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THIOCAPSA MARINA
| Class: | Gamma Proteobacteria |
| Genus: | Thiocapsa |
| Species: | Thiocapsa marina |
| Description: | Individual cells are spherical and 1.5–3.0μm in diameter; cells occur singly or in pairs, tetrads or small aggregates. Division is by binary fission. Gram-negative. Non-motile. Cell suspension is purple–red. Photosynthetic membrane system is of the vesicular type. Contains bacteriochlorophyll a as photosynthetic pigment and okenone as main carotenoid. Phototrophic growth is observed under anoxic conditions in light; chemolithotrophic and chemoorganotrophic growth is seen under micro-oxic conditions in the dark. |
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| Source: | The type strain isolated from Prevost Lagoon on the French Mediterranean coast. |
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| Genbank: | NZ_AFWV00000000.1 [Genome] [Nucleotide] |
| Size (Mb): | 5.6 |
| GC %: | 64.1 |
| Genes: | 4,943 |
| CDS Number: | 4,888 |
| Reference: | CAUMETTE (P.), GUYONEAUD (R.), IMHOFF (J.F.), SÜLING (J.) and GORLENKO (V.): Thiocapsa marina sp. nov., a novel, okenone-containing, purple sulfur bacterium isolated from brackish coastal and marine environments. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 1031-1036. |
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