Zoogloeaceae
Family of Bacteria
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Zoogloeaceae is a family of bacteria in the order Rhodocyclales. In 2017, Boden et al. proposed the creation of Zoogloeaceae and Azonexaceae to harmonize the taxonomy with 16S rRNA gene-based phylogeny as well as physiology.[2][3] The type genus, from whence the name is derived, is Zoogloea. In 2021, Huang et al. added four new genera to the family.[4] At present, the family comprises 13 genera,[1] with 44 sequenced genomes and 73 representative 16S rRNA gene sequences.[5]
| Zoogloeaceae | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Betaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Rhodocyclales |
| Family: | Zoogloeaceae Boden et al. 2017[1] |
| Genera | |
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Aromatoleum, Azoarcus, Cognatazoarcus, Denitromonas, Epicystopsis, Nitrogeniibacter, Niveibacterium, Parazoarcus, Pseudozoarcus, Pseudothauera, Thauera, Ulignosibacterium, Zoogloea | |
Zoogloeaceae is characterized by a rod shape and one or more flagella.[2] Species are metabolically diverse and are implicated in nitrogen cycling.[2]
