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The Family Rhodobiaceae

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Rhodobiaceae is a family within the order Rhizobiales of the class Alphaproteobacteria. This family embraces the genera Afifella, Anderseniella, Lutibaculum, Parvibaculum, Rhodobium, Rhodoligotrophos, Tepidamorphus, and Bauldia. With the exception of slightly thermophilic Tepidamorphus gemmatus, the other members of this family are mesophilic. The species of two genera of this family are photoheterotrophic when grown under anaerobic conditions in the light, while the species of the other genera are strictly chemoorganotrophic. The major fatty acids in all mesophilic species are straight chain, namely, C18:1ω7c, C16:0, and C18:1ω9c, but in the slightly thermophilic Tepidamorphus gemmatus, the major fatty acid is C19:0cycloω8c. The morphology of the species of the family is variable ranging from coccoid forms to rods, diving by budding asymmetric division; some possess prosthecae and complex structures. The members of this family have been isolated from a variety of environments, such as seawater, deep sea, hydrothermal vent, salterns, freshwater, hot springs, a mud volcano, activated sludge, and soil.

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  1. Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, 3004-517, Coimbra, Portugal

    Luciana Albuquerque

  2. Marine Microbiology Group, Institut Mediterrani d’Estudis Avançats (CSIC-UIB), 07190, Esporles, Illes Balears, Spain

    Ramon Rosselló-Móra

  3. Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, 3001-401, Coimbra, Portugal

    Milton S. da Costa

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  1. Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

    Eugene Rosenberg

  2. Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA

    Edward F. DeLong

  3. Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education, University of Hawaii, Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA

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Albuquerque, L., Rosselló-Móra, R., da Costa, M.S. (2014). The Family Rhodobiaceae. In: Rosenberg, E., DeLong, E.F., Lory, S., Stackebrandt, E., Thompson, F. (eds) The Prokaryotes. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30197-1_252

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