Roseobacter
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In taxonomy
, Roseobacter is a genus of the Rhodobacteraceae
. The Roseobacter clade falls within the {alpha}-3 subclass of the class Proteobacteria. The first strain descriptions appeared in 1991 which described members Roseobacter litoralis and Roseobacter denitrificans, both pink-pigmented bacteriochlorophyll a-producing strains isolated from marine algae. The role members of the Roseobacter lineage play in marine biogeochemical cycles and climate change cannot be underestimated. Roseobacters make up 25% of coastal marine bacteria and members of this lineage process a significant portion of the total carbon in the marine environment..
Buchan, A., J. M. Gonzalez, et al. (2005). "Overview of the Marine Roseobacter Lineage." Applied and Environmental Microbiology 71(10): 5665-5677.
Alpha taxonomy
Alpha taxonomy is the discipline concerned with finding, describing and naming species of living or fossil organisms. This field is supported by institutions holding collections of these organisms, with relevant data, carefully curated: such institutes include natural history museums, herbaria and...
, Roseobacter is a genus of the Rhodobacteraceae
Rhodobacteraceae
The Rhodobacteraceae are a family of proteobacteria, given their own order within the alpha subgroup. Like all proteobaceria, they are gram-negative. It contains chemoorganotrophs and photoheterotrophs bacteria. Many occur in aquatic habitats....
. The Roseobacter clade falls within the {alpha}-3 subclass of the class Proteobacteria. The first strain descriptions appeared in 1991 which described members Roseobacter litoralis and Roseobacter denitrificans, both pink-pigmented bacteriochlorophyll a-producing strains isolated from marine algae. The role members of the Roseobacter lineage play in marine biogeochemical cycles and climate change cannot be underestimated. Roseobacters make up 25% of coastal marine bacteria and members of this lineage process a significant portion of the total carbon in the marine environment..
Scientific journals
Buchan, A., M. Hadden, et al. (2009). "Development and application of quantitative PCR tools for subgroups of the Roseobacter clade." Applied and Environmental Microbiology: AEM.00814-00809Buchan, A., J. M. Gonzalez, et al. (2005). "Overview of the Marine Roseobacter Lineage." Applied and Environmental Microbiology 71(10): 5665-5677.