Rhodoblastus acidophilus explained
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.
Further reading
- Gardiner. Alastair T.. MacKenzie. R. Christopher. Barrett. Stuart J.. Kaiser. Kim. Cogdell. Richard J.. 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. 1996. 223–235. 0166-8595. 10.1007/BF00034783. 24271700 . 10368703 .
- Tauschel. H.-D.. Hoeniger. Judith F. M.. The fine structure of Rhodopseudomonas acidophila. Canadian Journal of Microbiology. 20. 1. 1974. 13–17. 0008-4166. 10.1139/m74-003. 4822777 .
- Russell NJ, Coleman JK, Howard TD, Johnston E, Cogdell RJ . 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 . 2002 . 1556 . 2–3 . 247–53 . 12460683 . 10.1016/s0005-2728(02)00369-9. free .
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Notes and References
- Pfennig N . Rhodopseudomonas acidophila, sp. n., a new species of the budding purple nonsulfur bacteria . . 99 . 2 . 597–602 . August 1969 . 10.1128/jb.99.2.597-602.1969 . 5821103 . 250060 .
- Imhoff JF . Transfer of Rhodopseudomonas acidophila to the new genus Rhodoblastus as Rhodoblastus acidophilus gen. nov., comb. nov . . 51 . Pt 5 . 1863–6 . September 2001 . 11594619 . 10.1099/00207713-51-5-1863. 2013-07-09. free .
