Zoogloeaceae

Zoogloeaceae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Betaproteobacteria
Order: Rhodocyclales
Family: Zoogloeaceae
Boden et al. 2017[1]
Genera

Aromatoleum, Azoarcus, Cognatazoarcus, Denitromonas, Epicystopsis, Nitrogeniibacter, Niveibacterium, Parazoarcus, Pseudozoarcus, Pseudothauera, Thauera, Ulignosibacterium, Zoogloea

Zoogloeaceae is a family of bacteria in the order Rhodocyclales. In 2017, Boden et al. proposed the creation of Zoogloeaceae and Azonexaceae to harmonize the taxonomy with 16S rRNA gene-based phylogeny as well as physiology.[2][3] The type genus, from whence the name is derived, is Zoogloea. In 2021, Huang et al. added four new genera to the family.[4] At present, the family comprises 13 genera,[1] with 44 sequenced genomes and 73 representative 16S rRNA gene sequences.[5]

Zoogloeaceae is characterized by a rod shape and one or more flagella.[2] Species are metabolically diverse and are implicated in nitrogen cycling.[2]

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