Stackebrandt, E., Fowler, V.J., Schubert, W. & Imhoff, J.F.: Towards a phylogeny of phototrophic purple bacteria - the genus Ectothiorhodospira. Arch. Microbiol. 137, 366-370 (1984).

Imhoff, J.F.: Reassignment of the genus Ectothiorhodospira Pelsh 1936 to a new family Ectothiorhodospiraceae fam. nov., and emended description of the Chromatiaceae Bavendamm 1924. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 34, 338-339 (1984).

Imhoff, J.F., Trüper, H.G. & Pfennig, N.: Rearrangement of the species and genera of the phototrophic ”Purple Nonsulfur Bacteria”. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 34, 340-343 (1984).

Thiemann, B. & Imhoff, J.F.: Differentiation of Ectothiorhodospiraceae based on their fatty acid composition. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 19, 223-230 (1996).

Imhoff, J.F. & Süling, J.: The phylogenetic relationship among Ectothiorhodospiraceae. A reevaluation of their taxonomy on the basis of 16S rDNA analyses. Arch. Microbiol. 165, 106-113 (1996).

Imhoff, J.F.: Weltweit größte Sammlung anoxygener phototopher Bakterien in Kiel. Biospektrum B. 58-59 (1996).

Imhoff, J.F., Petri, R. & Süling, J.: Reclassification of species of the spiral-shaped phototrophic purple nonsulfur bacteria of the alpha-proteobacteria: description of the new genera Phaeospirillum gen. nov., Rhodovibrio gen. nov., Rhodothalassium gen. nov. and Roseospira gen. nov. as well as transfer of Rhodospirillum fulvum to Phaeospirillum fulvum comb. nov., of Rhodospirillum molischianum to Phaeospirillum molischianum comb. nov., of Rhodospirillum salinarum to Rhodovibrio salinarum comb. nov., of Rhodospirillum sodomense to Rhodovibrio sodomensis comb. nov., of Rhodospirillum salexigens to Rhodothalassium salexigens comb. nov., and of Rhodospirillum mediosalinum to Roseospira mediosalina comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 48, 793-798 (1998).

Guyoneaud, R., Süling, J., Petri, R., Matheron, R., Caumette, P., Pfennig, N. & Imhoff, J.F.: Taxonomic rearrangements of the genera Thiocapsa and Amoebobacter on the basis of 16S rDNA sequence analyses and description of Thiolamprovum gen. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 48, 957-964 (1998).

Kompantseva, E. I., Panteleeva, E.E., Lysenko, A.M., Imhoff, J.F., Thiemann, B. & Mityushina, L.L.: Taxonomic analysis of a group of strains of bacteriochlorophyll b-containing purple bacteria of the genus Blastochloris. Microbiologiya 67, 391-398 (1998).

Imhoff, J.F., Süling, J. & Petri, R.: Phylogenetic relationships among the Chromatiaceae, their taxonomic reclassification and description of the new genera Allochromatium, Halochromatium, Isochromatium, Marichromatium, Thiococcus, Thiohalocapsa, and Thermochromatium. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 48, 1129-1143 (1998).

Imhoff, J.F.: A phylogenetically oriented taxonomy of anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria. In: The Phototrophic Prokaryotes. G.A. Pescheck, W. Löffelhardt, G. Schmetterer (eds.), pp. 763-774, Plenum Publ. Corp., New York (1999).

Imhoff, J.F.: Transfer of Pfennigia purpurea Tindall 1999 (Amoebobacter purpureus Eichler and Pfennig 1988) to the genus Lamprocystis as Lamprocystis purpurea. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 51, 1699-1701 (2001).

Imhoff, J.F.: Transfer of Rhodopseudomonas acidophila to the new genus Rhodoblastus as Rhodoblastus acidophilus comb. nov. Int. J. System. Evol. Microbiol. 51, 1863-1866 (2001).

Imhoff, J.F.: A phylogenetic taxonomy of the family Chlorobiaceae on the basis of 16S rRNA and fmo (Fenna-Matthews-Olson protein) gene sequences. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 53, 941-951 (2003).

Imhoff, J.F. & Caumette, P.: Recommended standards for the description of new species of anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 54, 1415-1421 (2004).

Kompantseva, E.I., Imhoff, J.F., Thiemann, B., Panteleeva, E.E., and Akimov, V.N.: Comparative study of the fatty acid composition of some groups of purple nonsulfur bacteria. Microbiology 76, 541-551 (2007).

Imhoff, J.F.: Systematics of anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria. In: Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration: Sulfur Metabolism in Phototrophic Organisms. R. Hell, C. Dahl, D.B. Knaff, T. Leustek (eds.), Vol. 27, chapter 14, pp. 269-287 (2008).

Imhoff, J.F. & Thiel, V.: Taxonomy and phylogeny of Chlorobiaceae. Photosynthesis Research 104, 123-136 (2010).

Imhoff, J.F.: Functional gene studies of pure cultures are the basis of systematic studies of environmental communities of phototrophic bacteria and their species specific analyses. BISMiS Bulletin 2, 107-115 (2011).

Ramana, V.V., Chakravarthy, S.K., Ramaprasad, E.V.V., Thiel, V., Imhoff, J.F., Sasikala, Ch., Ramana, Ch.V.: Emended description of the genus Rhodothalassium Imhoff et al., 1998 and proposal of Rhodothalassiaceae fam. nov. and Rhodothalassiales ord. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 36, 28-32 (2013).