Imhoffiella
{{short description|Genus of bacteria}}
{{Taxobox
| domain = Bacteria
| phylum = Pseudomonadota
| classis = Gammaproteobacteria
| ordo = Chromatiales
| familia = Chromatiaceae
| genus = Imhoffiella
| genus_authority = Nupur et al. 2017{{cite journal |title=Imhoffiella |journal=LPSN |url=https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/imhoffiella}}
| type_species = Imhoffiella purpurea
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = I. bheemlica
| synonyms =
}}
Imhoffiella is a phototrophic genus of bacteria from the family of Chromatiaceae.{{cite journal |title=Imhoffiella |website=www.uniprot.org |url=https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/2018671}}{{cite journal |last1=Parker |first1=Charles Thomas |last2=Garrity |first2=George M |editor-first1=Charles Thomas |editor-first2=George M |editor-last1=Parker |editor-last2=Garrity |title=Taxonomic Abstract for the genera. |date=21 June 2017 |doi=10.1601/tx.30244 |publisher=NamesforLife, LLC |language=en}}{{cite journal |last1=Nupur |first1=N |last2=Saini |first2=MK |last3=Singh |first3=PK |last4=Korpole |first4=S |last5=Srinivas Tanuku |first5=NR |last6=Takaichi |first6=S |last7=Pinnaka |first7=AK |title=Imhoffiella gen. nov., a marine phototrophic member of the family Chromatiaceae including the description of Imhoffiella purpurea sp. nov. and the reclassification of Thiorhodococcus bheemlicus Anil Kumar et al. 2007 as Imhoffiella bheemlica comb. nov. |journal=International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology |date=June 2017 |volume=67 |issue=6 |pages=1949–1956 |doi=10.1099/ijsem.0.001891 |pmid=28629500|doi-access=free }} Imhoffiella is named after the German microbiologist Johannes F. Imhoff.