Rhodobacterales

Rhodobacterales

Rhodobacterales

Order of Alphaproteobacteria


Rhodobacterales are an order of the Alphaproteobacteria.[2]

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Gene transfer agents are viruslike elements produced by Rhodobacterales which transfer DNA and may be an important factor in their evolution.[3]

Etymology

From Greek rhodon, the rose, and bakterion, a rod. This refers to the colour of aerobic phototrophic cultures of this order of bacteria which can be pink or red due to the production of carotenoids.[4]


References

  1. Page Species: Anaerococcus nagyae on "LPSN - List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature". Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  2. Maxmen, A. (2010). "Virus-like particles speed bacterial evolution". Nature. doi:10.1038/news.2010.507.
  3. Imhoff JF (2015). "Rhodobacter. In Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (eds W. B. Whitman, F. Rainey, P. Kämpfer, M. Trujillo, J. Chun, P. DeVos, B. Hedlund and S. Dedysh)". doi:10.1002/9781118960608.gbm00862. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

Further reading

Scientific journals

Scientific books

  • Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn TG (2004). "Taxonomic Outline of the Prokaryotes". Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, release 5.0 (2nd ed.). New York: Springer Verlag. doi:10.1007/bergeysoutline200310 (inactive 31 January 2024).{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of January 2024 (link)



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