Bradyrhizobium bacteria

E213137

Bradyrhizobium bacteria are slow-growing, nitrogen-fixing soil microorganisms that form root nodule symbioses with leguminous plants, helping convert atmospheric nitrogen into a usable form.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Bradyrhizobium 4
Bradyrhizobium japonicum 2
Bradyrhizobium bacteria canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bacterial genus ⓘ
nitrogen-fixing bacterium ⓘ
soil microorganism ⓘ
associatedWith cowpea ⓘ
peanut ⓘ
soybean ⓘ
tree legumes ⓘ
benefitsHostBy providing fixed nitrogen ⓘ
capability biological nitrogen fixation ⓘ
cellShape rod-shaped ⓘ
cellularLocationOfNitrogenase bacteroids in root nodules ⓘ
class Alphaproteobacteria ⓘ
converts atmospheric nitrogen to ammonia ⓘ
distinguishedFrom Rhizobium by slower growth ⓘ
enzymeSystem nitrogenase complex ⓘ
etymology derived from Greek for slow rod ⓘ
family Nitrobacteraceae ⓘ
linked to: Hyphomicrobiales
firstDescribedBy Jordan ⓘ
firstDescribedInYear 1982 ⓘ
fixes atmospheric nitrogen ⓘ
forms root nodules ⓘ
formsSymbiosisWith leguminous plants ⓘ
genomeFeature large genome size relative to many bacteria ⓘ
symbiosis-related gene clusters ⓘ
gramStain Gram-negative ⓘ
growthRate slow-growing ⓘ
habitat rhizosphere of leguminous plants ⓘ
soil ⓘ
impactOnEnvironment reduces need for synthetic nitrogen fertilizers ⓘ
kingdom Bacteria ⓘ
lifestyle free-living in soil and symbiotic in nodules ⓘ
metabolism aerobic ⓘ
order Hyphomicrobiales ⓘ
oxygenRequirement microaerophilic for nitrogen fixation ⓘ
phylum Pseudomonadota ⓘ
linked to: Proteobacteria
receivesFromHost carbon sources ⓘ
energy ⓘ
reproduction binary fission ⓘ
requires legume host for efficient nitrogen fixation in nature ⓘ
researchUse model for legume–rhizobia symbiosis studies ⓘ
roleInAgriculture biological fertilizer ⓘ
roleInEcosystem key component of nitrogen cycle ⓘ
symbiosisNature mutualistic ⓘ
symbiosisType root nodule symbiosis ⓘ
taxonomicRank genus ⓘ
usedAs inoculant for legume crops ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Faboideae → symbiosisWith → Bradyrhizobium bacteria ⓘ
Glycine max → symbiont → Bradyrhizobium japonicum ⓘ
linked to: Bradyrhizobium bacteria
Parasponia → symbiont → Bradyrhizobium ⓘ
linked to: Bradyrhizobium bacteria
Proteobacteria → includesSpecies → Bradyrhizobium japonicum ⓘ
linked to: Bradyrhizobium bacteria
Proteobacteria → includesSpecies → Bradyrhizobium elkanii ⓘ
linked to: Bradyrhizobium bacteria
Alphaproteobacteria → includes → Bradyrhizobium ⓘ
linked to: Bradyrhizobium bacteria
Hyphomicrobiales → includesGenus → Bradyrhizobium ⓘ
linked to: Bradyrhizobium bacteria
Jordan → describedTaxon → Bradyrhizobium ⓘ
linked to: Bradyrhizobium bacteria