2015/06/08 by George M Garrity, Julia A. Bell, Timothy Lilburn · 1 citation
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Enzyme Production and Characterization #Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
paper · doi:10.1002/9781118960608.cbm00041
openalex publication_date 2015/06/08 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/11
Abstract Al.pha.pro.te.o.bac.te'ri.a. Gr. n. alpha name of first letter of Greek alphabet; Gr. n. Proteus ocean god able to change shape; Gr. n. bakterion a small rod; M.L. fem. pl. n. Alphaproteobacteria class of bacteria having 16S rRNA gene sequences related to those of the members of the order Caulobacterales . Taxonomic and Nomenclature Notes According to the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN), the taxonomic status of the class Alphaproteobacteria is: correct name (last update, February 2025) * . LPSN classification: Bacteria / Pseudomonadati / Pseudomonadota / Alphaproteobacteria The class Alphaproteobacteria can also be recovered in the Genome Taxonomy Database (GTDB) as c_Alphaproteobacteria (version v220) ** . GTDB classification: d_Bacteria / p_Pseudomonadota / c_Alphaproteobacteria * Meier‐Kolthoff et al. ( 2022 ). Nucleic Acids Res , 50 , D801 – D807 ; DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkab902 ** Parks et al. ( 2022 ). Nucleic Acids Res , 50 , D785 – D794 ; DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkab776