Beijerinckiaceae
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The Beijerinckiaceae are a family of Rhizobiales
. They are named after the Dutch
microbiologist Martinus Willem Beijerinck. The Beijerinckia are free living nitrogen fixing bacteria.
Rhizobiales
Rhizobiales is an order of alpha proteobacteria. They are gram-negative.The rhizobia, which fix nitrogen and are symbiotic with plant roots, appear in several different families here. The Bradyrhizobiaceae, Hyphomicrobiaceae, Phyllobacteriaceae, and Rhizobiaceae are the four families that contain...
. They are named after the Dutch
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
microbiologist Martinus Willem Beijerinck. The Beijerinckia are free living nitrogen fixing bacteria.