Taxonomy ID: 28211

Rank: class

Scientific name: Alphaproteobacteria

Authority: "Alphabacteria" Cavalier-Smith 1992; Alphabacteria Cavalier-Smith, 2002; Alphaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2006

GenBank common name: a-proteobacteria

Synonym: Purple bacteria, alpha subdivision; alpha proteobacteria; Alphabacteria; alpha subdivision; Proteobacteria alpha subdivision; alpha subgroup

BLAST name: a-proteobacteria