Amoebobacter Winogradsky 1888 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Guyoneaud et al. 1998 Amoebobacter Winogradsky 1888 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Guyoneaud et al. 1998 Amoebobacter roseus Winogradsky 1888 (Approved Lists 1980) Universal Root Woese et al. 1990 Bacteria (None 2015) Woese et al. 1990 Proteobacteria (sic) Garrity et al. 2021 Pseudomonadota corrig. Garrity et al. 2021 Alphaproteobacteriota (sic) Garrity et al. 2021 Gammaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2005 emend. Williams and Kelly 2013 Chromatiales Imhoff 2005 Chromatiaceae Bavendamm 1924 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Sisinthy et al. 2017 Amoebobacter Winogradsky 1888 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Guyoneaud et al. 1998 Chromatiaceae Bavendamm 1924 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Sisinthy et al. 2017 Thiopedia Winogradsky 1888 emend. Pfennig and Trüper 1974 (Approved Lists 1980) Thiococcus Imhoff et al. 1998 Rheinheimera Brettar et al. 2002 emend. Hayashi et al. 2018 Thiobaca Rees et al. 2002 Thiorhodococcus Guyoneaud et al. 1998 Thermochromatium Imhoff et al. 1998 Thialkalicoccus (sic) Bryantseva et al. 2000 Thioalkalicoccus (sic) Bryantseva et al. 2000 Thiospirillum Winogradsky 1888 emend. Pfennig and Trüper 1974 (Approved Lists 1980) Rhabdochromatium (ex Winogradsky 1888) Dilling et al. 1996 Thiophaeococcus Anil Kumar et al. 2008 Gallaecimonas Rodríguez-Blanco et al. 2010 Phaeochromatium Shivalia et al. 2012 Phaeobacterium Nupur et al. 2015 Arsukibacterium Schmidt et al. 2016 Thiodictyon Winogradsky 1888 emend. Pfennig and Trüper 1974 (Approved Lists 1980) Thiocapsa Winogradsky 1888 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Guyoneaud et al. 1998 Ectothiorhodospira Pelsh 1936 (Approved Lists 1980) Lamprocystis Schroeter 1886 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Imhoff 2001 Thiocystis Winogradsky 1888 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Imhoff et al. 1998 Chromatium Perty 1852 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Imhoff et al. 1998 Thiorhodovibrio Overmann et al. 1993 Halochromatium Imhoff et al. 1998 emend. Anil Kumar et al. 2007 Allochromatium Imhoff et al. 1998 Pfennigia Tindall 1999 Lamprobacter Gorlenko et al. 1988 Thiohalocapsa Imhoff et al. 1998 Marichromatium Imhoff et al. 1998 Thiolamprovum Guyoneaud et al. 1998 Nitrosococcus Winogradsky 1892 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Wang et al. 2016 Thioflavicoccus Imhoff and Pfennig 2001 Isochromatium Imhoff et al. 1998 Imhoffiella Nupur et al. 2017 Pararheinheimera Sisinthy et al. 2017 Nitrosoglobus Hayatsu et al. 2017 Thiosymbion (sic) Zimmermann et al. 2016 Thiosymbium corrig. Zimmermann et al. 2016 Caldichromatium Saini et al. 2020 Amoebobacter purpureus Eichler and Pfennig 1989 Amoebobacter pedioformis Eichler and Pfennig 1987 Amoebobacter pendens (Molisch 1906) Pfennig and Trüper 1971 (Approved Lists 1980) Amoebobacter roseus Winogradsky 1888 (Approved Lists 1980) Pfennig N. Trüper H.G. Conservation of the Family Name Chromatiaceae Bavendamm 1924 with the Type Genus Chromatium Perty 1852 Request for an Opinion 1971 21 1 15 16 International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology Int J Syst Bacteriol 0020-7713 10.1099/00207713-21-1-15 Winogradsky S. Beiträge zur Morphologie und Physiologie der Bacterien. 1888 1 120 Zur Morphologie und Physiologie der Schwefelbakterien. Arthur Felix Leipzig Pfennig N. Trüper H.G. New nomenclatural combinations in the phototrophic sulfur bacteria 1971 21 1 11 14 International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology Int J Syst Bacteriol 0020-7713 10.1099/00207713-21-1-11 Eichler B. Pfennig N. A new purple sulfur bacterium from stratified fresh water lakes, Amoebobacter purpurens. 1988 149 395 400 Archives of Microbiology Arch Microbiol 0302-8933 1432-072X 10.1007/BF00425577 Eichler B.E. Pfennig N. Characterization of a new platelet-forming purple sulfur bacterium Amoebobacter pedioformis sp. nov. 1986 146 295 300 Archives of Microbiology Arch Microbiol 0302-8933 1432-072X 10.1007/BF00403233 Thiocapsa Winogradsky 1888 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Guyoneaud et al. 1998 Winogradsky S. Beiträge zur Morphologie und Physiologie der Bacterien. 1888 1 120 Zur Morphologie und Physiologie der Schwefelbakterien. Arthur Felix Leipzig Pfennig N. Trüper H.G. Buchanan R.E. Gibbons N.E. Genus IX. Amoebobacter Winogradsky 1888 Winogradsky, S.1888., 88 1974 8 46 47 Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology The Williams and Wilkins Co. Baltimore 0683011170 Skerman V.B.D. McGowan V. Sneath P.H.A. Approved Lists of Bacterial Names 1980 30 1 225 420 International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology Int J Syst Bacteriol 0020-7713 10.1099/00207713-30-1-225 Guyoneaud R. Süling J. Petri R. Matheron R. Caumette P. Pfennig N. Imhoff J.F. Taxonomic rearrangements of the genera Thiocapsa and Amoebobacter on the basis of 16S rDNA sequence analyses, and description of Thiolamprovum gen. nov. 1998 48 3 957 964 International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology Int J Syst Bacteriol 0020-7713 10.1099/00207713-48-3-957 9734052 The 1998 emendation by Guyoneaud et al. proposed Amoebobacter purpureus as the new type species for this genus. This is illegitimate and was not put into effect.