The Rhodobacteraceae are a family of Pseudomonadota in the order Rhodobacterales within the alpha subgroup. Like all Pseudomonadota, they are gram-negative. It contains chemoorganotrophs and photoheterotrophs. Many occur in aquatic habitats.

Genera

Accepted genera

The following genera have been effectively and validly published:

  • Acidimangrovimonas <small>Ren et al. 2019</small>
  • Actibacterium <small>Lucena et al. 2012</small>
  • Aestuariibius <small>Park et al. 2018</small>
  • Aestuariicoccus <small>Feng et al. 2018</small>
  • Aestuariihabitans <small>Yoon et al. 2014</small>
  • Aestuariivita <small>Park et al. 2014</small>
  • Aestuarium <small>Yu et al. 2019</small>
  • Agaricicola <small>Chu et al. 2010</small>
  • Albibacillus <small>Hördt et al. 2020</small>
  • Albidovulum <small>Albuquerque et al. 2003</small>
  • Albimonas <small>Lim et al. 2008</small>
  • Albirhodobacter <small>Nupur et al. 2015</small>
  • Aliiroseovarius <small>Park et al. 2015</small>
  • Aliishimia <small>Kim et al. 2019</small>
  • Alkalilacustris <small>Zhang et al. 2019</small>

<!-- Alkalimicrobium was reclassified as Mameliella. -->

  • Allgaiera <small>Hördt et al. 2020</small>
  • Allosediminivita <small>Hördt et al. 2020</small>
  • Amaricoccus <small>Maszenan et al. 1997</small>
  • Amylibacter <small>Teramoto and Nishijima 2014</small>
  • Antarcticimicrobium <small>Zhang et al. 2020</small>
  • Antarctobacter <small>Labrenz et al. 1998</small>
  • Aquicoccus <small>Feng et al. 2018</small>
  • Aquimixticola <small>Park et al. 2015</small>
  • Arenibacillus <small>Kim et al. 2019</small>
  • Arenibacterium <small>Baek et al. 2020</small>
  • Ascidiaceihabitans <small>Kim et al. 2014</small>

<!-- Bieblia is a synonym of Rhodobacter. -->

  • Boseongicola <small>Park et al. 2014</small>
  • Brevirhabdus <small>Wu et al. 2015</small>
  • Carideicomes <small>Wang et al. 2020</small>

<!-- Catellibacterium was reclassified as Gemmobacter. -->

  • Celeribacter <small>Ivanova et al. 2010</small>
  • Cereibacter <small>Suresh et al. 2015</small>
  • Chachezhania <small>Yuan et al. 2020</small>

<!-- Citreicella was reclassified as Salipiger. -->

  • Citreimonas <small>Choi and Cho 2006</small>
  • Cognatishimia <small>Wirth and Whitman 2018</small>
  • Cognatiyoonia <small>Wirth and Whitman 2018</small>

<!-- Confluentimicrobium was reclassified as Actibacterium. -->

  • Cribrihabitans <small>Chen et al. 2014</small>
  • Cypionkella <small>Hördt et al. 2020</small>
  • Defluviimonas <small>Foesel et al. 2013</small>
  • Dinoroseobacter <small>Biebl et al. 2005</small>
  • Donghicola <small>Yoon et al. 2007</small>
  • Epibacterium <small>Penesyan et al. 2013</small>
  • Falsirhodobacter <small>Subhash et al. 2013</small>
  • Fertoeibacter <small>Szuroczki et al. 2021</small>
  • Flavimaricola <small>Wirth and Whitman 2018</small>
  • Fluviibacterium <small>Sun et al. 2020</small>
  • Frigidibacter <small>Li and Zhou 2015</small>

<!-- Fuscovulum is a synonym of Rhodobacter. -->

<!-- Gaetbulicola was reclassified as Marivita. -->

  • Gemmobacter <small>Rothe et al. 1988</small>
  • Haematobacter <small>Helsel et al. 2007</small>
  • Hahyoungchilella <small>Kim and Lee 2020</small>
  • Halocynthiibacter <small>Kim et al. 2014</small>
  • Halodurantibacterium <small>Lv et al. 2015</small>
  • Halovulum <small>Sun et al. 2015</small>
  • Hasllibacter <small>Kim et al. 2012</small>
  • Histidinibacterium <small>Wang et al. 2019</small>

<!-- Huaishuia was reclassified as Celeribacter. -->

  • Hwanghaeicola <small>Kim et al. 2010</small>
  • Jannaschia <small>Wagner-Döbler et al. 2003</small>
  • Jhaorihella <small>Rekha et al. 2011</small>
  • Kandeliimicrobium <small>Wang et al. 2018</small>
  • Kangsaoukella <small>Lee et al. 2020</small>
  • Lacimonas <small>Zhong et al. 2015</small>
  • Leisingera <small>Schaefer et al. 2002</small>
  • Lentibacter <small>Li et al. 2012</small>
  • Limibaculum <small>Shin et al. 2017</small>
  • Limimaricola <small>Wirth and Whitman 2018</small>
  • Litoreibacter <small>Romanenko et al. 2011</small>

