Rhodobacterales
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Rhodobacterales are an order of the Alphaproteobacteria.<ref>See the NCBI webpage on Rhodobacterales. Data extracted from the {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Gene transfer agents are viruslike elements produced by Rhodobacterales which transfer DNA and may be an important factor in their evolution.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
Etymology
From Greek rhodon, the rose, and bakterion, a rod. This refers to the colour of aerobic phototrophic cultures of this order of bacteria which can be pink or red due to the production of carotenoids.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>