The Hyphomicrobiaceae are a family of

bacteria Bacteria (; singular: bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one biological cell. They constitute a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms. Typically a few micrometres in length, bacteria were among ...

. Among others, they include ''

Rhodomicrobium ''Rhodomicrobium'' is a microaerobic to anaerobic, purple non-sulfur, cluster-building genus of bacteria. ''Rhodomicrobium'' uses bacteriochlorophyll a and bacteriochlorophyll b for photosynthesis Photosynthesis is a process used by pl ...

'', a genus of

purple bacteria Purple bacteria or purple photosynthetic bacteria are Gram-negative proteobacteria that are phototrophic, capable of producing their own food via photosynthesis. They are pigmented with bacteriochlorophyll ''a'' or ''b'', together with various ...

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the

List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) is an online database that maintains information on the naming and taxonomy of prokaryotes, following the taxonomy requirements and rulings of the International Code of Nomenclature ...

(LPSN). The phylogeny is based on whole-genome analysis.

References

Hyphomicrobiales {{Hyphomicrobiales-stub