PROTEOBACTERIA >> Gamma >> Halorhodospira >> Halorhodospira neutriphila
HALORHODOSPIRA NEUTRIPHILA
| Class: | Gamma Proteobacteria |
| Genus: | Halorhodospira |
| Species: | Halorhodospira neutriphila |
| Description: | Cells are curved rods, 1–1·2 μm wide and 2–5 μm long. Multiplication is by binary fission. Gram-negative. Cells are motile by a polar tuft of flagella. Colour of cell suspension is pinkish-red. Photosynthetic membrane system, present as lamellar stacks, contains BChl a and spirilloxanthin as the major carotenoid. Electron donors for photoautotrophic growth are sulfide and sulfur. Globules of elemental sulfur are present outside the cells. Photoautotrophic growth is poor. In the presence of sulfide and CO 2, acetate, pyruvate, fumarate, succinate and yeast extract are photoassimilated. |
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| Source: | Type strain isolated from a benthic microbial mat in a commercial saltern, Salin-de-Giraud (Camargue, France). |
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| Genbank: | AJ318525.1 [Genome] [Nucleotide] |
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| Reference: | HIRSCHLER-RÉA (A.), MATHERON (R.), RIFFAUD (C.), MOUNÉ (S.), EATOCK (C.), HERBERT (R.A.), WILLISON (J.C.) and CAUMETTE (P.): Isolation and characterization of spirilloid purple phototrophic bacteria forming red layers in microbial mats of Mediterranean salterns: description of Halorhodospira neutriphila sp. nov. and emendation of the genus Halorhodospira. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2003, 53, 153-163. |
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