Zoogloeaceae

Zoogloeaceae is a family of bacteria in the order Rhodocyclales. In 2017, Boden et al. proposed the creation of Zoogloeaceae and Azonexaceae to harmonize the taxonomy with 16S rRNA gene-based phylogeny as well as physiology.^[2][3] The type genus, from whence the name is derived, is Zoogloea. In 2021, Huang et al. added four new genera to the family.^[4] At present, the family comprises 13 genera,^[1] with 44 sequenced genomes and 73 representative 16S rRNA gene sequences.^[5]

Zoogloeaceae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Betaproteobacteria
Order:	Rhodocyclales
Family:	Zoogloeaceae Boden et al. 2017[1]
Genera
Aromatoleum, Azoarcus, Cognatazoarcus, Denitromonas, Epicystopsis, Nitrogeniibacter, Niveibacterium, Parazoarcus, Pseudozoarcus, Pseudothauera, Thauera, Ulignosibacterium, Zoogloea

Zoogloeaceae is characterized by a rod shape and one or more flagella.^[2] Species are metabolically diverse and are implicated in nitrogen cycling.^[2]