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Azoarcus communis

species of bacterium

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionSep 19, 2026
Entity authorityQ16836425 ↗
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Azoarcus communis is a species of bacteria. It is a nitrogen-fixing bacteria. Its cells are yellow-pigmented, straight to curved, gram-negative rods. Its type strain is LMG 5514.

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Further reading

Hurek T, Reinhold-Hurek B (June 1995). "Identification of grass-associated and toluene-degrading diazotrophs, Azoarcus spp., by analyses of partial 16S ribosomal DNA sequences". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 61 (6): 2257–61. Bibcode:1995ApEnM..61.2257H. doi:10.1128/AEM.61.6.2257-2261.1995. PMC 167497.

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The public source identifies “Azoarcus communis” as species of bacterium. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Azoarcus, communis and species.

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This entry incorporates text from “Azoarcus communis” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.