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Family Comamonadaceae

Warning: In the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, an arrow () only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: Introduction).

Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").


For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).


 

Comamonadaceae Willems et al. 1991, fam. nov.
Type genus: ¤ Comamonas (ex Davis and Park 1962) De Vos et al. 1985.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Comamonas, type genus of the family; suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Comamonadaceae, the Comamonas family.
Valid publication: WILLEMS (A.), DE LEY (J.), GILLIS (M.) and KERSTERS (K.): Comamonadaceae, a new family encompassing the acidovorans rRNA complex, including Variovorax paradoxus gen. nov., comb. nov., for Alcaligenes paradoxus (Davis 1969). Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1991, 41, 445-450.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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