Comamonadaceae

Comamonadaceae
Leptothrix sp. under a light microscope
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Betaproteobacteria
Order:	Burkholderiales
Family:	Comamonadaceae Willems et al. 1991
Genera [1]
Acidovorax Albidiferax Alicycliphilus Brachymonas Caenibacterium Caenimonas Caldimonas Comamonas Curvibacter Delftia Diaphorobacter Extensimonas Giesbergeria Hydrogenophaga Hylemonella Ideonella Kinneretia Lampropedia Limnohabitans Macromonas Malikia Oryzisolibacter [2] Ottowia Pelomonas Polaromonas Pseudoacidovorax Pseudorhodoferax Ramlibacter Rhodoferax Roseateles Schlegelella Simplicispira Sphaerotilus Tepidicella Tepidimonas Thiomonas Variovorax Verminephrobacter Xenophilus

The Comamonadaceae are a family of the Betaproteobacteria. ^[3] Like all Pseudomonadota, they are Gram-negative. They are aerobic and most of the species are motile via flagella. The cells are curved rod-shaped. ^[4]

References

1. "List of genera included in families - Comamonadaceae". List of Prokaryotic Names with Standing in Nomenclature. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
2. Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M (1 January 2003). Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M. (eds.). "Taxonomic Abstract for the genera". The NamesforLife Abstracts. doi:10.1601/tx.30792.
3. Willems A., J. De Ley, M. Gillis, and K. Kersters. Comamonadaceae, a New Family Encompassing the Acidovorans rRNA Complex, Including Variovorax paradoxus gen. nov., comb. nov. for Alcaligenes paradoxus (Davis 1969). 1991. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 41: 445-450 PDF Online ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
4. Garrity, George M.; Brenner, Don J.; Krieg, Noel R.; Staley, James T. (eds.) (2005). Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, Volume Two: The Proteobacteria, Part C: The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria. New York, New York: Springer. ISBN   978-0-387-24145-6.

External links

• Comamonadaceae J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature