Beijerinckia

{{Short description|Genus of bacteria}} {{Automatic taxobox | taxon = Beijerinckia | authority = Derx 1950<ref name = Beijerinckia/> | type_species = ''Beijerinckia indica''<ref name = Beijerinckia>[https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/beijerinckia LPSN lpsn.dsmz.de]</ref> | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = * ''Beijerinckia derxii'' * ''Beijerinckia doebereinerae'' * ''Beijerinckia indica'' * ''Beijerinckia mobilis'' }}

'''''Beijerinckia''''' is a genus of bacteria from the family Beijerinckiaceae.<ref name = Beijerinckia/><ref>[https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/532 UniProt]</ref>

''Beijerinckia'' is a free living nitrogen-fixing aerobic microbe. It has abundant of nitrogenase enzyme capable of nitrogen reduction.Beijerinckia are characterized as nonsymbiotic (i.e., free-living), aerobic, chemoheterorophic bacteria with the ability to fix atmospheric nitrogen. They can be distinguished from other nitrogen-fixing bacteria by cell morphology and some physiological characteristics.

''Beijerinckia'' is named after '''M.W. Beijerinck''', the Dutch microbiologist (1851–1931).<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781118960608 |title=Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria |date=2015-04-17 |publisher=Wiley |isbn=978-1-118-96060-8 |editor-last=Whitman |editor-first=William B |edition=1 |language=en |doi=10.1002/9781118960608.gbm00795 |editor-last2=Rainey |editor-first2=Fred |editor-last3=Kämpfer |editor-first3=Peter |editor-last4=Trujillo |editor-first4=Martha |editor-last5=Chun |editor-first5=Jonsik |editor-last6=DeVos |editor-first6=Paul |editor-last7=Hedlund |editor-first7=Brian |editor-last8=Dedysh |editor-first8=Svetlana}}</ref>

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Category:Beijerinckiaceae Category:Bacteria genera