| Rhodobacter |
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| Scientific classification |
| Domain: |
Bacteria |
| Kingdom: |
Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: |
Pseudomonadota |
| Class: |
Alphaproteobacteria |
| Order: |
Rhodobacterales |
| Family: |
Rhodobacteraceae |
| Genus: |
Rhodobacter
Imhoff et al. 1984 |
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| Type species |
Rhodobacter capsulatus
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| Species |
- Rhodobacter aestuarii Venkata Ramana et al. 2009
- Rhodobacter azotoformans Hiraishi et al. 1997
- Rhodobacter blasticus corrig. (Eckersley and Dow 1981) Kawasaki et al. 1994
- Rhodobacter capsulatus (Molisch 1907) Imhoff et al. 1984
- Rhodobacter johrii Girija et al. 2010
- Rhodobacter maris Venkata Ramana et al. 2008
- Rhodobacter megalophilus Arunasri et al. 2008
- Rhodobacter ovatus Srinivas et al. 2008
- Rhodobacter sphaeroides (van Niel 1944) Imhoff et al. 1984
- Rhodobacter veldkampii Hansen and Imhoff 1985
- Rhodobacter vinaykumarii Srinivas et al. 2007
- Rhodobacter viridis Shalem Raj et al. 2013
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| Synonyms |
- Bieblia Hördt et al. 2020
- Fuscovulum Suresh et al. 2020
- Phaeovulum Suresh et al. 2020
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Rhodobacter is a genus of bacteria in the family Rhodobacteraceae. The most famous species of Rhodobacter are Rhodobacter sphaeroides and Rhodobacter capsulatus, which are used as model organisms to study bacterial photosynthesis.