Alcaligenaceae

Alcaligenaceae
Bordetella bronchiseptica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Betaproteobacteria
Order: Burkholderiales
Family: Alcaligenaceae
De Ley et al., 1986[1]
Genera

Achromobacter
Advenella
Alcaligenes
Bordetella
Brackiella
Castellaniella
Derxia
Kerstersia
Oligella
Pelistega
Pigmentiphaga
Pusillimonas
Taylorella
Tetrathiobacter

The Alcaligenaceae are a family of bacteria, included in the order Burkholderiales. Members are found in water, soil, animals and humans.[2] Some species, like Bordetella, are pathogenic for humans and for some animals.[2]

References

  1. ↑ De Ley, J.; Segers, P.; Kersters, K.; Mannheim, W.; Lievens, A. (1986). "Intra- and Intergeneric Similarities of the Bordetella Ribosomal Ribonucleic Acid Cistrons: Proposal for a New Family, Alcaligenaceae". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 36 (3): 405–414. doi:10.1099/00207713-36-3-405.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 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: Springer. pp. 354–361. ISBN 978-0-387-24145-6.