Erythrobacter longus explained

Erythrobacter longus is a species of bacteria, the genus' type species. It contains bacteriochlorophyll a. It is motile by means of subpolar flagella. Its type strain is OCh101 (= IFO 14126).^[1]

Further reading

• Shimada. Keizo. Hayashi. Hidenori. Tasumi. Mitsuo. Bacteriochlorophyll-protein complexes of aerobic bacteria, Erythrobacter longus and Erythrobacter species OCh 114. Archives of Microbiology. 143. 3. 1985. 244–247. 0302-8933. 10.1007/BF00411243. 32587956.
• Takaichi. Shinichi. Shimada. Keizo. Ishidsu. Jun-ichi. Carotenoids from the aerobic photosynthetic bacterium, Erythrobacter longus: β-Carotene and its hydroxyl derivatives. Archives of Microbiology. 153. 2. 1990. 118–122. 0302-8933. 10.1007/BF00247807. 29272953.
• Fukumori Y, Watanabe K, Yamanaka T . Cytochrome aa₃ from the aerobic photoheterotroph Erythrobacter longus: purification, and enzymatic and molecular features . . 102 . 4 . 777–84 . October 1987 . 2830243 . 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a122115.
• Takaichi. Shinichi. Shimada. Keizo. Ishidsu. Jun-ichi. Monocyclic cross-conjugated carotenal from an aerobic photosynthetic bacterium, Erythrobacter longus. Phytochemistry. 27. 11. 1988. 3605–3609. 0031-9422. 10.1016/0031-9422(88)80776-3. 1988PChem..27.3605T .

External links

• • LPSN
• WORMS entry
• Type strain of Erythrobacter longus at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

Notes and References

1. Shiba. T.. Simidu. U.. Erythrobacter longus gen. nov., sp. nov., an Aerobic Bacterium Which Contains Bacteriochlorophyll a. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 32. 2. 1982. 211–217. 0020-7713. 10.1099/00207713-32-2-211. free.