Azomonas
Sign in to saveAzomonas species are typically motile, oval to spherical, and secrete large quantities of capsular slime. They are distinguished from Azotobacter by their inability to form cysts, but like Azotobacter, they can biologically fix nitrogen under aerobic conditions (diazotrophs).
Species
GENUS
- KingdomBacteria
- PhylumProteobacteria
- ClassGammaproteobacteria
- OrderPseudomonadales
- FamilyPseudomonadaceae
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Pseudomonadaceae
- Image
- Azomonas100x.jpg
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- taxon name
- Azomonas
- taxon rank
- genus
- Gram staining
- gram-negative bacteria
- LPSN URL
- www.bacterio.net/azomonas.html
- taxonomic type
- Azomonas agilis
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Azomonas species are typically motile, oval to spherical, and secrete large quantities of capsular slime. They are distinguished from Azotobacter by their inability to form cysts, but like Azotobacter, they can biologically fix nitrogen under aerobic conditions (diazotrophs).
Bacteria of the genus Azomonas are known to form intracellular inclusions of polyhydroxyalkanoates under certain environmental conditions (e.g. lack of elements such as phosphorus, nitrogen, or oxygen combined with an excessive supply of carbon sources).
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