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BioProject - 9 -
BioSample - 128 -
Gene - 5,120 -
Identical Protein Groups - 10,959 -
Nucleotide - 844 20
PMC 130 176 -
Protein - 20,191 -
SRA - 7 -
Structure - 1 -
Taxonomy 10 10 -

Pelodictyon

Taxonomy ID: 1099 (for references in articles please use ncbitaxon:1099)
current name
Pelodictyon  Lauterborn 1913 (Approved Lists 1980) in [Skerman VBD et al. (1980)]
NCBI BLAST name: green sulfur bacteria
Rank: genus
Genetic code: Translation table 11 (Bacterial, Archaeal and Plant Plastid)
Lineage(full)
cellular organisms; Bacteria; Pseudomonadati; FCB group; Bacteroidota/Chlorobiota group; Chlorobiota; Chlorobiia; Chlorobiales; Chlorobiaceae; Chlorobium/Pelodictyon group

Comments and References:

Skerman VBD et al. (1980)
Skerman, V.B.D., McGowan, V., and Sneath, P.H.A. "Approved Lists of Bacterial Names." Intl. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1980) 30(1):225-420.
Pelodictyon clathratiforme = Chlorobium clathratiforme
There is some question concerning the legitimacy of tranferring the type species Pelodictyon clathratiforme to the genus Chlorobium as Chlorobium clathratiforme.
Pelodictyon (LPSN link)
Chlorobium (LPSN link)
Imhoff JF (2003)
Imhoff, J.F. "Phylogenetic taxonomy of the family Chlorobiaceae on the basis of 16S rRNA and fmo (Fenna-Matthews-Olson protein) gene sequences." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2003) 53(4):941-951.
Lauterborn R (1913)
Lauterborn, R. "Zur Kenntnis einiger sapropelischer Schizomyceten." Allg. Bot. Z. (1913) 19:97-100. [No PubMed record available.]

External Information Resources (NCBI LinkOut)

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Pelodictyon taxonomy/phylogenetic Encyclopedia of life
Pelodictyon taxonomy/phylogenetic Lifemap
Pelodictyon Lauterborn taxonomy/phylogenetic Ocean Biogeographic Information System
Pelodictyon | SeqCode Registry taxonomy/phylogenetic SeqCode Registry
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Disclaimer: The NCBI taxonomy database is not an authoritative source for nomenclature or classification - please consult the relevant scientific literature for the most reliable information.

Reference: How to cite this resource - Schoch CL, et al. NCBI Taxonomy: a comprehensive update on curation, resources and tools. Database (Oxford). 2020: baaa062. PubMed: 32761142 PMC: PMC7408187.


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