Phaeobacterium

{{short description|Genus of bacteria}}

{{Taxobox

| domain = Bacteria

| phylum = Pseudomonadota

| classis = Gammaproteobacteria

| ordo = Chromatiales

| familia = Chromatiaceae

| genus = Phaeobacterium

| genus_authority = Nupur et al. 2015{{cite journal |title=Phaeobacterium |journal=LPSN |url=https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/phaeobacterium}}

| type_species = Phaeobacterium nitratireducens

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = P. nitratireducens

| synonyms =

}}

Phaeobacterium is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped, phototrophic and motile genus of bacteria from the family of Chromatiaceae with one known species (Phaeobacterium nitratireducens).{{cite journal |last1=Parker |first1=Charles Thomas |last2=Garrity |first2=George M |editor2-first=George M |editor2-last=Garrity |editor1-first=Charles Thomas |editor1-last=Parker |title=Taxonomic Abstract for the genera. |date=16 April 2015 |doi=10.1601/tx.26930 |publisher=NamesforLife, LLC |language=en}}{{cite journal |last1=Nupur |last2=Tanuku |first2=NR |last3=Shinichi |first3=T |last4=Pinnaka |first4=AK |title=Phaeobacterium nitratireducens gen. nov., sp. nov., a phototrophic gammaproteobacterium isolated from a mangrove forest sediment sample. |journal=International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology |date=August 2015 |volume=65 |issue=8 |pages=2357–64 |doi=10.1099/ijs.0.000263 |pmid=25872957|doi-access=free }}