rhizobiaceae rhizobiaceae the rhizobiaceae is a family of pseudomonadota comprising multiple subgroups that enhance and hinder plant development. some bacteria found in the family are used for plant nutrition and collectively make up the rhizobia. other bacteria such as agrobacterium tumefaciens and rhizobium rhizogenes severely alter the development of plants in their ability to induce crown galls or hairy roots, respectively. the family has been of an interest to scientists for centuries in their ability to associate with plants and modify plant development. the rhizobiaceae are, like all pseudomonadota, gram-negative. they are aerobic, and the cells are usually rod-shaped. many species of the rhizobiaceae are diazotrophs which are able to fix nitrogen and are symbiotic with plant roots. rhizobiaceae agrobacterium tumefaciens as it begins to infect a carrot cell scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: alphaproteobacteria order: hyphomicrobiales family: rhizobiaceaeconn 1938 genera see text genera rhizobiaceae comprises the following genera: agrobacterium conn 1942 (approved lists 1980) allorhizobium de lajudie et al. 1998 ciceribacter kathiravan et al. 2013 endobacterium menéndez et al. 2021 ensifer casida 1982 gellertiella tóth et al. 2017 georhizobium cao et al. 2020 hoeflea peix et al. 2005 lentilitoribacter park et al. 2013 liberibacter fagen et al. 2014 martelella rivas et al. 2005 mycoplana gray and thornton 1928 (approved lists 1980) "neopararhizobium" hördt et al. 2020 neorhizobium mousavi et al. 2015 "onobrychidicola" ashrafi et al. 2022 pararhizobium mousavi et al. 2016 peteryoungia rahi et al. 2021 pseudorhizobium kimes et al. 2017 rhizobium frank 1889 (approved lists 1980) shinella an et al. 2006 sinorhizobium chen et al. 1988 xaviernesmea kuzmanović et al. 2022 phylogeny the currently accepted taxonomy is based on the list of prokaryotic names with standing in nomenclature (lpsn). the phylogeny is based on whole-genome analysis. rhizobiaceae "neopararhizobium" lentilitoribacter hoeflea liberibacter martelella shinella mycoplana gellertiella ensifer sinorhizobium pararhizobium rhizobium allorhizobium ciceribacter agrobacterium pseudorhizobium neorhizobium outgroup phyllobacteriaceae