Ensifer fredii

Ensifer fredii
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Hyphomicrobiales
Family: Rhizobiaceae
Genus: Ensifer
Species:
E. fredii
Binomial name
Ensifer fredii
(Scholla & Elkan, 1984) Young, 2003
Synonyms
  • Ensifer xinjiangensis (Chen et al., 1988) Young, 2003
  • Rhizobium fredii Scholla and Elkan, 1984
  • Sinorhizobium fredii (Scholla and Elkan, 1984) Chen et al., 1988 emend. De Lajudie et al., 1994
  • Sinorhizobium xinjiangense Chen et al., 1988

Ensifer fredii is a nitrogen fixing bacterium. It is a fast-growing root nodule bacterium. Ensifer fredii exhibits a broad host-range and is able to nodulate both determinant hosts, such as soy, as well as indeterminate hosts including the pigeon pea. Because of their ease of host infection there is interest in their genetics and the symbiotic role in host infection and nodule formation.

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