Rhodobacter

Rhodobacter
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Alphaproteobacteria
Order:	Rhodobacterales
Family:	Rhodobacteraceae
Genus:	Rhodobacter; Imhoff et al. 1984
Type species
	Rhodobacter capsulatus;
Species
	Rhodobacter aestuarii Venkata Ramana et al. 2009; Rhodobacter azotoformans Hiraishi et al. 1997; Rhodobacter blasticus corrig. (Eckersley and Dow 1981) Kawasaki et al. 1994; Rhodobacter capsulatus (Molisch 1907) Imhoff et al. 1984; Rhodobacter johrii Girija et al. 2010; Rhodobacter maris Venkata Ramana et al. 2008; Rhodobacter megalophilus Arunasri et al. 2008; Rhodobacter ovatus Srinivas et al. 2008; Rhodobacter sphaeroides (van Niel 1944) Imhoff et al. 1984; Rhodobacter veldkampii Hansen and Imhoff 1985; Rhodobacter vinaykumarii Srinivas et al. 2007; Rhodobacter viridis Shalem Raj et al. 2013;
Synonyms
	Bieblia Hördt et al. 2020; Fuscovulum Suresh et al. 2020; Phaeovulum Suresh et al. 2020;

Rhodobacter is a genus of bacteria in the family Rhodobacteraceae. The most famous species of Rhodobacter are Rhodobacter sphaeroides and Rhodobacter capsulatus, which are used as model organisms to study bacterial photosynthesis.