Rhodobacteraceae

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Rhodobacteraceae

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Rhodobacteraceae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Rhodobacterales
Family: Rhodobacteraceae
Garrity et al. 2006
Genera

Ahrensia
Albidovulum
Amaricoccus
Antarctobacter
Catellibacterium
Citreicella
Dinoroseobacter
Haematobacter
Jannaschia
Ketogulonicigenium
Leisingera
Loktanella
Maribius
Marinosulfonomonas
Marinovum
Maritimibacter
Methylarcula
Nereida
Oceanibulbus
Oceanicola
Octadecabacter
Palleronia
Pannonibacter
Paracoccus
Phaeobacter
Pseudorhodobacter
Pseudovibrio
Rhodobaca
Rhodobacter
Rhodothalassium
Rhodovulum
Roseibacterium
Roseibium
Roseicyclus
Roseinatronobacter
Roseisalinus
Roseivivax
Roseobacter
Roseovarius
Rubrimonas
Ruegeria
Sagittula
Salipiger
Silicibacter
Staleya
Stappia
Sulfitobacter
Tetracoccus
Thalassobacter
Thalassobius
Thioclava
Yangia

Synonyms
  • Rhodobacter group
  • Roseobacter group
  • alpha-3 proteobacteria

The Rhodobacteraceae are a family of proteobacteria, given their own order within the alpha subgroup. Like all proteobaceria, they are gram-negative. It contains chemoorganotrophs and photoheterotrophs bacteria. Many occur in aquatic habitats.

In taxonomy, the Rhodobacteraceae are a family of the Rhodobacterales.[1]

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Scientific journals

Scientific books

  • Garrity GM, Holt JG (2001). "Taxonomic Outline of the Archaea and Bacteria". In DR Boone and RW Castenholz, eds.. Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology Volume 1: The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria (2nd ed. ed.). New York: Springer Verlag. pp. 155–166. ISBN 978-0-387-98771-2. 

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