| Comamonadaceae | |
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| Leptothrix sp. under a light microscope | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Betaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Burkholderiales |
| Family: | Comamonadaceae Willems et al. 1991 |
| Genera[2] | |
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Acidovorax | |
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
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ "List of genera included in families - Comamonadaceae". List of Prokaryotic Names with Standing in Nomenclature. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
- ^ Willems, A.; De Ley, J.; Gillis, M.; Kersters, K. (1991-07-01). "NOTES: Comamonadaceae, a New Family Encompassing the Acidovorans rRNA Complex, Including Variovorax paradoxus gen. nov., comb. nov., for Alcaligenes paradoxus (Davis 1969)". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 41 (3): 445–450. doi:10.1099/00207713-41-3-445. ISSN 0020-7713.
- ^ 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
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- Comamonadaceae J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature
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