| Pararhizobium | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Proteobacteria |
| Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Rhizobiales |
| Family: | Rhizobiaceae |
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Pararhizobium Mousavi et al. 2015 |
| Type species | |
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Pararhizobium giardinii (Amarger et al. 1997) Mousavi et al. 2015 |
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Pararhizobium is a genus of Gram-negative soil bacteria that fix nitrogen. It was recently segregated from the genus Rhizobium. Pararhizobium forms an endosymbiotic nitrogen-fixing association with roots of legumes.