Genomic-based taxonomic classification of the family Erythrobacteraceae

• Published in: International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology Vol. 70; no. 8; pp. 4470 - 4495
• Main Authors: Xu, Lin, Sun, Cong, Fang, Chen, Oren, Aharon, Xu, Xue-Wei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Microbiology Society 01.08.2020
• Subjects: Alphaproteobacteria - classification; Bacterial Typing Techniques; DNA, Bacterial - genetics; Genomics; Phylogeny; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S - genetics; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Taxonomic Description; AAI; evolutionary distance; Erythrobacteraceae; phylogenomic reconstruction

The family Erythrobacteraceae , belonging to the order Sphingomonadales , class Alphaproteobacteria , is globally distributed in various environments. Currently, this family consist of seven genera: Altererythrobacter , Croceibacterium , Croceicoccus , Erythrobacter , Erythromicrobium , Porphyrobact...