Chromatiaceae

Taxonomy ID: 1046 (for references in articles please use ncbitaxon:1046)

current name

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

homotypic synonym:

Chromatiaceae  Bavendamm 1924 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Imhoff 1984

includes:

Thiocapsaceae  Bavendamm 1924

NCBI BLAST name: g-proteobacteria
Rank: family
Genetic code: Translation table 11 (Bacterial, Archaeal and Plant Plastid)
Other names:

common name(s)

purple sulfur bacteria

Lineage(full)

cellular organisms; Bacteria; Pseudomonadati; Pseudomonadota; Gammaproteobacteria; Chromatiales

Comments and References:

Bavendamm W (1924) Bavendamm, W.: in Kalkwitz (ed.), Die farblosen und roten Schwefelbakterien des Suss- und Salzwassers, Pflanzenforschung. (ed. Kalkwitz) (1924) Berlin-Dahlem. pp. 1-156. [No PubMed record available.]

Imhoff JF (1984) Imhoff, J.F. "Reassignment of the genus Ectothiorhodospira Pelsh 1936 to a new family, Ectothiorhodospiraceae fam. nov., and emended description of the Chromatiaceae Bavendamm 1924." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1984) 34:338-339. [No PubMed record available.]

Imhoff JF et al. (1998b) Imhoff, J.F., Suling, J., and Petri, R. "Phylogenetic relationships among the Chromatiaceae, their taxonomic reclassification and description of the new genera Allochromatium, Halochromatium, Isochromatium, Marichromatium, Thiococcus, Thiohalocapsa and Thermochromatium." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1998) 48(4):1129-1143.

List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion No. 27 (2018) "Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2018) 68:7-8.

Sisinthy S et al. (2017) Sisinthy, S., Chakraborty, D., Adicherla, H., and Gundlapally, S.R. "Emended description of the family Chromatiaceae, phylogenetic analyses of the genera Alishewanella, Rheinheimera and Arsukibacterium, transfer of Rheinheimera longhuensis LH2-2(T) to the genus Alishewanella and description of Alishewanella alkalitolerans sp. nov. from Lonar Lake, India." Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (2017) 110:1227-1241.

Skerman VBD et al. (1980) Skerman, V.B.D., McGowan, V., and Sneath, P.H.A. (editors). "Approved lists of bacterial names." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1980) 30(1):225-420. [No PubMed record available.]