Imhoff, Johannes F. (2015) Halorhodospira. In: Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. . Wiley, Chichester, p. 1. DOI 10.1002/9781118960608.gbm01129.

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Abstract

Ha' lo.rho' do.spi' ra. Gr. gen. n. halos of the salt; Gr. n. rhodon the rose; Gr. n. spira the spiral; M.L. fem. n. Halorhodospira the spiral rose from salt lakes.

Proteobacteria / Gammaproteobacteria / Chromatiales / Ectothiorhodospiraceae / Halorhodospira

Cells spirals or rods, 0.5–1.2 µm in diameter, motile by means of bipolar flagella, multiply by binary fission. Gram negative and belong to the Gammaproteobacteria. Internal photosynthetic membranes appear as lamellar stacks that are continuous with the cytoplasmic membrane. Photosynthetic pigments are bacteriochlorophyll a or b and carotenoids.

The mol% G + C of the DNA is: 50.5–69.7.

Type species: Halorhodospira halophila (Raymond and Sistrom 1969) Imhoff and Süling 1997, 915 (Effective publication: Imhoff and Süling 1996, 110) (Ectothiorhodospira halophila Raymond and Sistrom 1969, 125.)

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 10:16
Last Modified:	14 Jan 2022 10:16
URI:	https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/54838

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