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The Family Comamonadaceae

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The family Comamonadaceae is a large and diverse bacterial family belonging to the order Burkholderiales. It is regularly enlarged with new genera and species and currently comprises over 100 species in the following 29 genera: Acidovorax, Albidiferax, Alicycliphilus, Brachymonas, Caenimonas, Comamonas, Curvibacter, Delftia, Diaphorobacter, Extensimonas, Giesbergeria, Hydrogenophaga, Hylemonella, Lampropedia, Limnohabitans, Macromonas, Malikia, Ottowia, Polaromonas, Pseudacidovorax, Pseudorhodoferax, Ramlibacter, Rhodoferax, Simplicispira, Tepidicella, Variovorax, Verminephrobacter, Xenophilus, and Xylophilus. These genera form a phylogenetic cluster with a relative level of 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity of 93–97 %, yet harbor a remarkable phenotypic diversity that includes aerobic organotrophs, anaerobic denitrifiers and Fe3+-reducing bacteria, hydrogen oxidizers, photoautotrophic and photoheterotrophic bacteria, and fermentative bacteria. Most are environmental bacteria from water and soil habitats; however, some Comamonadaceae are also pathogens, and others have been described from earthworms, rumen fluid, and human clinical samples. Most are mesophiles, although a few have been found in Antarctic habitats and some in hot springs.

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    Anne Willems

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    Edward F. DeLong

  3. Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education, University of Hawaii, Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA

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Willems, A. (2014). The Family Comamonadaceae. In: Rosenberg, E., DeLong, E.F., Lory, S., Stackebrandt, E., Thompson, F. (eds) The Prokaryotes. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30197-1_238

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