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{{Short description|Genus of bacteria}} {{More citations needed|type=bacteria|date=December 2009}} {{Automatic_taxobox | image = azomonas100x.jpg | image_caption = ''Azomonas'' under 100x oil immersion | taxon = Azomonas | authority = Winogradsky 1938 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = ''[[Azomonas agilis]]''<br /> ''[[Azomonas insignis]]''<br /> ''[[Azomonas macrocytogenes]]'' }} '''''Azomonas''''' species are typically motile, oval to spherical, and secrete large quantities of [[Slime layer|capsular slime]]. They are distinguished from ''[[Azotobacter]]'' by their inability to form cysts, but like ''Azotobacter'', they can biologically fix nitrogen under aerobic conditions ([[diazotroph]]s). [[Bacteria]] of the genus ''Azomonas'' are known to form intracellular inclusions of [[polyhydroxyalkanoates]] under certain environmental conditions (e.g. lack of elements such as phosphorus, nitrogen, or oxygen combined with an excessive supply of carbon sources).
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