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Novel nitrogen-fixing acetic acid bacteria, Gluconacetobacter johannae sp. nov. and Gluconacetobacter azotocaptans sp. nov., associated with coffee plants.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Jul 2001
Fuentes-Ramírez L E, Bustillos-Cristales R, Tapia-Hernández A, Jiménez-Salgado T, Wang E T, Martínez-Romero E, Caballero-Mellado J
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Diazotrophic bacteria were isolated, in two different years, from the rhizosphere and rhizoplane of coffee (Coffea arabica L.) plants cultivated in Mexico; they were designated as type DOR and type SAd isolates. They showed characteristics of the family Acetobacteraceae, having some features in common with Gluconacetobacter (formerly Acetobacter) diazotrophicus, the only known N2-fixing species of the acetic acid...
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