Thiorhodospira sibirica explained

Thiorhodospira sibirica is a species of alkaliphilic purple sulfur bacterium. It is strictly anaerobic, vibrioid- or spiral-shaped (3-4μm wide and 7-20 μm long) and motile by means of a polar tuft of flagella.^[1]

Further reading

• Book: Rüdiger Hell. Sulfur Metabolism in Phototrophic Organisms. 19 March 2008. Springer. 978-1-4020-6863-8. 273–.
• Book: George Garrity. Don J. Brenner. Noel R. Krieg. James R. Staley. Bergey's Manual® of Systematic Bacteriology: Volume 2: The Proteobacteria, Part B: The Gammaproteobacteria. 14 December 2007. Springer. 978-0-387-28022-6. 57–.
• Moskalenko, A. A., et al. "Some Spectral Characteristics of Pigment–Protein Complexes and Their Interaction in Membranes of Thiorhodospira sibirica."Doklady Biochemistry and Biophysics. Vol. 382. No. 1. MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica, 2002.
• Book: Martin Dworkin. Stanley Falkow. The Prokaryotes: Vol. 6: Proteobacteria: Gamma Subclass. 28 September 2006. Springer. 978-0-387-25496-8. 875–.
• Razjivin. A P. Kompanets. V O. Pishchal'nikov. R Yu. Moskalenko. A A. Makhneva. Z K. Kozlovskii. V S. Chekalin. Sergei V. Relaxation dynamics of the LH2 complex from a photosynthetic purple bacteriumThiorhodospira sibiricastudied by the near-IR femtosecond pump-probe method. Quantum Electronics. 35. 1. 2005. 107–110. 1063-7818. 10.1070/QE2005v035n01ABEH002880.

External links

• LPSN

Notes and References

1. Bryantseva. I.. Gorlenko. V. M.. Kompantseva. E. I.. Imhoff. J. F.. Suling. J.. Mityushina. L.. Thiorhodospira sibirica gen. nov., sp. nov., a new alkaliphilic purple sulfur bacterium from a Siberian soda lake. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 49. 2. 1999. 697–703. 0020-7713. 10.1099/00207713-49-2-697. 10319493. free.