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The name Rhizobia, comes from the Greek words rhiza, meaning root, and bios, meaning life. This is because Rhizobia provides life to plants through their roots.  

The scientific name for Rhizobia is Rhizobium Trifolii

Rhizobia is a eubacteria. This means that it is a "true bacteria" becuase it is rod-shaped and basic.

Rhizobia is aerobic which means that it needs oxygen.

Rhizobia is better known as a nitrogen-fixing bacteria.

Rhizobium are a paraphyletic group

They fall into two types of proteobacteria. Most in the order of Rhizobiales but some occur in distinct bacterial orders of the proteobacteria.

There are many different kinds of Rhizobia:

• rhizobium cellulosilyticum
• rhizobium daejeonense
• rhizobium etli
• rhizobium galegae
• rhizobium gallicum
• rhizobium giardinii
• rhizobium hainenense
• rhizobium huautlense
• rhizobium indigoferae
• rhizobium leguminosarum
• rhizobium loessense
• rhizobium lupini
• rhizobium lusitanum
• rhizobium mongolense
• rhizobium miluonense
• rhizobium sullae
• rhizobium tropici
• rhizobium undicola
• rhizobium yanglingense