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Alphaproteobacteria
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Definition
: A class in the phylum PROTEOBACTERIA comprised mostly of two major phenotypes: purple non-sulfur bacteria and aerobic bacteriochlorophyll-containing bacteria.
DF: ALPHAPROTEOBACT
Examples
Anaplasmataceae
;
Bartonellaceae
;
Beijerinckiaceae
;
Bradyrhizobiaceae
;
Brucellaceae
;
Caulobacteraceae
;
Holosporaceae
;
Hyphomicrobiaceae
;
Methylobacteriaceae
;
Methylocystaceae
;
Phyllobacteriaceae
;
Rhodospirillales
;
Rhizobiaceae
;
Rhodobacteraceae
;
Rickettsiaceae
;
Sphingomonadaceae
Other names
Proteobacteria alpha; alpha Proteobacteria