Azospirillum lipoferum

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| name = Azospirillum lipoferum

| domain = Bacteria

| phylum = Pseudomonadota

| classis = Alphaproteobacteria

| ordo = Rhodospirillales

| familia = Azospirillaceae

| genus = Azospirillum

| binomial = Azospirillum lipoferum

| binomial_authority = Reinhold (Beijerinck 1925) Tarrand et al. 1979 (Approved Lists 1980){{cite journal |vauthors=Tarrand JJ, Krieg NR, Dobereiner J | title = A taxonomic study of the Spirillum lipoferum group, with descriptions of a new genus, Azospirillum gen. nov. and two species, Azospirillum lipoferum (Beijerinck) comb. nov. and Azospirillum brasilense sp. nov. | journal = Can J Microbiol | year = 1978 | volume = 24 | issue = 8 | pages = 967–980| doi = 10.1139/m78-160 | pmid = 356945 | url = http://www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br/handle/doc/600745 | hdl = 10919/54873 | hdl-access = free }}

| species = A. lipoferum

| synonyms = * "Spirillum lipoferum" Beijerinck 1925

| synonyms_ref = {{cite web|vauthors=Euzéby JP, Parte AC |url=https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/azospirillum-lipoferum |title=Azospirillum lipoferum |access-date=June 7, 2021 |publisher=List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)}}

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Azospirillum lipoferum is a species of microaerophilic, gram-negative, rod-shaped,{{Cite journal|last1=Steenhoudt|first1=O.|last2=Vanderleyden|first2=J.|date=October 2000|title=Azospirillum, a free-living nitrogen-fixing bacterium closely associated with grasses: genetic, biochemical and ecological aspects|journal=FEMS Microbiology Reviews|volume=24|issue=4|pages=487–506|doi=10.1111/j.1574-6976.2000.tb00552.x|issn=0168-6445|pmid=10978548|doi-access=free}} nitrogen-fixing bacteria. They are currently most notable for the ability to enhance the success of certain agricultural plant products such as maize, rice, and wheat.{{Cite journal|last1=Rozier|first1=Camille|last2=Gerin|first2=Florence|last3=Czarnes|first3=Sonia|last4=Legendre|first4=Laurent|date=2019-06-01|title=Biopriming of maize germination by the plant growth-promoting rhizobacterium Azospirillum lipoferum CRT1|journal=Journal of Plant Physiology|language=en|volume=237|pages=111–119|doi=10.1016/j.jplph.2019.04.011|pmid=31071544|s2cid=149443862|issn=0176-1617|doi-access=free}}{{Cite journal|last1=Mehmood|first1=Tahir|last2=Li|first2=Guihua|last3=Anjum|first3=Tehmina|last4=Akram|first4=Waheed|date=2021-01-01|title=Azospirillum lipoferum strain AL-3 reduces early blight disease of potato and enhance yield|journal=Crop Protection|language=en|volume=139|pages=105349|doi=10.1016/j.cropro.2020.105349|s2cid=224998617|issn=0261-2194|doi-access=free}}