Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.1507

Name

Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides van Niel 1944 (Approved Lists 1980)

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	Rhodopseudomonas Czurda and Maresch 1937 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Imhoff et al. 1984

Type Strain

representative organism

ATH 2.4.1^T (=NCIB 8287 =DSM 158 =JCM 6121 =CGMCC 1.3368 =ATCC 17023 =CGMCC 1.1737 =NCIMB 8287 =LMG 2827 =BCRC 16407 =CECT 300 =KCTC 1434 =IAM 14237 =ATCC 11167 =ATCC 14690 =NBRC 12203 =NCIB 8253 =NCIMB 8253 =CIP 60.6 =IFO 12203 =CCUG 31486)

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 Nitrobacteraceae Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Hördt et al. 2020
genus Rhodopseudomonas Czurda and Maresch 1937 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Imhoff et al. 1984
species Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides van Niel 1944 (Approved Lists 1980)

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

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Taxon Abstract for the species Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides van Niel 1944 (Approved Lists 1980). Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.1507.

Source File

10.1601/tx.1507.xml

References

van Niel CB. The culture, general physiology, morphology, and classification of the non-sulfur purple and brown bacteria. Bacteriol Rev 1944; 8:1-118. [PubMed].