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Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Proteobacteria |
Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
Order: | Rhodobacterales |
Family: | Rhodobacteraceae |
Genus: | 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..[1]
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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.00814-00809
Buchan, A., J. M. Gonzalez, et al. (2005). "Overview of the Marine Roseobacter Lineage." Applied and Environmental Microbiology 71(10): 5665-5677.