Valid publication:
Imhoff JF, Trüper HG, Pfennig N. Rearrangement of the species and genera of the phototrophic "purple nonsulfur bacteria". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:340-343.
Nomenclatural status:
validly published under the ICNP
heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Emendations:
Srinivas et al. 2007
Srinivas TN, Kumar PA, Sasikala Ch, Ramana ChV, Imhoff JF. Rhodobacter vinaykumarii sp. nov., a marine phototrophic alphaproteobacterium from tidal waters, and emended description of the genus Rhodobacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1984-1987.
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2727-2728. Notes:
⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
Wang et al. 2014
Wang D, Liu H, Zheng S, Wang G. Paenirhodobacter enshiensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a non-photosynthetic bacterium isolated from soil, and emended descriptions of the genera Rhodobacter and Haematobacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:551-558.
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1459-1460.
Suresh et al. 2019
Suresh G, Lodha TD, Indu B, Sasikala C, Ramana CV. Taxogenomics Resolves Conflict in the Genus Rhodobacter: A Two and Half Decades Pending Thought to Reclassify the Genus Rhodobacter. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2480.
Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090. Notes:
⊖ Emendation accompanied by the removal of 3 species from the genus.
Huang et al. 2024
Huang MH, Zhang DF, Wang HC, He W, Song XR. Description of Rhodobacter flavimaris sp. nov. and proposal of the genera Paenirhodobacter, Sedimentimonas, and Sinirhodobacter as synonyms of Rhodobacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6540.
Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 74, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6588. Notes:
⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 7 new species in the genus.
Notes:
🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Rhodobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006.Publication:
Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Family I. Rhodobacteraceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 161.
🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Rhodobacterales Garrity et al. 2006.Publication:
Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Order III. Rhodobacterales ord. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 161.
🧕 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Rhodobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006.Publication:
Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Family I. Rhodobacteraceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 161.
🧕 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the order Rhodobacterales Garrity et al. 2006.Publication:
Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Order III. Rhodobacterales ord. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 161.
🧕 Cavalier-Smith (2002) assigned this genus to the class Alphabacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002.Publication:
Cavalier-Smith T. The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:7-76.
🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus [Rhodonostoc].Publication:
Molisch H. Die Purpurbakterien nach neuen Untersuchungen I-VII. G. Fischer, Jena, 1907.
🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Rhodopseudomonas Czurda and Maresch 1937 (Approved Lists 1980).Publication:
van Niel CB. THE CULTURE, GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY, MORPHOLOGY, AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE NON-SULFUR PURPLE AND BROWN BACTERIA. Bacteriol Rev 1944; 8:1-118.
🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Rbodobacter"; "Rhcdobacter"; "Rhdobacter"; "Rhobobacter"; "Rhoclobacter"; "Rkodobacter"; "Rliodobacier"; "Rliodobacter"; "Rodobacter"; "Rrhodobacter"; "Rtiodobacter"; "Thodobacter"; "Zodobacter".
🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP.Publication:
Imhoff JF, Madigan MT. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of phototrophic bacteria. Minutes of the Meetings, 28 August 2000, Barcelona, Spain. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2002; 52:2335-2336.
🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP.Publication:
Trüper HG, Imhoff JF. International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology - Subcommittee on the taxonomy of phototrophic bacteria. Minutes of the meetings, 10 September 1997, Vienna, Austria. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1999; 49:925-926.
🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP.Publication:
Trueper HG, Imhoff JF. ICSB, SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE TAXONOMY OF THE PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIA: Minutes of the meetings, 10 September 1997, Vienna, Austria. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1999; 49:925-926.
🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP.Publication:
Imhoff JF, Wilmotte A. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of phototrophic bacteria: minutes of the meetings, 11 August 2009, Montreal, Canada. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3907-3909.
🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP.Publication:
Imhoff JF, Wilmotte A. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Phototrophic Bacteria: Minutes of the meetings, 4 August 2015, Tubingen, Germany. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5211.
🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 16; KCTC: 14; JCM: 13; LMG: 12; CCUG: 8; NBRC: 8; ATCC: 8; CIP: 7; IFO: 6; CGMCC: 5.
😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "ROBT" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer.Publication:
Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.
Subdivision:
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 24 Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 37 Total number of child taxa: 43