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Altererythrobacter

Altererythrobacter is a bacterial genus from the family Erythrobacteraceae.

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Altererythrobacter
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Sphingomonadales
Family: Erythrobacteraceae
Genus: Altererythrobacter
Kwon et al. 20071
Type species
Altererythrobacter epoxidivorans
Kwon et al. 20071
Species

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Synonyms
  • "Alterierythrobacter" [sic]2
  • "Osterythrobacter"2

Altererythrobacter is a bacterial genus from the family Erythrobacteraceae.123

Species

Accepted species

Altererythrobacter comprises the following species:3

Provisional species

The following species names have been published, but not validated according to the Bacteriological Code:3

  • "Altererythrobacter flava" Zhang et al. 2021
  • "Altererythrobacter segetis" Lee and Whang 2021
  • "Altererythrobacter terrae" Srinivasan et al. 2016
References

References

  1. Kwon, K. K.; Woo, J.-H.; Yang, S.-H.; Kang, J.-H.; Kang, S. G.; Kim, S.-J.; Sato, T.; Kato, C. (1 October 2007). "Altererythrobacter epoxidivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., an epoxide hydrolase-active, mesophilic marine bacterium isolated from cold-seep sediment, and reclassification of Erythrobacter luteolus Yoon et al. 2005 as Altererythrobacter luteolus comb. nov". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 57 (10): 2207–2211. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.64863-0. PMID 17911284.
  2. "Altererythrobacter". www.uniprot.org.
  3. Euzéby JP, Parte AC. "Altererythrobacter". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved June 5, 2021.
  4. Kang, JW; Kim, MS; Lee, JH; Baik, KS; Seong, CN (July 2016). "Altererythrobacter rigui sp. nov., isolated from wetland freshwater". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 66 (7): 2491–2496. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.001078. PMID 27073894.