Genome Sequences of Rhodoplanes serenus and Two Thermotolerant Strains, Rhodoplanes tepidamans and "Rhodoplanes cryptolactis," Further Refine the Genus.

Rhodoplanes is a small genus of anoxygenic purple nonsulfur bacteria belonging to the family Nitrobacteraceae in the class Alphaproteobacteria . We sequenced the genomes of one mesophilic and two thermotolerant strains, and whole-genome-based comparisons confirmed suspected close similarities and synonyms between different species in the genus.