Burkholderia tuberum

Burkholderia tuberum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Betaproteobacteria
Order: Burkholderiales
Family: Burkholderiaceae
Genus: Burkholderia
Species: B. tuberum
Binomial name
Burkholderia tuberum
Vandamme et al. 2003

Burkholderia tuberum is a species of bacteria that is capable of symbiotic nitrogen fixation with the legume Aspalathus carnosa.[1]

References

  1. Vandamme P, Goris J, Chen WM, De Vos P, Willems A (December 2002). "Burkholderia tuberum sp. Nov. And Burkholderia phymatum sp. Nov., nodulate the roots of tropical legumes". Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 25 (4): 507–12. doi:10.1078/07232020260517634. PMID 12583710.
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