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THIOALKALICOCCUS LIMNAEUS
| Class: | Gamma Proteobacteria |
| Genus: | Thioalkalicoccus |
| Species: | Thioalkalicoccus limnaeus |
| Description: | Cells are spherical or oval, typically form diplococcus-shaped cells during cell division, multiply by binar fission and are Gram-negative. Internal membranes are of the tubular type. Photosynthetic pigments are bacteriochlorophyll b and carotenoids. The metabolism is strictly anaerobic and obligately photo-trophic. During photolithoautotrophic growth with sulfade as electron donor, globules of elemental sulfur are accumulated inside the cytoplasm |
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| Source: | Habitat is the surface of sediments rich in organic matter and microbial mats of soda lakes containing hydrogen sulfide and exposed to light. |
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| Genbank: | AJ277023.1 [Genome] [Nucleotide] |
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| Reference: | BRYANTSEVA (I.A.), GORLENKO (V.M.), KOMPANTSEVA (E.I.) and IMHOFF (J.F.): Thioalkalicoccus limnaeus gen. nov., sp. nov., a new alkaliphilic purple sulfur bacterium with bacteriochlorophyll b. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2000, 50, 2157-2163. |
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