Hyphomonadaceae
Encyclopedia
In taxonomy
, the Hyphomonadaceae are a family
of the Rhodobacterales
.
Alpha taxonomy
Alpha taxonomy is the discipline concerned with finding, describing and naming species of living or fossil organisms. This field is supported by institutions holding collections of these organisms, with relevant data, carefully curated: such institutes include natural history museums, herbaria and...
, the Hyphomonadaceae are a family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of the Rhodobacterales
Rhodobacterales
In taxonomy, the Rhodobacterales are an order of the Alphaproteobacteria.Gene transfer agents are viruslike elements produced by Rhodobacterales which transfer DNA and may be an important factor in their evolution.-External links:...
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