Beijerinckia
Beijerinckia is a genus of bacteria from the family Beijerinckiaceae.
Beijerinckia is a free living nitrogen-fixing aerobic microbe. It has abundant of nitrogenase enzyme capable of nitrogen reduction.Beijerinckia are characterized as nonsymbiotic, aerobic, chemoheterorophic bacteria with the ability to fix atmospheric nitrogen. They can be distinguished from other nitrogen-fixing bacteria by cell morphology and some physiological characteristics.
Beijerinckia is named after M.W. Beijerinck, the Dutch microbiologist.