Achromobacter

Achromobacter
Achromobacter xylosoxidans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Beta Proteobacteria
Order: Burkholderiales
Family: Alcaligenaceae
Genus: Achromobacter
Yabuuchi and Yano 1981
(non Achromobacter Bergey et al. 1923)
Type species
Achromobacter xylosoxidans
Species

A. denitrificans
A. insolitus
A. piechaudii
A. ruhlandii
A. spanius
A. xylosoxidans

The Achromobacter are a genus of bacteria, included in the order Burkholderiales. The cells are straight rods and are motile by using 1 – 20 peritrichous flagella. They are strictly aerobic and are found in water (freshwater and marine) and soils[1].

References

  1. ^ 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.