Beijerinckiaceae

Kingdom:Pseudomonadati

Phylum:Pseudomonadota

Class:Alphaproteobacteria

Order:Hyphomicrobiales

Beijerinckiaceae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Alphaproteobacteria
Order:	Hyphomicrobiales
Family:	Beijerinckiaceae Garrity et al. 2006
Genera[1][2]
Beijerinckia Derx 1950 (Approved Lists 1980) Methylocapsa Dedysh et al. 2002 Methylocella Dedysh et al. 2000 Methyloferula Vorobev et al. 2011 Methylorosula Berestovskaya et al. 2012 Methylovirgula Vorob'ev et al. 2009 Pseudochelatococcus Kämpfer et al. 2015

The Beijerinckiaceae are a family of Hyphomicrobiales named after the Dutch microbiologist Martinus Willem Beijerinck. Beijerinckia is a genus of free-living aerobic nitrogen-fixing bacteria. Acidotolerant Beijerinckiaceae has been shown to be the main bacterial methanol sink in a deciduous forest soil and highlights their importance for the conversion of methanol in forest soils.^[3]

Together with Methylocystaceae they are alphaproteobacterial methanotrophs.^[4]