[organisms] see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
   Domain Bacteria Woese et al. 1990
     Phylum "Proteobacteria" Garrity et al. 2005 see Superphylum Proteobacteria Craig et al. 2010
       Class Alphaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2006
         Order Rhodobacterales Garrity et al. 2006
           Family Rhodobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006
             Genus Rhodobacter Imhoff et al. 1984
               Rhodobacter blasticus corrig. (Eckersley and Dow 1981) Kawasaki et al. 1994