Rhodospirillaceae

Rhodospirillaceae
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Rhodospirillales
Family: Rhodospirillaceae
Genera[1][2][3]
  • Aerophototrophica Tang et al. 2021
  • Algihabitans Wang et al. 2019
  • Aliidongia Chen et al. 2017
  • Caenispirillum Yoon et al. 2007
  • "Dechlorospirillum" Michaelidou et al. 2000
  • Denitrobaculum Wang et al. 2020
  • Dongia Liu et al. 2010
  • Ferruginivarius Wang et al. 2019
  • Haematospirillum Humrighouse et al. 2016
  • Hwanghaeella Kim et al. 2019
  • Hypericibacter Noviana et al. 2020
  • Indioceanicola Chen et al. 2018
  • Insolitispirillum Yoon et al. 2007
  • "Levispirillum" Pot and Gillis 2005
  • Magnetospirillum Schleifer et al. 1992
  • Marispirillum Lai et al. 2009
  • Novispirillum Yoon et al. 2007
  • Oleiliquidispirillum Li et al. 2020
  • Oleisolibacter Ruan et al. 2019
  • Pararhodospirillum Lakshmi et al. 2014
  • Phaeovibrio Lakshmi et al. 2011
  • Rhodospira Pfennig et al. 1998
  • Rhodospirillum Molisch 1907 (Approved Lists 1980)
  • Roseospira Imhoff et al. 1998
  • "Roseospirillum" Glaeser and Overmann 1999
  • Tagaea Jean et al. 2016
  • Telmatospirillum Sizova et al. 2007
Magnetospirillum magnetotacticum with magnetosome chains faintly visible

The Rhodospirillaceae are a family of Proteobacteria. The majority are purple nonsulfur bacteria, producing energy through photosynthesis; originally all purple nonsulfur bacteria were included here.[4][5]

They are often found in anaerobic aquatic environments, such as mud and stagnant water, although they are able to survive in air.[4]

This family also includes Magnetospirillum, which contains tiny chains of magnetite.[4] These let it sense the Earth's magnetic field, which runs downwards as well as north or south, to return to the bottom of a pond (magnetotaxis). Similar magnetite chains found in Martian meteorites have been suggested as evidence of life on Mars.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Euzéby JP, Parte AC. "Rhodospirillaceae". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved August 18, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  2. ↑ UniProt
  3. ↑ eol
  4. 1 2 3 George M. Garrity, Don J. Brenner, Noel R. Krieg, James T. Staley (Hrsg.): Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology. Vol. 2: The Proteobacteria Part C: The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteabacteria. 2. Auflage. Springer, New York 2005, ISBN 978-0-387-24145-6
  5. ↑ Martin Dworkin, Stanley Falkow, Eugene Rosenberg, Karl-Heinz Schleifer, Erko Stackebrandt: The Prokaryotes, A Handbook of the Biology of Bacteria. Volume 5: Proteobacteria: Alpha and Beta Subclasses ISBN 978-0-387-25495-1
  6. ↑ Peter R. Buseck, Rafal E. Dunin-Borkowski, Bertrand Devouard, Richard B. Frankel, Martha R. McCartney, Paul A. Midgley, Mihály Pósfai, and Matthew Weyland: Magnetite morphology and life on Mars In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2001 November 20; 98(24): 13490–13495. Online


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