| Caulobacteraceae | |
|---|---|
|   | |
| Caulobacter crescentus | |
|  Scientific classification   | |
| Domain: | Bacteria | 
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati | 
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota | 
| Class: | Alphaproteobacteria | 
| Order: | Caulobacterales | 
| Family: |  Caulobacteraceae  Henrici and Johnson 1935 (Approved Lists 1980)  | 
| Genera | |
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Caulobacteraceae is a family of Pseudomonadota within the alpha subgroup. [1] Like all Pseudomonadota, the Caulobacteraceae are gram-negative. [1] Caulobacteraceae includes the genera Asticcacaulis , Brevundimonas , Phenylobacterium and Caulobacter . [2]
The type species Caulobacter gives its name also to the recently proposed subclass, the Caulobacteridae, which includes the orders Caulobacterales, Parvularculales , Hyphomicrobiales , Rhodobacterales , Rhodospirillales , Sneathiellales , Sphingomonadales , Kiloniellales , Kordiimonadales and controversially the Holosporales . [3]