| Rhodoferax | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Betaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Burkholderiales |
| Family: | Comamonadaceae |
| Genus: | Rhodoferax Hiraishi et al. 1992 |
| Species | |
Rhodoferax is a genus of Betaproteobacteria belonging to the purple nonsulfur bacteria.[1] Originally, Rhodoferax species were included in the genus Rhodocyclus as the Rhodocyclus gelatinous-like group.[2] The genus Rhodoferax was first proposed in 1991 to accommodate the taxonomic and phylogenetic discrepancies arising from its inclusion in the genus Rhodocyclus.[2] Rhodoferax currently comprises four described species: R. fermentans, R. antarcticus, R. ferrireducens, and R. saidenbachensis.[1][3][4] R. ferrireducens, lacks the typical phototrophic character common to two other Rhodoferax species.[3] This difference has led researchers to propose the creation of a new genus, Albidoferax, to accommodate this divergent species.[5] The genus name was later corrected to Albidiferax. Based on geno- and phenotypical characteristics, A. ferrireducens was reclassified in the genus Rhodoferax in 2014.[4] R. saidenbachensis, a second non-phototrophic species of the genus Rhodoferax was described by Kaden et al. in 2014.[4]
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
Imhoffwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Hiraishi, A.; Hoshino, Y.; Satoh, T. (1991). "Rhodoferax fermentans gen. nov., sp. nov., a phototrophic purple nonsulfur bacterium previously referred to as the Rhodocyclus gelatinosus-like group". Archives of Microbiology. 155 (4): 330–336. doi:10.1007/bf00243451.
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Finneranwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b c Kaden, R.; Sproer, C.; Beyer, D.; Krolla-Sidenstein, P. (2014-04-01). "Rhodoferax saidenbachensis sp. nov., a psychrotolerant, very slowly growing bacterium within the family Comamonadaceae, proposal of appropriate taxonomic position of Albidiferax ferrireducens strain T118T in the genus Rhodoferax and emended description of the genus Rhodoferax". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 64 (Pt 4): 1186–1193. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.054031-0. ISSN 1466-5026.
- ^ Ramana, C. V.; Sasikala, C.; et al. (2009). "Albidoferax, a new genus of Comamonadaceae and reclassification of Rhodoferax ferrireducens (Finneran et al. 2003) as Albidoferax ferrireducens comb. nov". The Journal of General and Applied Microbiology. 55 (4): 301–304. doi:10.2323/jgam.55.301.