Genus Achromobacter
Yabuuchi and Yano 1981
Gram-negative, straight rods with rounded ends. Nonsporeforming. Motile
with 1-20 peritrichous flagella. Obligately aerobic and nonfermentative.
Oxidase and catalase positive. Nonhalophilic, nonhemolytic, and
nonpigmented. Carbohydrates usually are not utilized. Urease, DNase,
phenylalanine deaminase, lysine and ornithine decarboxylase, arginine
dihydrolase, and gelatinase negative.
(c) Costin Stoica
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NOTES

Species included in Genus
Tetrathiobacter Ghosh et
al. 2005 were moved to
genus Advenella Coenye et
al. 2005

According to Vandamme et
al. (2016), Achromobacter
spiritinus strains should be
reclassified as
Achromobacter
marplatensis
LEGEND
* marked species are not included
in ABIS identification database
Family Alcaligenaceae
De Ley et al. 1986
Genus Advenella
Coenye et al. 2005
Genus Alcaligenes
Castellani and Chalmers 1919
Alcaligenes aestus * (moved to Halomonas)
Alcaligenes aquamarinus * (moved to Halomonas)
Alcaligenes aquatilis
Alcaligenes cupidus * (moved to Halomonas)
Alcaligenes defragrans (moved to Castellaniella)
Alcaligenes denitrificans (see Achromobacter denitrificans)
Alcaligenes endophyticus
Alcaligenes eutrophus * (moved to Cupriavidus)
Alcaligenes faecalis subsp. faecalis
Alcaligenes faecalis subsp. parafaecalis
Alcaligenes faecalis subsp. phenolicus
Alcaligenes latus (moved to Azohydromonas)
Alcaligenes pacificus * (moved to Halomonas)
Alcaligenes pakistanensis *
Alcaligenes paradoxus * (moved to Variovorax)
Alcaligenes piechaudii (see Achromobacter piechaudii)
Alcaligenes ruhlandii (see Achromobacter ruhlandii)
Alcaligenes venustus * (moved to Halomonas)
Alcaligenes xylosoxidans (moved to Achromobacter)
Genus Azohydromonas
Xie and Yokota 2005
Azohydromonas australica
Azohydromonas lata
Azohydromonas riparia *
Azohydromonas ureilytica *
Genus Brackiella
Willems et al. 2002
Genus Bordetella
Moreno-Lopez 1952
Genus Castellaniella
Kampfer et al. 2006
Genus Derxia
Jensen et al. 1960
Gram-negative, rods or coccobacilli. Nonsporeforming. Motile with 1-9
peritrichous flagella. Obligately aerobic, some strains are capable of
anaerobic respiration in the presence of nitrate or nitrite. Optimal growth
temperature is 20-37 ºC. Nonpigmented. Oxidase and catalase positive.
Indole is not produced.
Genus Candidimonas
Vaz-Moreira et al. 2011
Genus Eoetvoesia
Felfoldi et al. 2014
Genus Kerstersia
Coenye et al. 2003
Genus Oligella
Segers et al. 1993
Genus Paenalcaligenes
Kampfer et al. 2010
Genus Paralcaligenes
Kim et al. 2011
Caenimicrobium
Felfoldi et al. 2017
Genus Pelistega
Vandamme et al. 1998
Genus Pigmentiphaga
Blumel et al. 2001
Genus Pusillimonas
Stolz et al. 2005
Genus Taylorella
Sugimoto et al. 1984
Genus Verticiella
Vandamme 2016
Gram-negative coccobacilli, often bipolar stained. Nonsporeforming.
Nonmotile or motile byperitrichous flagella. Strictly aerobic. Optimal
temperature, 35-37 ºC. Colonies on Bordet–Gengou medium are smooth,
convex, pearly, glistening, transparent, and surrounded by diffuse
hemolysis. Found in respiratory tract.
Genus Ampullimonas
Franca et al. 2016
Genus Saccharedens
Lin et al. 2017
Genus Parapusillimonas
Kim et al. 2010
Genus Paracandidimonas
Kampfer et al. 2017
Genus Allopusillimonas
Babich et al. 2023