Comamonadaceae

Cells of Comamonas testosteroni, from Weiss et al. (2013).

Belongs within: Burkholderiales.

The Comamonadaceae are a diverse group of mostly aerobic and heterotrophic bacteria that are united by molecular phylogenetic analyses.

<==Comamonadaceae
    |--+--Variovorax paradoxus MSF03
    |  `--Xylophilus ampelinus MSF03
    `--+--Rhodoferax fermentans MSF03
       `--+--Acidovorax MSF03
          |    |--A. facilis MSF03
          |    `--+--A. avenae MSF03
          |       `--A. konjaci MSF03
          `--+--Aquaspirillum MSF03
             |    |--A. magnetotacticum PHK96 [=Magnetospirillum magnetotacticum ALS95]
             |    |--A. metamorphum ALS95
             |    |--A. psychrophilum MSF03
             |    |--A. serpens PHK96
             |    `--A. sinuosum PHK96
             `--+--Alicycliphilus Mechichi, Stackebrandt & Fuchs 2003 MSF03
                |    `--*A. denitrificans Mechichi, Stackebrandt & Fuchs 2003 MSF03
                `--+--Xenophilus azovorans MSF03
                   `--+--Hydrogenophaga MSF03
                      |    |--H. intermedia Contzen et al. 2001 MSF03, JC08
                      |    `--+--+--H. flava MSF03
                      |       |  `--H. pseudoflava MSF03
                      |       `--+--H. palleronii MSF03
                      |          `--H. taeniospiralis MSF03
                      `--+--Delftia acidovorans MSF03
                         `--+--Brachymonas denitrificans MSF03
                            `--Comamonas MSF03
                                 |  i. s.: C. koreensis Chang et al. 2002 JC08
                                 |--C. testosteroni MSF03
                                 `--+--C. terrigena MSF03
                                    `--+--C. denitrificans Gumaelius et al. 2001 MSF03, JC08
                                       `--C. nitrativorans MSF03

Comamonadaceae incertae sedis:
  Rubrivivax gelatinosus CV03, I01 [=Rhodocyclus gelatinosus I01, Rhodopseudomonas gelatinosa I01]
  Ideonella CV03
  ‘Alcaligenes’ latus CV03
  Aquabacterium GH01
  Leptothrix GH01
    |--L. cholodnii PHK96
    |--L. discophora PHK96
    `--L. lopholea PHK96
  Polaromonas GH01
  Roseateles GH01
  Sphaerotilus natans GH01, PHK96
  Thiomonas thermosulfata GH01, MK03

Nomen invalidum: Rhodoferax antarcticus Madigan et al. 2001 JC08

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[ALS95] Amann, R. I., W. Ludwig & K.-H. Schleifer. 1995. Phylogenetic identification and in situ detection of individual microbial cells without cultivation. Microbiological Reviews 59 (1): 143–169.

[CV03] Coenye, T., M. Vancanneyt, M. C. Cnockaert, E. Falsen, J. Swings & P. Vandamme. 2003. Kerstersia gyiorum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel Alcaligenes faecalis-like organism isolated from human clinical samples, and reclassification of Alcaligenes denitrificans Rüger and Tan 1983 as Achromobacter denitrificans comb. nov. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 53: 1825–1831.

[GH01] Garrity, G. M., & J. G. Holt. 2001. The road map to the Manual. In: Boone, D. R., R. W. Castenholz & G. M. Garrity (eds) Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology 2nd ed. vol. 1. The Archaea and the Deeply Branching and Phototrophic Bacteria pp. 119–166. Springer.

[I01] Imhoff, J. F. 2001. The anoxygenic phototrophic purple bacteria. In: Boone, D. R., R. W. Castenholz & G. M. Garrity (eds) Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology 2nd ed. vol. 1. The Archaea and the Deeply Branching and Phototrophic Bacteria pp. 631–637. Springer.

[JC08] Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. 2008. Status of strains that contravene Rules 27 (3) and 30 of the International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria. Opinion 81. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 58: 1755–1763.

[MSF03] Mechichi, T., E. Stackbrandt & G. Fuchs. 2003. Alicycliphilus denitrificans gen. nov., sp. nov., a cyclohexanol-degrading, nitrate-reducing β-proteobacterium. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 53: 147–152.

[MK03] Mori, K., H. Kim, T. Kakegawa & S. Hanada. 2003. A novel lineage of sulfate-reducing microorganisms: Thermodesulfobiaceae fam. nov., Thermodesulfobium narugense, gen. nov., sp. nov., a new thermophilic isolate from a hot spring. Extremophiles 7: 283–290.

[PHK96] Prescott, L. M., J. P. Harley & D. A. Klein. 1996. Microbiology 3^rd ed. Wm. C. Brown Publishers: Dubuque (Iowa).