| Association of Nitrogen-Binding Bacteria with Tropic Grasses (Gramineae) |
| Bacterium |
Host Plant |
| Azotobacter paspali |
Paspalum notatum: several tetraploid species |
| Beijerinckia |
Sugar cane, rice |
| Azospirillum lipoferum |
C4-plants: corn, Sorghum, elephant grass (Pennisetum purpureum), Digitaria descumbens), etc.
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| Azospirillum brasiliense |
C3-plants: e.g. rice, wheat, oat, rye, barley, and sugar cane (a C4-plant)
|
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Species similar to Achromobacter- |
rice |
| Bacillus spec. | Certain wheat species |
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according to G. TROLLDENIER, 1984
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