Affiliation:
1. Instituto de Biotecnología y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, CONICET CCT La Plata, La Plata, Argentina
Abstract
The genus
Azohydromonas
encompasses five validly described species belonging to the betaproteobacterial class. Recognized for their potential biotechnological uses, they were first described as belonging to the genus
Alcaligenes
. The phylogeny of the 16S rRNA gene of the original strains as well as newly described species led to a description of these strains within a new bacterial genus,
Azohydromonas
. However, the phylogenetic position of this genus remains described as part of the family
Alcaligenaceae
, even those some authors have placed it within the order
Burkholderiales
. To unravel the precise position of the genus
Azohydromonas
, a wide phylogenomic analysis was performed. The results of 16S rRNA gene phylogeny, as well as those obtained by the multilocus analysis of homologous proteins and overall genome relatedness indices, support the reclassification of
Azohydromonas
in the Rubrivivax–Ideonella lineage of the family
Comamonadaceae
, so the transfer of this genus is proposed.
Funder
Fondo para la Investigación Científica y Tecnológica
Subject
General Medicine,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics,Microbiology
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