''Rhodobacter'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of bacteria in the family

Rhodobacteraceae The Rhodobacteraceae are a family of Pseudomonadota in the order Rhodobacterales within the alpha subgroup.See the NCBIbr>webpage on Rhodobacteraceae Data extracted from the Like all Pseudomonadota, they are gram-negative. It contains chem ...

. The most famous species of ''Rhodobacter'' are '' Rhodobacter sphaeroides'' and '' Rhodobacter capsulatus'', which are used as model organisms to study bacterial photosynthesis.

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Rhodobacteraceae Bacteria genera {{Rhodobacterales-stub