Frankia
Sign in to saveFrankia is a genus of nitrogen-fixing bacteria that live in symbiosis with actinorhizal plants, similar to the Rhizobium bacteria found in the root nodules of legumes in the family Fabaceae. Frankia also initiate the forming of root nodules.
Species
Genus
- PhylumForaminifera
- ClassNodosariata
- OrderPolymorphinida
- FamilyPolymorphinidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 11
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Gnomoniaceae
- Collections
- CUP, BPI
- Recorded in
- United States, United Kingdom
Research
651 papers- Tracking the trajectory of frankia research through bibliometrics: trends and future directions.Canadian journal of microbiology · 2024
- The role of Frankia inoculation in casuarina plantations in China.Antonie van Leeuwenhoek · 2019
- An update on the taxonomy of the genus Frankia Brunchorst, 1886, 174(AL).Antonie van Leeuwenhoek · 2019
- Frankia [NiFe] uptake hydrogenases and genome reduction: different lineages of loss.FEMS microbiology ecology · 2024
- 19th International Meeting on Frankia and Actinorhizal Plants.Antonie van Leeuwenhoek · 2019
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Overview
- Symbiont plants
- Nodule Formation
- Phylogeny
- See also
- References
Frankia is a genus of nitrogen-fixing bacteria that live in symbiosis with actinorhizal plants, similar to the Rhizobium bacteria found in the root nodules of legumes in the family Fabaceae. Frankia also initiate the forming of root nodules.
This genus was originally named by Jørgen Brunchorst, in 1886 to honor the German biologist Albert Bernhard Frank. Brunchorst considered the organism he had identified to be a filamentous fungus. redefined the genus in 1970 as containing prokaryotic actinomycetes and created the family Frankiaceae within the Actinomycetales. He retained the original name of Frankia for the genus.
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