Biology:Rhodoblastus acidophilus

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Short description: Species of bacterium

Rhodoblastus acidophilus
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R. acidophila
Binomial name
Rhodoblastus acidophila

Rhodoblastus acidophilus, formerly known as Rhodopseudomonas acidophila, is a gram-negative purple non-sulfur bacteria.[1][2] The cells are rod-shaped or ovoid, 1.0 to 1.3 μm wide and 2 to 5 μm long. They are motile by means of polar flagella, and they multiply by budding. The photopigments consist of bacteriochlorophyll a and carotenoids of the spirilloxanthin series. All strains can grow either under anaerobic conditions in the light or under microaerophilic to aerobic conditions in the dark.

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Further reading

  • Gardiner, Alastair T.; MacKenzie, R. Christopher; Barrett, Stuart J.; Kaiser, Kim; Cogdell, Richard J. (1996). "The purple photosynthetic bacterium Rhodopseudomonas acidophila contains multiple puc peripheral antenna complex (LH2) genes: Cloning and initial characterisation of four β/α pairs". Photosynthesis Research 49 (3): 223–235. doi:10.1007/BF00034783. ISSN 0166-8595. PMID 24271700. 
  • Tauschel, H.-D.; Hoeniger, Judith F. M. (1974). "The fine structure of Rhodopseudomonas acidophila". Canadian Journal of Microbiology 20 (1): 13–17. doi:10.1139/m74-003. ISSN 0008-4166. PMID 4822777. 
  • "Rhodopseudomonas acidophila strain 10050 contains photosynthetic LH2 antenna complexes that are not enriched with phosphatidylglycerol, and the phospholipids have a fatty acyl composition that is unusual for purple non-sulfur bacteria.". Biochim Biophys Acta 1556 (2–3): 247–53. 2002. doi:10.1016/s0005-2728(02)00369-9. PMID 12460683. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q16989137 entry