Entity:

Authorship

SN2000 author citation

Tindall, 1999

Eponymous persons

N. (Norbert) Pfennig Ref: 2020-present: [5 May 2026]. ("in recognition of his contribution to the biology and taxonomy of anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria")

Types

Type, by monotypy

Pfennigia purpurea (Eichler and Pfennig 1989) Tindall 1999

Synonyms

In	:	*Lamprocystis* (Genus) Schroeter 1886 (Approved Lists 1980)		Ref: G.M. Garrity et al., 2007: 149.
In	:	*Lamprocystis* (Genus) Schroeter 1886 (Approved Lists 1980)		Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [5 May 2026] ("heterotypic").