Asaia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Proteobacteria |
Class: | Alpha Proteobacteria |
Order: | Rhodospirillales |
Family: | Acetobacteraceae |
Genus: |
Asaia Yamada et al. 2000 |
Type species | |
Asaia bogorensis |
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Species | |
A. astilbis |
External identifiers for Asaia | |
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Encyclopedia of Life | 98072 |
A. astilbis
A. bogorensis
A. krungthepensis
A. lannensis
A. prunellae
A. siamensis
A. spathodeae
Asaia is a genus of Gram-negative, aerobic and rod-shaped bacteria from the family of Acetobacteraceae which occur in tropical plants.Asaia might be able to control malaria by massively colonizing the midgut and the male reproductive system of the mosquito Anopheles stephensi