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Alphaproteobacteria

Taxonomy ID: 28211 (for references in articles please use NCBI:txid28211)
current name
Alphaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2006
NCBI BLAST name: a-proteobacteria
Rank: class
Genetic code: Translation table 11 (Bacterial, Archaeal and Plant Plastid)
Other names:
heterotypic synonym
Proteobacteria alpha subdivision
heterotypic synonym
Purple bacteria, alpha subdivision
heterotypic synonym
alpha proteobacteria
heterotypic synonym
alpha subdivision
heterotypic synonym
alpha subgroup
heterotypic synonym
Alphabacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002
homotypic synonym:
"Alphabacteria" Cavalier-Smith 1992, effective name 1)
blast name
a-proteobacteria
Lineage( full )
cellular organisms; Bacteria; Pseudomonadota
   Entrez records   
Database name Subtree links Direct links
Nucleotide 4,064,111 4
Protein 72,773,916 21,371
Structure 4,308 1
Genome 4,416 -
Popset 14,718 6,450
Conserved Domains 676 283
GEO Datasets 8,469 -
PubMed Central 156,397 12,065
Gene 2,526,623 -
SRA Experiments 34,209 193
GEO Profiles 183,155 -
Protein Clusters 120,285 465
Identical Protein Groups 60,778,159 21,364
BioProject 13,621 8
BioSample 88,828 181
Assembly 45,531 -
PubChem BioAssay 419 2
Taxonomy 68,713 1

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Comments and References:

Alexandre A et al. (2008)
Alexandre, A., Laranjo, M., Young, J.P., and Oliveira, S. "dnaJ is a useful phylogenetic marker for alphaproteobacteria." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2008) 58:2839-2849.
Cavalier-Smith T (2002)
Cavalier-Smith, T. "The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2002) 52(1):7-76.
Garrity GM et al. (2005o)
Garrity, G.M., Bell, J.A., and Lilburn, T. "Class I. Alphaproteobacteria class. nov." In: D.J. Brenner, N.R. Krieg, J.T. Staley and G. M. Garrity (eds), Bergeys Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1. [No PubMed record available.]
Lee KB et al. (2005)
Lee, K.-B., Liu, C.-T., Anzai, Y., Kim, H., Aono, T., and Oyaizu, H. "The hierarchical system of the 'Alphaproteobacteria': description of Hyphomonadaceae fam. nov., Xanthobacteraceae fam. nov. and Erythrobacteraceae fam. nov." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2005) 55:1907-1919. Published online 6 May 2005. DOI 10.1099/ijs.0.63663-0
VALIDATION LIST No. 107 (2006), other link:https://ijs.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.64188-0
Validation List No. 107. "List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2006) 56:1-6. [Erratum: Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2006) 56:677.]
Woese CR et al. (1984b)
Woese, C.R., Stackebrandt, E., Weisburg, W.G., Paster, B.J., Madigan, M.T., Fowler, V.J., Hahn, C.M., Blanz, P., Gupta, R., Nealson, K.H., and Fox, G.E. "The phylogeny of purple bacteria: the alpha subdivision." Syst. Appl. Microbiol. (1984) 5:315-326.

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Reference: How to cite this resource - Schoch CL, et al. NCBI Taxonomy: a comprehensive update on curation, resources and tools. Database (Oxford). 2020: baaa062. PubMed: 32761142 PMC: PMC7408187.


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