Frankia alni

Frankia alni
	Nodules caused by Frankia alni on roots of common alder Alnus glutinosa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Bacillati
Phylum:	Actinomycetota
Class:	Actinomycetes
Order:	Frankiales
Family:	Frankiaceae
Genus:	Frankia
Species:	F. alni
Binomial name
	Frankia alni; (Woronin 1866) Von Tubeuf 1895
Synonyms
	Actinomyces alni (Woronin 1866) von Plotho 1941; Aktinomyces alni (Woronin 1866) Peklo 1910; Entorrhiza alni (Woronin 1866) Weber 1884; Frankia subtilis Brunchorst 1886; Frankiella alni (Woronin 1866) Maire and Tison 1909; Nocardia alni (Woronin 1866) Waksman 1941; Plasmodiophora alni (Woronin 1866) Möller 1885; Proactinomyces alni (Woronin 1866) Krasil'nikov 1949; Schinzia alni Woronin 1866; Streptomyces alni (Woronin 1866) Fiuczek 1959;

Frankia alni is a Gram-positive species of actinomycete filamentous bacterium that lives in symbiosis with actinorhizal plants in the genus Alnus. It is a nitrogen-fixing bacterium and forms nodules on the roots of alder trees.

^ Euzéby JP, Parte AC. "Frankia alni". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved May 12, 2022.
^ Becking JH. "Frankiaceae fam. nov. (Actinomycetales) with one new combination and six new species of the genus Frankia Brunchorst 1886, 174". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 20 (2). doi:10.1099/00207713-20-2-201.

[LPSN-1] Euzéby JP, Parte AC. "Frankia alni". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved May 12, 2022.

[2] Becking JH. "Frankiaceae fam. nov. (Actinomycetales) with one new combination and six new species of the genus Frankia Brunchorst 1886, 174". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 20 (2). doi:10.1099/00207713-20-2-201.

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