Rhodobacterales | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
Order: |
Rhodobacterales Garrity et al. 2006 |
Families [1] | |
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Rhodobacterales are an order of the Alphaproteobacteria. [2]
Gene transfer agents are viruslike elements produced by Rhodobacterales which transfer DNA and may be an important factor in their evolution. [3]
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]
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Rhodobacterales | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
Order: |
Rhodobacterales Garrity et al. 2006 |
Families [1] | |
|
Rhodobacterales are an order of the Alphaproteobacteria. [2]
Gene transfer agents are viruslike elements produced by Rhodobacterales which transfer DNA and may be an important factor in their evolution. [3]
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]
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