Ruegeria

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Ruegeria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria Phylum: Proteobacteria Class: Alpha Proteobacteria Order: Rhodobacterales Family: Rhodobacteraceae Genus: Ruegeria
Species
Ruegeria algicola Ruegeria atlantica Ruegeria gelatinovorans

The Ruegeria are proteobacteria, that previously were known as the marine Agrobacterium before they were reclassified in 1998.

[edit] Reference

Uchino, Y., Hirata, A., Yokota, A., and Sugiyama, J. "Reclassification of marine Agrobacterium species: proposals of Stappia stellulata gen. nov., comb. nov., Stappia aggregata sp. nov., nom. rev., Ruegeria atlantica gen. nov., comb. nov., Ruegeria gelatinovora comb. nov., Ruegeria algicola comb. nov., and Ahrensia kieliense gen. nov., sp. nov., nom. rev." J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. (1998) 44:201-210.