J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature - Family Rhodospirillaceae
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 genera included in the family - Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction".
Rhodospirillaceae Pfennig and Trüper 1971, familia.
Type genus: ¤ Rhodospirillum Molisch 1907 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: N.L. neut. n. Rhodospirillum, type genus of the family; L. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Rhodospirillaceae, the Rhodospirillum family.
References: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition). [PFENNIG (N.) and TRÜPER (H.G.): Higher taxa of the phototrophic bacteria. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology, 1971, 21, 17-18.]
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