Rhodobacter

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Rhodobacter
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Rhodobacter

Imhoff et al. 1984 [1]
Type species
Rhodobacter capsulatus
Species [2]
Synonyms [2]
  • BiebliaHördt et al. 2020
  • FuscovulumSuresh et al. 2020
  • PhaeovulumSuresh et al. 2020

In taxonomy, Rhodobacter is a genus of the Rhodobacteraceae. [3] The most famous species of Rhodobacter are Rhodobacter sphaeroides and Rhodobacter capsulatus , which are used as model organisms to study bacterial photosynthesis.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. Imhoff JF, Truper HG, Pfennig N (1984). "Rearrangement of the species and genera of the phototrophic purple nonsulfur bacteria". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 34 (3): 340–343. doi: 10.1099/00207713-34-3-340 .
  2. 1 2 List of Prokaryotic Names with Standing in Nomenclature—Rhodobacter
  3. Garrity GM, Holt JG (2001). "Taxonomic Outline of the Archaea and Bacteria". In Boone DR, Castenholz RW (eds.). Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology Volume 1: The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria (2nd ed.). New York: Springer Verlag. pp.  155–166. ISBN   978-0-387-98771-2.