Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.2070

Name

Chromatiaceae Bavendamm 1924 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Sisinthy et al. 2017

Taxonomic Rank

family

Methodology

Nomenclatural Taxonomy [1980-2022]

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

Parent

Taxon Record	Name Record
order	Chromatiales Imhoff 2005

Members

genus	Chromatium Perty 1852 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Imhoff et al. 1998
genus	Allochromatium Imhoff et al. 1998
genus	Amoebobacter Winogradsky 1888 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Guyoneaud et al. 1998
genus	Arsukibacterium Schmidt et al. 2016
genus	Caldichromatium Saini et al. 2020
genus	Ectothiorhodospira Pelsh 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)
genus	Gallaecimonas Rodríguez-Blanco et al. 2010
genus	Halochromatium Imhoff et al. 1998 emend. Anil Kumar et al. 2007
genus	Imhoffiella Nupur et al. 2017
genus	Isochromatium Imhoff et al. 1998
genus	Lamprobacter Gorlenko et al. 1988
genus	Lamprocystis Schroeter 1886 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Imhoff 2001
genus	Marichromatium Imhoff et al. 1998
genus	Nitrosococcus Winogradsky 1892 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Wang et al. 2016
genus	Nitrosoglobus Hayatsu et al. 2017
genus	Pararheinheimera Sisinthy et al. 2017
genus	Pfennigia Tindall 1999
genus	Phaeobacterium Nupur et al. 2015
genus	Phaeochromatium Shivalia et al. 2012
genus	Rhabdochromatium (ex Winogradsky 1888) Dilling et al. 1996
genus	Rheinheimera Brettar et al. 2002 emend. Hayashi et al. 2018
genus	Thermochromatium Imhoff et al. 1998
genus	Thialkalicoccus (sic) Bryantseva et al. 2000
genus	Thiobaca Rees et al. 2002
genus	Thiocapsa Winogradsky 1888 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Guyoneaud et al. 1998
genus	Thiococcus Imhoff et al. 1998
genus	Thiocystis Winogradsky 1888 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Imhoff et al. 1998
genus	Thiodictyon Winogradsky 1888 emend. Pfennig and Trüper 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)
genus	Thioflavicoccus Imhoff and Pfennig 2001
genus	Thiohalocapsa Imhoff et al. 1998
genus	Thiolamprovum Guyoneaud et al. 1998
genus	Thiopedia Winogradsky 1888 emend. Pfennig and Trüper 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)
genus	Thiophaeococcus Anil Kumar et al. 2008
genus	Thiorhodococcus Guyoneaud et al. 1998
genus	Thiorhodovibrio Overmann et al. 1993
genus	Thiospirillum Winogradsky 1888 emend. Pfennig and Trüper 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)
genus	Thiosymbion (sic) Zimmermann et al. 2016

Type Status

Taxonomy

The taxonomic placement of this family 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

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 family Chromatiaceae Bavendamm 1924 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Sisinthy et al. 2017. Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.2070.

Source File

10.1601/tx.2070.xml


This information was last reviewed on December 1, 2020.

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