Translingual

Proper noun

Rhizobium n

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Rhizobiaceae – soil bacteria that fix nitrogen in association with roots of legumes.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Bacteria - kingdom; Proteobacteria - phylum; Alpha Proteobacteria - class; Rhizobiales - order; Rhizobiaceae - family

Hyponyms

• For species see Rhizobium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies or Rhizobium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Wikispecies

Noun

rhizobium ‎(plural rhizobia)

1. (biology) Any of various bacteria, of the genus Rhizobium, that form nodules on the roots of legumes and fix nitrogen