The Phyllobacteriaceae are a family of bacteria. The most common genus is Mesorhizobium which contains some of the rhizobia species.

Phyllobacteriaceae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Hyphomicrobiales
Family: Phyllobacteriaceae
Mergaert and Swings 2006
Genera[1][2]

Phylogeny edit

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN).[1] The phylogeny is based on whole-genome analysis.[3][a]

Notes edit

  1. ^ Phyllobacterium is not included in this phylogenetic tree.

References edit

  1. ^ a b Euzéby JP, Parte AC. "Phyllobacteriaceae". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Phyllobacteriaceae". www.uniprot.org.
  3. ^ Hördt A; García López M; Meier-Kolthoff JP; Schleuning M; Weinhold L-M; Tindall BJ; Gronow A; Kyrpides NC; Woyke T; Göker M. (2020). "Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria". Front. Microbiol. 11: 468. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2020.00468. PMC 7179689. PMID 32373076.