Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.17923

Name

Azotobacteraceae Pribram 1933 (Approved Lists 1980)

Taxonomic Rank

family

Methodology

Nomenclatural Taxonomy [1980-2022]

Incertae sedis taxa are placed using SOSCC (Garrity and Lilburn 2008)

Parent

Taxon Record	Name Record
suborder	Pseudomonadineae Breed et al. 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)

Members

genus	Azotobacter Beijerinck 1901 emend. Johnstone 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)
genus	Azomonas Winogradsky 1938 emend. Johnstone 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)
genus	Azomonotrichon Thompson and Skerman 1981
genus	Azorhizophilus Thompson and Skerman 1981
genus	Beijerinckia Derx 1950 emend. Becking 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)
genus	Derxia Jensen et al. 1960 emend. Becking 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)

Type Status

Taxonomy

The taxonomic placement of this family within the root Universal Root.


root Universal Root Woese et al. 1990
domain Bacteria (None 2015) Woese et al. 1990
phylum Proteobacteria (sic) Garrity et al. 2021
class Gammaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2005 emend. Williams and Kelly 2013
order Pseudomonadales Orla-Jensen 1921 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Liao et al. 2020
suborder Pseudomonadineae Breed et al. 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)
family Azotobacteraceae Pribram 1933 (Approved Lists 1980)

The taxonomy from the rank of class and below is based upon currently published taxonomic opinion. For a complete taxonomy, refer to The Taxonomic Outline of Bacteria and Archaea, Release 7.7.

Citation

When referring to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier.

Taxon Abstract for the family Azotobacteraceae Pribram 1933 (Approved Lists 1980). Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.17923.

Source File

10.1601/tx.17923.xml


This information was last reviewed on February 9, 2017.

References

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Derx HG. Beijerinckia, a new genus of nitrogen-fixing bacteria occurring in tropical soils. Proc K Ned Akad Wet C 1950; 53:140-147.
Pribram E. Klassification der Schizomyceten. Klassifikation der Schizomyceten (Bakterien), Franz Deuticke, Leipzig, 1933, p. 1-143.
Winogradsky S. Sur la morphologie et l'écologie des Azotobacter. Ann Inst Pasteur (Paris) 1938; 60:351-400.
Jensen HL, Petersen EJ, De PK, Bhattacharya R. A new nitrogen-fixing bacterium: Derxia gummosa nov. gen. nov. spec. Arch Mikrobiol 1960; 36:182-195. [PubMed].
Thompson JP, Skerman VBD. In: Thompson JP, Skerman VBD (eds), Azotobacteraceae: The Taxonomy and Ecology of the Aerobic Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria, Academic Press, London, 1979, p. 1-405.