<!-- Litorimicrobium was reclassified as Thalassobius. -->

  • Litorisediminicola <small>Yoon et al. 2013</small>
  • Litorisediminivivens <small>Park et al. 2016</small>
  • Litorivita <small>Hetharua et al. 2018</small>
  • Loktanella <small>Van Trappen et al. 2004</small>

<!-- Luteovulum was reclassified as Cereibacter. -->

  • Lutimaribacter <small>Yoon et al. 2009</small>
  • Maliponia <small>Jung et al. 2016</small>
  • Mameliella <small>Zheng et al. 2010</small>
  • Mangrovicoccus <small>Yu et al. 2018</small>
  • Maribius <small>Choi et al. 2007</small>
  • Marimonas <small>Thongphrom et al. 2017</small>
  • Marinibacterium <small>Li et al. 2015</small>
  • Marinovum <small>Martens et al. 2006</small>
  • Maritimibacter <small>Lee et al. 2007</small>
  • Marivita <small>Hwang et al. 2009</small>
  • Marivivens <small>Park et al. 2016</small>
  • Meinhardsimonia <small>Hördt et al. 2020</small>
  • Meridianimarinicoccus <small>Ren et al. 2019</small>
  • Methylarcula <small>Doronina et al. 2000</small>
  • Monaibacterium <small>Chernikova et al. 2017</small>

<!-- Nautella was reclassified as Phaeobacter. -->

  • Neptunicoccus <small>Zhang et al. 2018</small>
  • Nereida <small>Pujalte et al. 2005</small>
  • Nioella <small>Rajasabapathy et al. 2015</small>
  • Oceanibium <small>Chang et al. 2019</small>

<!-- Oceanibulbus was reclassified as Sulfitobacter. -->

  • Oceanicella <small>Albuquerque et al. 2012</small>
  • Oceanicola <small>Cho and Giovannoni 2004</small>
  • Oceaniglobus <small>Li et al. 2017</small>
  • Octadecabacter <small>Gosink et al. 1998</small>
  • Pacificibacter <small>Romanenko et al. 2011</small>
  • Pacificitalea <small>Hördt et al. 2020</small>
  • Paenimaribius <small>Park et al. 2019</small>
  • Paenirhodobacter <small>Wang et al. 2014</small>
  • Palleronia <small>Martínez-Checa et al. 2005</small>
  • Paracoccus <small>Davis 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)</small>
  • Paradonghicola <small>Lee et al. 2019</small>

<!-- Paraoceanicella is a misspelling of Paroceanicella. -->

  • Paraphaeobacter <small>Cai et al. 2017</small>
  • Pararhodobacter <small>Foesel et al. 2013</small>
  • Parasedimentitalea <small>Ding et al. 2020</small>
  • Paroceanicella <small>corrig. Liu et al. 2020</small>

<!-- Pelagibaca was reclassified as Salipiger. -->

  • Pelagicola <small>Kim et al. 2008</small>
  • Pelagimonas <small>Hahnke et al. 2013</small>
  • Pelagivirga <small>Ji et al. 2018</small>
  • Pelagovum <small>Ren et al. 2020</small>
  • Phaeobacter <small>Martens et al. 2006</small>

<!-- Phaeovulum is a synonym of Rhodobacter. -->

  • Phycocomes <small>Zhu et al. 2019</small>
  • Planktomarina <small>Giebel et al. 2013</small>
  • Planktotalea <small>Hahnke et al. 2012</small>

<!-- Pleomorphobacterium was reclassified as Oceanicella. -->

  • Pontibaca <small>Kim et al. 2010</small>
  • Ponticoccus <small>Hwang and Cho 2008</small>
  • Pontivivens <small>Park et al. 2015</small>
  • Poseidonocella <small>Romanenko et al. 2012</small>
  • Primorskyibacter <small>Romanenko et al. 2011</small>
  • Profundibacter <small>Le Moine Bauer et al. 2019</small>
  • Profundibacterium <small>Lai et al. 2013</small>
  • Pseudaestuariivita <small>Wirth and Whitman 2018</small>
  • Pseudodonghicola <small>Hameed et al. 2014</small>
  • Pseudogemmobacter <small>Suman et al. 2019</small>
  • Pseudohalocynthiibacter <small>Won et al. 2015</small>
  • Pseudomaribius <small>Park et al. 2018</small>
  • Pseudooceanicola <small>Lai et al. 2015</small>
  • Pseudooctadecabacter <small>Billerbeck et al. 2015</small>

