Comamonadaceae

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Comamonadaceae
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Leptothrix ssp. under a light microscope
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Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Betaproteobacteria
Order: Burkholderiales
Family: Comamonadaceae
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
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.