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The Family Alcaligenaceae

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Alcaligenaceae, a family in the order Burkholderiales of the β-Proteobacteria, comprises the genera Achromobacter, Advenella, Alcaligenes, Bordetella, Brackiella, Candidimonas, Castellaniella, Derxia, Kerstersia, Oligella, Paenalcaligenes, Paralcaligenes, Parapusillimonas, Pelistega, Pigmentiphaga, Pusillimonas, and Taylorella. The cultures are Gram-negative asporogenous rods, which have been recovered from a variety of habitats, including animals and human diseases, e.g., Bordetella pertussis from whooping cough, and the terrestrial and aquatic environments. The major isoprenoid quinone is Q-8. The dominant fatty acids include C16:0 and C17:0 cyclo. The G+C content of the DNA is 36–73 mol%. 16S rRNA gene sequencing evidence has been used to delineate members of the family.

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    Brian Austin

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    Edward F. DeLong

  3. Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education, University of Hawaii, Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA

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    Fabiano Thompson

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Austin, B. (2014). The Family Alcaligenaceae. In: Rosenberg, E., DeLong, E.F., Lory, S., Stackebrandt, E., Thompson, F. (eds) The Prokaryotes. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30197-1_397

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