Afipia

Afipia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Alphaproteobacteria
Order:	Hyphomicrobiales
Family:	Nitrobacteraceae
Genus:	Afipia ; Brenner et al. 1992
Type species
	Afipia felis; Brenner et al. 1992
Species
	"Candidatus Afipia apatlaquensis" Sanchez-Reyes et al. 2020; Afipia birgiae La Scola et al. 2002; Afipia broomeae Brenner et al. 1992; Afipia carboxidovorans (Meyer et al. 1994) Hördt et al. 2020; Afipia clevelandensis Brenner et al. 1992; Afipia felis Brenner et al. 1992; Afipia massiliensis La Scola et al. 2002; "Candidatus Afipia septicemium"; 'Pseudomonas' carboxydohydrogena ;
Synonyms
	OligotrophaMeyer et al. 1994;

Last updated October 03, 2025

Afipia is a genus of bacteria in the Nitrobacteraceae family.^[5]

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN).^[1] The phylogeny is based on whole-genome analysis.^[4]

Afipia

	Afipia felis

	Afipia carboxidovorans

Afipia birgiae

	Afipia clevelandensis

	Afipia broomeae

outgroups

Nitrobacter

	Rhodopseudomonas

	Bradyrhizobium

References

1 2 3 LPSN lpsn.dsmz.de
↑ Lo, S. C.; Hung, G. C.; Li, B.; Lei, H.; Li, T.; Nagamine, K.; Zhang, J.; Tsai, S.; Bryant, R. (2013). "Isolation of Novel Afipia septicemium and Identification of Previously Unknown Bacteria Bradyrhizobium sp. OHSU_III from Blood of Patients with Poorly Defined Illnesses". PLOS ONE. 8 (10) e76142. Bibcode:2013PLoSO...876142L. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076142 . PMC 3796525 . PMID 24155888.
↑ Anzai Y, Kim H, Park JY, Wakabayashi H, Oyaizu H (Jul 2000). "Phylogenetic affiliation of the pseudomonads based on 16S rRNA sequence". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 50 (4): 1563–89. doi:10.1099/00207713-50-4-1563. PMID 10939664.
1 2 Hördt, Anton; López, Marina García; Meier-Kolthoff, Jan P.; Schleuning, Marcel; Weinhold, Lisa-Maria; Tindall, Brian J.; Gronow, Sabine; Kyrpides, Nikos C.; Woyke, Tanja; Göker, Markus (7 April 2020). "Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria". Frontiers in Microbiology. 11: 468. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.00468 . PMC 7179689 . PMID 32373076.
↑ UniProt

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[Afipia-1] 1 2 3 LPSN lpsn.dsmz.de

[2] Lo, S. C.; Hung, G. C.; Li, B.; Lei, H.; Li, T.; Nagamine, K.; Zhang, J.; Tsai, S.; Bryant, R. (2013). "Isolation of Novel Afipia septicemium and Identification of Previously Unknown Bacteria Bradyrhizobium sp. OHSU_III from Blood of Patients with Poorly Defined Illnesses". PLOS ONE. 8 (10) e76142. Bibcode:2013PLoSO...876142L. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076142 . PMC 3796525 . PMID 24155888.

[3] Anzai Y, Kim H, Park JY, Wakabayashi H, Oyaizu H (Jul 2000). "Phylogenetic affiliation of the pseudomonads based on 16S rRNA sequence". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 50 (4): 1563–89. doi:10.1099/00207713-50-4-1563. PMID 10939664.

[Hördt-4] 1 2 Hördt, Anton; López, Marina García; Meier-Kolthoff, Jan P.; Schleuning, Marcel; Weinhold, Lisa-Maria; Tindall, Brian J.; Gronow, Sabine; Kyrpides, Nikos C.; Woyke, Tanja; Göker, Markus (7 April 2020). "Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria". Frontiers in Microbiology. 11: 468. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.00468 . PMC 7179689 . PMID 32373076.

[5] UniProt

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