Beijerinckiaceae
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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.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
Together with Methylocystaceae they are alphaproteobacterial methanotrophs.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>