Rhizobia are soil bacteria able to establish a nitrogen-fixing symbiosis with leguminous plants. Most of them belong to the Alphaproteobacteria based on the sequences of the gene coding for 16S rRNA [1,2]. However, over the last 15 years studies have reported the presence of legume-nodulating bacteria in the genera Burkholderia and Cupriavidus (Burkholderiaceae) in the Betaproteobacteria [3-21]...

Dolichos [Lablab purpureus (Dolichos lablab)] is a genus (Lablab) of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae, and subfamily Faboideae. bean (Lablab purpureus. L.) an important vegetable crop grown throughout country. The alternate Scientific Names are benghalensis Jacq., lablab L., Lablab niger Medikus, purpurea (L.) Sweet, vulgaris Savi, Vigna aristata Piper. common names English Austr...