Shiba, Tsuneo and Imhoff, Johannes F. (2015) Erythrobacter. In: Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. . Wiley, Chichester, p. 1. DOI 10.1002/9781118960608.gbm00919.

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Abstract

E.ryth' ro.bac.ter. Gr. adj. erythros red; M.L. masc. n. bacter rod; M.L. masc. n. Erythrobacter red rod.

Proteobacteria / Alphaproteobacteria / Sphingomonadales / Sphingomonadaceae / Erythrobacter

Cells are ovoid to rod-shaped, 0.2–0.4 × 1.0–5.0 µm, multiply by binary fission, and are motile by means of polar or subpolar flagella. Gram negative and belong to the Alphaproteobacteria. Cell suspensions and colonies are orange or pink. Bacteriochlorophyll a is present. The major respiratory quinone is ubiquinone-10. The main cellular fatty acid is C18:1.

The mol% G + C of the DNA is: 57–67.

Type species: Erythrobacter Iongus Shiba and Simidu 1982, 216.

Document Type:	Book chapter
Research affiliation:	OceanRep > GEOMAR > FB3 Marine Ecology > FB3-MS Marine Symbioses
Main POF Topic:	PT6: Marine Life
Publisher:	Wiley
Date Deposited:	14 Jan 2022 10:09
Last Modified:	14 Jan 2022 10:09
URI:	https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/54836

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