Herbaspirillum seropedicae

{{Short description|Species of bacterium}}

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| genus = Herbaspirillum

| species = seropedicae

| authority = (Leifson 1962) Ding and Yokota 2004

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Herbaspirillum seropedicae is a betaproteobacteria which is an endophytic diazotroph and forms nitrogen-fixing associations with maize (Zea mays), rice (Oryza sativa), sorghum (Sorghum bicolor), sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum), bananas (Musa) and pineapple (Ananas comosus). H. seropedicae is a potential nitrogen biofertilizer.{{cite journal|url=http://aem.asm.org/content/77/6/2180.full.pdf|journal=Applied and Environmental Microbiology|date=March 2011|pages=2180–2183|volume=77|issue=6|title=Naringenin Regulates Expression of Genes Involved in Cell Wall Synthesis in Herbaspirillum seropedicae|doi=10.1128/AEM.02071-10|pmid=21257805|access-date=March 21, 2022|last1=Tadra-Sfeir|first1=M. Z.|last2=Souza|first2=E. M.|last3=Faoro|first3=H.|last4=Müller-Santos|first4=M.|last5=Baura|first5=V. A.|last6=Tuleski|first6=T. R.|last7=Rigo|first7=L. U.|last8=Yates|first8=M. G.|last9=Wassem|first9=R.|last10=Pedrosa|first10=F. O.|last11=Monteiro|first11=R. A.|pmc=3067312|bibcode=2011ApEnM..77.2180T}} Studies have shown that rice with H. seropedicae inoculated increases the yield to an equivalent of 40 kg N/ha.{{Cite journal |last1=Pereira |first1=Jar |last2=Baldani |first2=JI. |date=1995 |title=Selection of Azospirillum spp. and Herbaspirillum seropedicae strains to inoculate rice and maize plants |journal=International Symposium on Sustainable Agriculture for the Tropics: The Role of Biological Nitrogen Fixation |volume=29 |issue= |pages=220–221 |via=Soil Biology and Biochemistry}}