Rhizobium

See also: rhizobacterium and rhizobium

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Rhizobium n

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Rhizobiaceae – soil bacteria that fix nitrogen in association with roots of legumes.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Prokaryota – superkingdom; Bacteria – kingdom; Negibacteria – subkingdom; Pseudomonadota – phylum - phylum; Alphaproteobacteria - class; Rhizobiales - order; Rhizobiaceae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): For species see Rhizobium on WikispeciesWikispecies or Rhizobium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further reading

• Rhizobium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Rhizobium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Rhizobium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons