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Rhizobium Leguminosarum

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Rhizobium Leguminosarum

Rhizobium leguminosarum refers to the bacteria that have able to fix nitrogen gas from the air, and thrive through a mutual and interdependent relationship with leguminous plants (Young, et al 2021). It belongs to the phylum Proteobacteria, Domain Bacteria and order Hyphomicrobiales. It belongs to Alphaproteobacteria, and its generic and special name is Rhizobium and Leguminosarum respectively. The existence of these bacteria in the soil or farmland is very important. It has added value to the biotechnology farming of leguminous plants like nuts since it has nitrogen-fixing characteristics. The bacteria has the following benefits: it aid in fertilizing the soil since the bacteria is crucial in the nitrogen cycle. If Rhizobium leguminosarum is present in the root nodules, it will help the leguminous plant to flourish. Rhizobium leguminosarum aid in breaking the soil for plants from both the chemical and mechanical activities hence considered the pioneer microbe from many farmers. The microbe also helps to keep soil moisture, acidity, and temperature optimum for the next crop to adapt to the novel environment (Wakelin, et al 2018). Another benefit of this bacteria is that it aids in decomposing nutrients in the farmland before getting absorbed by the xylems, the way many researchers agree. The bacteria will also help to keep intact the soil nutrients and also fertilize the farmland when legumes are planted in crop rotation for the nitrogen-fixing bacteria to remain active. Rhizobium leguminosarum is involved in the subfield of microbiology called Bacteriology, arranged by taxonomy. It involves, identifying, classifying, and characterizing microbial species. The subfield explains how the bacteria have the ability to form or establish a symbiotic relationship with significant legumes in agriculture example the clover plant, under varying growth environments. In conclusion, bacteria has more merits than demerits to plants because of their N-fixing properties (Vasilj, et al 2019).

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Vasilj, V., Blažinkov, M., Filipović, A., Knezović, Z., & Sikora, S. (2019). Genetic identification and symbiotic efficiency of indigenous Rhizobium leguminosarum strain isolated from different soil types of Herzegovina. Radovi Poljoprivredno Prehrambenog Fakulteta Univerziteta u Sarajevu\Works of the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences University of Sarajevo, 64(69 Part 1), 20-38.

Wakelin, S., Tillard, G., van Ham, R., Ballard, R., Farquharson, E., Gerard, E., ... & O’Callaghan, M. (2018). High spatial variation in population size and symbiotic performance of Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii with white clover in New Zealand pasture soils. Plos one, 13(2), e0192607.

Young, J. P. W., Moeskjær, S., Afonin, A., Rahi, P., Maluk, M., James, E. K., ... & Tian, C. F. (2021). Defining the Rhizobium leguminosarum species complex. Genes, 12(1), 111.