Betaproteobacteria is a class of Proteobacteria. Betaproteobacteria are, like all Proteobacteria, gram-negative. The Betaproteobacteria consist of several groups of aerobic or facultative bacteria that are often highly versatile in their degradation capacities, but also contain chemolithotrophic genera (e.g., the ammonia-oxidising genus Nitrosomon... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betaproteobacteria