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Rhodospirillaceae
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Rhodospirillaceae

The Rhodospirillaceae are a family of Proteobacteria. The majority are purple nonsulfur bacteria, producing energy through photosynthesis; originally all purple nonsulfur bacteria were included here.

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6 branches of this family, most-observed first

Rhodospirillum

genusRhodospirillum

Magnetospirillum

genusMagnetospirillum

Azospirillum

genusAzospirillum

Skermanella

genusSkermanella

Inquilinus

genusInquilinus

Roseospira

genusRoseospira

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 356777.