Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.10994

Name

Rhodobium pfennigii Caumette et al. 2007

Taxonomic Rank

species

Methodology

Nomenclatural Taxonomy [1980-2022]

Incertae sedis taxa are placed using SOSCC (Garrity and Lilburn 2008)

Parent

Taxon Record	Name Record
genus	Rhodobium Hiraishi et al. 1995 emend. Urdiain et al. 2008

Type Strain

representative organism

AR2102^T (=DSM 17143 =ATCC BAA-1145)

Type Status

Taxonomy

The taxonomic placement of this species within the root Universal Root.


root Universal Root Woese et al. 1990
domain Bacteria (None 2015) Woese et al. 1990
phylum Proteobacteria (sic) Garrity et al. 2021
class Alphaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2006
order Hyphomicrobiales Douglas 1957 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Hördt et al. 2020
family Rhodobiaceae Garrity et al. 2006 emend. Hördt et al. 2020
genus Rhodobium Hiraishi et al. 1995 emend. Urdiain et al. 2008
species Rhodobium pfennigii Caumette et al. 2007

The taxonomy from the rank of class and below is based upon currently published taxonomic opinion. For a complete taxonomy, refer to The Taxonomic Outline of Bacteria and Archaea, Release 7.7.

Citation

When referring to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier.

Taxon Abstract for the species Rhodobium pfennigii Caumette et al. 2007. Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.10994.

Source File

10.1601/tx.10994.xml

References

Caumette P, Guyoneaud R, Duran R, Cravo-Laureau C, Matheron R. Rhodobium pfennigii sp. nov., a phototrophic purple non-sulfur bacterium with unusual bacteriochlorophyll a antennae, isolated from a brackish microbial mat on Rangiroa atoll, French Polynesia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1250-1255. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.64775-0 [PubMed].