Nitrobacteraceae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Hyphomicrobiales
Family: Nitrobacteraceae
corrig. Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980)
Genera[1]
Synonyms
  • Nitrobacteriaceae Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980)
  • Bradyrhizobiaceae Garrity 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]

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

References

  1. 1 2 Euzéby JP, Parte AC. "Nitrobacteraceae". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved May 15, 2021.
  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.
  3. ↑ DeLeon-Rodriguez, Natasha; Lathem, Terry L.; Rodriguez-R, Luis M.; Barazesh, James M.; Anderson, Bruce E.; Beyersdorf, Andreas J.; Ziemba, Luke D.; Bergin, Michael; Nenes, Athanasios; Konstantinidis, Konstantinos T. (12 February 2013). "Microbiome of the upper troposphere: Species composition and prevalence, effects of tropical storms, and atmospheric implications". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110 (7): 2575–2580. doi:10.1073/pnas.1212089110. PMC 3574924. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  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.


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