The genus Alcaligenes is the type genus of the family Alcaligenaceae (De Ley et al., 1986), which is affiliated with the “Betaproteobacteria.” Other genera within this family, although not all formally described as members of the family, are Achromobacter, Bordetella, Kerstersia, Pigmentiphaga and most likely also Oligella, Taylorella and Pelistega. Phylogenetically, they form a homogeneous cluster separate from other taxa within the “Betaproteobacteria.” Within Alcaligenaceae, the species of the genera Oligella, Taylorella and Pelistega, which were reported to have a relatively low G+C-content (36.5–47.5 mol%) of the genomic DNA (Sugimoto et al., 1983; Rossau et al., 1987; Vandamme et al., 1998; Jang et al., 2001), form a separate subbranch.
Like other members of the “Betaproteobacteria,” species of the genera Alcaligenes, Achromobacter and Pigmentiphaga contain the quinone system ubiquinone Q-8 (Fletcher et al., 1987; Oyaizu-Masuchi and Komagata, 1988; Busse et al., 1992; Lipski et...
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