Rhodocyclus purpureus explained

Rhodocyclus purpureus is a species of bacteria.^[1] Its cells are half-ring-shaped and ring-shaped before cell division; the half-rings being 0.6 to 0.7 μm wide and 2.5 to 3.0 μm long. Open or compact coils of variable length are also formed. It is facultatively aerobic and its type strain is “Ames” 6770 (= DSM 168).

Further reading

• Masters RA, Madigan M . Nitrogen metabolism in the phototrophic bacteria Rhodocyclus purpureus and Rhodospirillum tenue . . 155 . 1 . 222–7 . July 1983 . 6863218 . 217672 .
• Masters, Richard Alan, and M. I. C. H. A. E. L. Madigan. "Nitrogen metabolism in the phototrophic bacteria Rhodocyclus purpureus and Rhodospirillum tenue."Journal of Bacteriology 155.1 (1983): 222–227.
• Book: Falkow, Stanley . Dworkin, Martin . The prokaryotes: a handbook on the biology of bacteria . Springer . Berlin . 2006 . 978-0-387-25495-1 .
• Book: Staley, James T. . Garrity, George M. . Boone, David R. . Castenholz, Richard W. . Don J. Brenner . Krieg, Noel R. . Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology . Springer . Berlin . 2001 . 978-0-387-24145-6 . registration .
• Harfoot. C.G.. Janssen. P.H.. Growth of Rhodocyclus purpureuson short-chain fatty acids. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 29. 1–2. 1985. 177–179. 0378-1097. 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1985.tb00856.x. free.

External links

• • Type strain of Rhodocyclus purpureus at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

Notes and References

1. Pfennig. N.. Rhodocyclus purpureus gen. nov. and sp. nov., a Ring-Shaped, Vitamin B12-Requiring Member of the Family Rhodospirillaceae. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 28. 2. 1978. 283–288. 0020-7713. 10.1099/00207713-28-2-283. free.