''Rheinheimera'' is a genus of bacteria from the family of

Chromatiaceae The Chromatiaceae are one of the two families of purple sulfur bacteria, together with the Ectothiorhodospiraceae. They belong to the order Chromatiales of the class Gammaproteobacteria, which is composed by unicellular Gram-negative bacteria, Gr ...

. ''Rheinheimera'' is named after the German microbiologist Gerhard Rheinheimer.

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