J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature - Class Alphaproteobacteria
Warning: In the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, an arrow (--->) only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: Introduction).
Classification - List of orders and suborders included in the class - Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction".
Alphaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2006, class. nov.
Type order: ¤ Caulobacterales Henrici and Johnson 1935 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: Gr. n. alpha, name of the first letter of Greek alphabet; Gr. or L. n. Proteus, Greek god of the sea, capable of assuming many different shapes; N.L. n. bacter, a rod; suff. -ia, ending proposed by Gibbons and Murray and by Stackebrandt et al. to denote a class; N.L. neut. pl. n. Alphaproteobacteria, a class of bacteria included in the phylum "Proteobacteria" and having 16S rRNA gene sequences related to those of the members of the order Caulobacterales.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 107. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 1-6. [GARRITY (G.M.), BELL (J.A.) and LILBURN (T.): Class I. Alphaproteobacteria class. nov. In: D.J. BRENNER, N.R. KRIEG, J.T. STALEY and G. M. GARRITY (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1.]
Validation List N° 107 in IJSEM Online
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