Nitrobacteraceae

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Nitrobacteraceae
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Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Hyphomicrobiales
Family: Nitrobacteraceae
corrig. Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980)
Genera [1]
Synonyms
  • NitrobacteriaceaeBuchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980)
  • BradyrhizobiaceaeGarrity et al. 2006

The Nitrobacteraceae are a family of gram-negative, aerobic bacteria. They include plant-associated bacteria such as Bradyrhizobium , a genus of rhizobia associated with some legumes. It also contains animal-associated bacteria such as Afipia felis , formerly thought to cause cat-scratch disease. Others are free-living, such as Rhodopseudomonas , a purple bacterium found in marine water and soils. The strain Rhodopseudomonas palustris DX-1 can generate an electric current with no hydrogen production, a trait being explored in the development of the microbial fuel cell. [2] The genus Afipia has also been found in the atmosphere, where it uses methylsulfonylmethane as a carbon source. [3]

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The bacteria of this family derive their energy from oxidizing ammonia to nitrite, or by oxidizing nitrite to nitrate. They are commonly found in freshwater and soil.

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]

Nitrobacteraceae

Variibacter

Pseudorhodoplanes

Pseudolabrys

Afipia

Rhodopseudomonas

Bradyrhizobium

outgroup

Phreatobacteraceae

See also

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References

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  2. Defeng Xing; Yi Zuo; Shaoan Cheng; John M. Regan & Bruce E. Logan (2008). "Electricity Generation by Rhodopseudomonas palustris DX-1". Environ. Sci. Technol. 42 (11): 4146–51. Bibcode:2008EnST...42.4146X. doi:10.1021/es800312v. PMID   18589979.
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  4. 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.