Rhodomicrobium

Rhodomicrobium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Proteobacteria
Class:
Alpha Proteobacteria
Order:
Hyphomicrobiales
Family:
Hyphomicrobiaceae
Genus:
Rhodomicrobium

Duchow and Douglas 1949[1]
Type species
Rhodomicrobium vannielii[1]
Species[1]

Rhodomicrobium is a microaerobic to anaerobic, purple non-sulfur, cluster-building genus of bacteria.[2][1][3][4][5][6][7] Rhodomicrobium uses bacteriochlorophyll a and bacteriochlorophyll b for photosynthesis and occurs in fresh- and sea-water and in soil[7][6][8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 LPSN lpsn.dsmz.de
  2. ↑ John G. Holt (1994). Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. ISBN 0683006037.
  3. ↑ UniProt
  4. ↑ George Garrity (2006). Bergey's Manual® of Systematic Bacteriology: Volume Two: The Proteobacteria, Part A Introductory Essays (2 ed.). Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 0387280219.
  5. ↑ Principles of Microbiology. Tata McGraw-Hill Education. 2009. ISBN 978-0070141209.
  6. 1 2 R.N. Doetsch, T.M. Cook (2012). Introduction to Bacteria and Their Ecobiology. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 978-9401511353.
  7. 1 2 H. W. Doelle (2014). Bacterial Metabolism (2 ed.). Academic Press. ISBN 978-1483272375.
  8. ↑ Lynn Margulis, Michael J Chapman (2009). Kingdoms and Domains: An Illustrated Guide to the Phyla of Life on Earth. Academic Press. ISBN 978-0080920146.

Further reading

  • George Garrity (2006). Bergey's Manual® of Systematic Bacteriology: Volume Two: The Proteobacteria, Part A Introductory Essays (2 ed.). Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 0387280219.
  • John Howard Parish (1979). Developmental Biology of Prokaryotes. University of California Press. ISBN 0520040163.
  • Noel R. Krieg, John G. Holt (1989). Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology volume 3. Williams & Wilkins. ISBN 0683079085.
  • R.C. Burns, R.W.F. Hardy (2012). Nitrogen Fixation in Bacteria and Higher Plants. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 978-3642809262.



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