Herbaspirillum Baldani et al., 1986
- Dataset
- English Wikipedia - Species Pages
- Rank
- GENUS
Classification
- genus
- Herbaspirillum
Abstract
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.
Name
- Homonyms
- Herbaspirillum Baldani et al., 1986