Comamonadaceae

Comamonadaceae
	Leptothrix ssp. under the microscope
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Proteobacteria
Class:	Betaproteobacteria
Order:	Burkholderiales
Family:	Comamonadaceae
Genera
	Acidovorax; Albidiferax; Alicycliphilus; Brachymonas; Caenibacterium; Caenimonas; Caldimonas; Comamonas; Curvibacter; Delftia; Diaphorobacter; Extensimonas; Giesbergeria; Hydrogenophaga; Hylemonella; Kinneretia; Lampropedia; Limnohabitans; Macromonas; Malikia; Ottowia; Pelomonas; Polaromonas; Pseudoacidovorax; Pseudorhodoferax; Ramlibacter; Rhodoferax; Roseateles; Schlegelella; Simplicispira; Tepidicella; Variovorax; Verminephrobacter; Xenophilus

The Comamonadaceae are a family of the Betaproteobacteria.^[2] Like all Proteobacteria, they are Gram-negative. They are aerobic and most of the species are motile via flagella. The cells are curved rod-shaped.^[3]

References

^ "List of genera included in families - Comamonadaceae". List of Prokaryotic Names with Standing in Nomenclature. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
^ 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
^ 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.

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

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