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Comamonadaceae
Medical Definition: | A family of gram-negative aerobic bacteria in the class BETA PROTEOBACTERIA, encompassing the acidovorans rRNA complex. Some species are pathogenic for PLANTS. |
Also Called: | Acidovorax,Hydrogenophaga |
Comamonas - A genus of gram-negative, straight or slightly curved rods which are motile by polar flagella and which accumulate poly-beta-hydroxybutyrate within the cells. | |
Delftia - A genus of gram-negative, strictly aerobic chemoorganotrophic bacteria, in the family COMAMONADACEAE. | |
Leptothrix - A genus of gram-negative, sheathed, rod-shaped bacteria in the family COMAMONADACEAE. | |
Sphaerotilus - A genus of gram-negative, sheathed, rod-shaped bacteria in the family COMAMONADACEAE. They are closely related to LEPTOTHRIX. |
Comamonadaceae Medical Definitions and Terms
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