Beijerinckia

Free-living, aerobic, chemoheterotrophic bacteria with the ability to fix atmospheric nitrogen. They can be distinguished from other nitrogen-fixing bacteria by cell morphology and some physiological characteristics. Members of this genus have typical rod-shaped cells with round ends containing polar lipoid bodies. Beijerinckia species show great acid tolerance, being able to grow and fix nitrogen at pH 3.0€“4.0. The type species is Beijerinckia indica. DERX, 1950. Beijerinckia, a new genus of nitrogen-fixing bacteria occurring in tropical soils. Proceedings Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen Series C, 53, 140-147.    

Beijerinckia is a free living nitrogen-fixing aerobic microbe. It has abundant of nitrogenase enzyme capable of nitrogen reduction.

Beijerinckia is a genus of bacteria from the family of Beijerinckiaceae.

Beijerinckia named after M.W. Beijerinck, the Dutch microbiologist (1851–1931).