Rhodobacteraceae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Rhodobacterales
Family: Rhodobacteraceae
Garrity et al. 2006
Genera

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Synonyms[citation needed]
  • Rhodobacter group
  • Roseobacter group
  • alpha-3 proteobacteria

The Rhodobacteraceae are a family of Pseudomonadota in the order Rhodobacterales within the alpha subgroup.[1] Like all Pseudomonadota, they are gram-negative. It contains chemoorganotrophs and photoheterotrophs bacteria. Many occur in aquatic habitats.

Genera

Accepted genera

The following genera have been effectively and validly published:[2][3]

Provisional Genera

The following genera have been published, but not validated according to the Bacteriological Code:[3]

Candidatus Genera

The following candidatus genera have been published:[3]

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature[3] and the phylogeny is based on whole-genome sequences.[4][a]

Rhodobacteraceae

Rubrimonas

Meinhardsimonia

outgroup

Neomegalonemataceae

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Acidimangrovimonas, Aestuariibius, Aestuariicoccus, Aestuariihabitans, Aestuarium, Agaricicola, Albirhodobacter, Aliishimia, Alkalilacustris, Allgaiera, Amaricoccus, Antarcticimicrobium, Aquicoccus, Arenibacillus, Arenibacterium, Carideicomes, Chachezhania, Falsirhodobacter, Fertoeibacter, Fluviibacterium, Hahyoungchilella, Halodurantibacterium, Halovulum, Histidinibacterium, Kangsaoukella, Lacimonas, Limibaculum, Litorisediminicola, Litorisediminivivens, Litorivita, Marimonas, Meridianimarinicoccus, Methylarcula, Nioella, Oceanibium, Paenimaribius, Paradonghicola, Paraphaeobacter, Parasedimentitalea, Paroceanicella, Pelagivirga, Pelagovum, Phycocomes, Profundibacter, Profundibacterium, Pseudogemmobacter, Pseudohalocynthiibacter, Pseudomaribius, Pseudopuniceibacterium, Pseudoseohaeicola, Pseudothioclava, Psychromarinibacter, Pukyongiella, Qingshengfaniella, Rhodobaculum, Rhodophyticola, Roseibaca, Roseibacterium, Roseicyclus, Rubribacterium, Rubricella, Salinovum, Seohaeicola, Sinirhodobacter, Solirhodobacter, Tateyamaria, Xinfangfangia, and Youngimonas are not included in this phylogenetic tree.

References

  1. ^ See the NCBI webpage on Rhodobacteraceae. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
  2. ^ Parker, Charles Thomas; Wigley, Sarah; Garrity, George M (1 January 2003). Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M (eds.). "Taxonomic Abstract for the families". The NamesforLife Abstracts. doi:10.1601/tx.1037.
  3. ^ a b c d Euzéby JP, Parte AC. "Rhodobacteraceae". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved June 2, 2021.
  4. ^ Hördt A, López MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, et al. (2020). "Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria". Frontiers in Microbiology. 11: 468. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2020.00468. PMC 7179689. PMID 32373076.

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