Rhodobacteraceae

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Rhodobacteraceae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
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. Many occur in aquatic habitats.

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]

  • "Aliisedimentitalea" Kim et al. 2015
  • "Alterinioella" Kong et al. 2021
  • "Falsigemmobacter" Li et al. 2020
  • "Jindonia" Park et al. 2017
  • "Ketogulonicigenium" corrig. Urbance et al. 2001
  • "Nitropelagi" Jeong and Lee 2016
  • "Oceaniovalibus" Liu et al. 2012
  • "Oceanomicrobium" Dai et al. 2021
  • "Piezobacter" Takai et al. 2009
  • "Pikeienuella" Park et al. 2021
  • "Plastorhodobacter" Xie et al. 2015
  • "Polymorphum" Cai et al. 2011
  • "Pseudopontivivens" Park et al. 2018
  • "Roseibacula" Nuyanzina-Boldareva and Gorlenko 2014
  • "Zongyanglinia" Xu et al. 2021

Candidatus Genera

The following candidatus genera have been published:[3]

  • "Candidatus Halichondriibacter" corrig. Knobloch et al. 2019
  • "Candidatus Kopriimonas" Quinn et al. 2012

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

outgroup

Neomegalonemataceae

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