physiological characteristics.

Beijerinckia is named after M.W. Beijerinck, the Dutch microbiologist (1851–1931).