Rhodobacter sphaeroides (van Niel, 1944) Imhoff et al., 1984 Dataset Prokaryotic Nomenclature Up-to-Date (PNU) Rank SPECIES Published in Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 34::342 Classification genus Rhodobacter species Rhodobacter sphaeroides Name Synonyms Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides van Niel, 1944 Homonyms Rhodobacter sphaeroides (van Niel, 1944) Imhoff et al., 1984