Petrobacter

{{Short description|Genus of bacteria}}

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{{Taxobox

| name = Petrobacter

| domain = Bacteria

| phylum = Pseudomonadota

| classis = Betaproteobacteria

| ordo = Rhodocyclales

| familia = Rhodocyclaceae

| genus = Petrobacter

| genus_authority = Bonilla Salinas et al.[https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/petrobacter LSPN bacterio.net]

| type_species = Petrobacter succinatimandens

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| species = Petrobacter succinatimandens

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Petrobacter is a genus of gram-negative, non-spore-forming bacteria from the family of Rhodocyclaceae which belongs to the class of Betaproteobacteria.IJSEM International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology [http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/content/54/3/645.full.pdf]{{Dead link|date=May 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} So fare there is only one species known (Petrobacter succinatimandens).