Beijerinckiaceae

Beijerinckiaceae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Alphaproteobacteria
Order:	Hyphomicrobiales
Family:	Beijerinckiaceae; Garrity et al. 2006
Genera
	Beijerinckia Derx 1950 (Approved Lists 1980); Methylocapsa Dedysh et al. 2002; Methylocella Dedysh et al. 2000; Methyloferula Vorobev et al. 2011; Methylorosula Berestovskaya et al. 2012; Methylovirgula Vorob'ev et al. 2009; Pseudochelatococcus Kämpfer et al. 2015;

The Beijerinckiaceae are a family of Hyphomicrobiales named after the Dutch microbiologist Martinus Willem Beijerinck. Beijerinckia is a genus of free-living aerobic nitrogen-fixing bacteria. Acidotolerant Beijerinckiaceae has been shown to be the main bacterial methanol sink in a deciduous forest soil and highlights their importance for the conversion of methanol in forest soils.

Together with Methylocystaceae they are alphaproteobacterial methanotrophs.