Ponticoccus litoralis Hwang and Cho 2008 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 Alphaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2006 Rhodobacterales Garrity et al. 2006 emend. Hördt et al. 2020 Roseobacteraceae Liang et al. 2021 Ponticoccus Hwang and Cho 2008 emend. Liang et al. 2021 non Ponticoccus Lee and Lee 2008 Ponticoccus litoralis Hwang and Cho 2008 Ponticoccus Hwang and Cho 2008 emend. Liang et al. 2021 non Ponticoccus Lee and Lee 2008 Ponticoccus lacteus Yang et al. 2015 emend. Hördt et al. 2020 Ponticoccus marisrubri Zhang et al. 2017 Ponticoccus litoralis Hwang and Cho 2008 Liang K.Y.H. Orata F.D. Boucher Y.F. Case R.J. Roseobacters in a Sea of Poly- and Paraphyly: Whole Genome-Based Taxonomy of the Family Rhodobacteraceae and the Proposal for the Split of the "Roseobacter Clade" Into a Novel Family, Roseobacteraceae fam. nov. 2021 12 683109 683109 Frontiers in Microbiology Front. Microbio. 1664-302X 10.3389/fmicb.2021.683109 34248901 Hwang C.Y. Cho B.C. Ponticoccus litoralis gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium in the family Rhodobacteraceae. 2008 58 6 1332 1338 International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 1466-5026 1466-5034 10.1099/ijs.0.65612-0 18523174 Hwang C.Y. Cho B.C. Ponticoccus litoralis gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium in the family Rhodobacteraceae. 2008 58 6 1332 1338 International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 1466-5026 1466-5034 10.1099/ijs.0.65612-0 18523174