Acetobacter diazotrophicus sp. nov., a Nitrogen-Fixing Acetic Acid Bacterium Associated with Sugarcane

1 July 1989

journal article
research article
Published by Microbiology Society in International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Vol. 39 (3) , 361-364
https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-39-3-361

Abstract

Results of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)-ribosomal ribonucleic acid and DNA-DNA hybridizations, together with a phenotypic and chemotaxonomic analysis, revealed that nitrogen-fixing bacteria isolated from roots and stems of sugarcane belong to a new species in the genus Acetobacter, for which the name Acetobacter diazotrophicus sp. nov. is proposed. Strain LMG 7603 (= Döbereiner PAI 5 = ATCC 49037) is the type strain.