Rhizobium leguminosarum (Frank, 1879)
on Fabaceae
Ornithopus perpusillus, Belgium, prov. Limbourg, Beverlo, Einderse beemden, 16.iv.2021 © Carina Van Steenwinkel
detail
also at the thinner rootlets
Trifolium spec., Belgium, prov. Hainaut, Bailièvre © Stéphane Claerebout
detail
gall
cylindrical, sometimes bifurcated,narrowly attached root nodules.
host plants
Fabaceae, oligophagous
Anthyllis; Astragalus; Caragana arborescens; Cicer arietinum; Colutea arborescens; Coronilla; Cytisus; Dorycnium; Galega officinalis; Genista; Gleditsia triacanthos; Laburnum anagyroides; Medicago lupulina; Onobrychis viciifolia; Phaseolus vulgaris; Robinia pseudoacacia; Trifolium.
notes
Three “biovoars” are distinguished, differing in host preference: bv phaseoli, trfolii, viciae.
references
Buhr (1964b), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Roskam (2009a), Tomasi (2014a).