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Pleomorphomonas

Pleomorphomonas is a genus of bacteria from the order Hyphomicrobiales.

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Pleomorphomonas
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Hyphomicrobiales
Family: Pleomorphomonadaceae
Genus: Pleomorphomonas
Xie and Yokota 20051
Type species
Pleomorphomonas oryzae1
Species2
Synonyms3

Pleomonas

Pleomorphomonas is a genus of bacteria from the order Hyphomicrobiales.3

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN).2 The phylogeny is based on whole-genome analysis.4

References

References

  1. Xie, CH; Yokota, A (2005). "Pleomorphomonas oryzae gen. nov., sp. nov., a nitrogen-fixing bacterium isolated from paddy soil of Oryza sativa". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 55 (Pt 3): 1233–7. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.63406-0. PMID 15879261.
  2. LPSN
  3. "Pleomorphomonas".
  4. Hördt, Anton; López, Marina García; Meier-Kolthoff, Jan P.; Schleuning, Marcel; Weinhold, Lisa-Maria; Tindall, Brian J.; Gronow, Sabine; Kyrpides, Nikos C.; Woyke, Tanja; Göker, Markus (7 April 2020). "Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria". Frontiers in Microbiology. 11: 468. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2020.00468. PMC 7179689. PMID 32373076.