Hyphomicrobiales
Sign in to saveThe Hyphomicrobiales (synonym Rhizobiales) are an order of Gram-negative Alphaproteobacteria.
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- PhylumProteobacteria
- ClassAlphaproteobacteria
- OrderHyphomicrobiales
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- Unassigned genera
- Provisional taxa
- Phylogeny
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The Hyphomicrobiales (synonym Rhizobiales) are an order of Gram-negative Alphaproteobacteria.
The rhizobia, which fix nitrogen and are symbiotic with plant roots, appear in several different families. The four families Nitrobacteraceae, Hyphomicrobiaceae, Phyllobacteriaceae, and Rhizobiaceae contain at least several genera of nitrogen-fixing, legume-nodulating, microsymbiotic bacteria. Examples are the genera Bradyrhizobium and Rhizobium. Species of the Methylocystaceae are methanotrophs; they use methanol (CH3OH) or methane (CH4) as their sole energy and carbon sources. Other important genera are the human pathogens Bartonella and Brucella, as well as Agrobacterium, an important tool in genetic engineering.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hyphomicrobiales” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.