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Herbaspirillum

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Herbaspirillum is a genus of bacteria, including the nitrogen-fixing Herbaspirillum lusitanum.

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GENUS

  1. KingdomBacteria
  2. PhylumProteobacteria
  3. ClassGammaproteobacteria
  4. OrderBurkholderiales
  5. FamilyBurkholderiaceae
Habitatmarine
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Herbaspirillum is a genus of bacteria, including the nitrogen-fixing Herbaspirillum lusitanum.

Although usually found in soil environments, it has also been identified as a contaminant of DNA extraction kit reagents, which may lead to its erroneous appearance in microbiota or metagenomic datasets.

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