<!-- Pseudopelagicola was reclassified as Shimia. -->

  • Pseudophaeobacter <small>Breider et al. 2014</small>
  • Pseudoprimorskyibacter <small>Hördt et al. 2020</small>
  • Pseudopuniceibacterium <small>Zhang et al. 2019</small>
  • Pseudorhodobacter <small>Uchino et al. 2003</small>
  • Pseudoroseicyclus <small>Park et al. 2016</small>

<!-- Pseudoroseovarius was reclassified as Aliiroseovarius. -->

  • Pseudoruegeria <small>Yoon et al. 2007</small>
  • Pseudoseohaeicola <small>Park et al. 2015</small>
  • Pseudothioclava <small>Kim and Lee 2020</small>
  • Psychromarinibacter <small>Qiao et al. 2017</small>
  • Pukyongiella <small>Kim et al. 2020</small>
  • Puniceibacterium <small>Liu et al. 2014</small>
  • Qingshengfaniella <small>Wang et al. 2021</small>
  • Rhodobaca <small>Milford et al. 2001</small>
  • Rhodobacter <small>Imhoff et al. 1984</small>
  • Rhodobaculum <small>Bryantseva et al. 2015</small>
  • Rhodophyticola <small>Jung et al. 2019</small>
  • Rhodosalinus <small>Guo et al. 2017</small>
  • Rhodovulum <small>Hiraishi and Ueda 1994</small>
  • Roseibaca <small>Labrenz et al. 2009</small>
  • Roseibacterium <small>Suzuki et al. 2006</small>
  • Roseicitreum <small>Yu et al. 2011</small>
  • Roseicyclus <small>Rathgeber et al. 2005</small>
  • Roseinatronobacter <small>Sorokin et al. 2000</small>
  • Roseisalinus <small>Labrenz et al. 2005</small>
  • Roseivivax <small>Suzuki et al. 1999</small>
  • Roseobacter <small>Shiba 1991</small>
  • Roseovarius <small>Labrenz et al. 1999</small>
  • Rubellimicrobium <small>Denner et al. 2006</small>
  • Rubribacterium <small>Boldareva et al. 2010</small>
  • Rubricella <small>Yang et al. 2017</small>
  • Rubrimonas <small>Suzuki et al. 1999</small>
  • Ruegeria <small>Uchino et al. 1999</small>
  • Sagittula <small>Gonzalez et al. 1997</small>
  • Salinihabitans <small>Yoon et al. 2009</small>
  • Salinovum <small>Qu et al. 2017</small>
  • Salipiger <small>Martínez-Cánovas et al. 2004</small>
  • Sedimentitalea <small>Breider et al. 2014</small>
  • Sediminimonas <small>Wang et al. 2009</small>
  • Seohaeicola <small>Yoon et al. 2009</small>
  • Shimia <small>Choi and Cho 2006</small>

<!-- Silicibacter was reclassified as Ruegeria. -->

  • Silicimonas <small>Crenn et al. 2016</small>
  • Sinirhodobacter <small>corrig. Yang et al. 2018</small>

<!-- Sinorhodobacter is a misspelling of Sinirhodobacter. -->

  • Solirhodobacter <small>Chu et al. 2020</small>

<!-- Staleya was reclassified as Sulfitobacter. -->

  • Sulfitobacter <small>Sorokin 1996</small>
  • Tabrizicola <small>Tarhriz et al. 2014</small>
  • Tateyamaria <small>Kurahashi and Yokota 2008</small>

<!-- Thalassobacter was reclassified as Jannaschia. -->

  • Thalassobius <small>Arahal et al. 2005</small>
  • Thalassococcus <small>Lee et al. 2007</small>

<!-- Thiobacimonas was reclassified as Salipiger. -->

  • Thioclava <small>Sorokin et al. 2005</small>

<!-- Thiosphaera was reclassified as Paracoccus. -->

  • Tranquillimonas <small>Harwati et al. 2008</small>
  • Tritonibacter <small>Klotz et al. 2018</small>
  • Tropicibacter <small>Harwati et al. 2009</small>
  • Tropicimonas <small>Harwati et al. 2009</small>

<!-- Vadicella was reclassified as Celeribacter. -->

  • Vannielia <small>Hördt et al. 2020</small>

<!-- Wagnerdoeblera was reclassified as Gemmobacter. -->

  • Wenxinia <small>Ying et al. 2007</small>
  • Xinfangfangia <small>Hu et al. 2018</small>

<!-- Xuhuaishuia is a synonym of Brevirhabdus. -->

<!-- Yangia was reclassified as Salipiger. -->

  • Yoonia <small>Wirth and Whitman 2018</small>
  • Youngimonas <small>Hameed et al. 2014</small>

Provisional genera

The following genera have been published, but not validated according to the Bacteriological Code:

See also

  • Biohydrogen

Notes

References

Further reading