Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.2089

Name

Amoebobacter Winogradsky 1888 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Guyoneaud et al. 1998

Taxonomic Rank

genus

Methodology

Nomenclatural Taxonomy [1980-2022]

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

Parent

Taxon Record	Name Record
family	Chromatiaceae Bavendamm 1924 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Sisinthy et al. 2017

Members

species	Amoebobacter roseus Winogradsky 1888 (Approved Lists 1980)
species	Amoebobacter pedioformis Eichler and Pfennig 1987
species	Amoebobacter pendens (Molisch 1906) Pfennig and Trüper 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)
species	Amoebobacter purpureus Eichler and Pfennig 1989

Type Status

Taxonomy

The taxonomic placement of this genus 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 Gammaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2005 emend. Williams and Kelly 2013
order Chromatiales Imhoff 2005
family Chromatiaceae Bavendamm 1924 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Sisinthy et al. 2017
genus Amoebobacter Winogradsky 1888 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Guyoneaud et al. 1998

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 genus Amoebobacter Winogradsky 1888 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Guyoneaud et al. 1998. Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.2089.

Source File

10.1601/tx.2089.xml


This information was last reviewed on January 17, 2017.

References

Pfennig N, Trüper HG. Conservation of the Family Name Chromatiaceae Bavendamm 1924 with the Type Genus Chromatium Perty 1852 Request for an Opinion. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1971; 21:15-16. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-21-1-15.
Winogradsky S. Beiträge zur Morphologie und Physiologie der Bacterien. Zur Morphologie und Physiologie der Schwefelbakterien., Arthur Felix, Leipzig, 1888, p. 1-120.
Pfennig N, Trüper HG. New nomenclatural combinations in the phototrophic sulfur bacteria. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1971; 21:11-14. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-21-1-11.
Eichler B, Pfennig N. A new purple sulfur bacterium from stratified fresh water lakes, Amoebobacter purpurens. Arch Microbiol 1988; 149:395-400. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00425577.
Eichler BE, Pfennig N. Characterization of a new platelet-forming purple sulfur bacterium Amoebobacter pedioformis sp. nov. Arch Microbiol 1986; 146:295-300. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00403233.