Comamonadaceae

Comamonadaceae
Leptothrix ssp. under the microscope
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Proteobacteria
Class:	Betaproteobacteria
Order:	Burkholderiales
Family:	Comamonadaceae
Genera[1]
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

1. "List of genera included in families - Comamonadaceae". List of Prokaryotic Names with Standing in Nomenclature. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
2. 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
3. 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