Hiraishi, Akira and Imhoff, Johannes F. (2015) Porphyrobacter. In: Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. . Wiley, Chichester, p. 1. DOI 10.1002/9781118960608.gbm00922.

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Abstract

Por.phy.ro.bac' ter. Gr. adj. porphyreos purple; M.L. masc. n. bacter equivalent of Gr. neut. n. bacterion a rod; M.L. masc. n. Porphyrobacter porphyrin-producing rod.

Proteobacteria / Alphaproteobacteria / Sphingomonadales / Sphingomonadaceae / Porphyrobacter

Cells are straight, pleomorphic, ovoid-to-short rods, or cocci, 0.5–1.0 × 0.8–2.0 µm. Spores and capsules are not formed. Multiply by budding or binary fission. Gram negative. Members of the Alphaproteobacteria. Motile or nonmotile. Do not form any type of internal membranes. Synthesize bacteriochlorophyll a esterified with phytol and carotenoids as photosynthetic pigments only under aerobic conditions in the dark.

The mol% G + C of the DNA is: 65.0–66.4.

Type species: Porphyrobacter neustonensis Fuerst, Hawkins, Holms, Sly, Moore and Stackebrandt 1993, 132.

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 10:51
Last Modified:	14 Jan 2022 10:51
URI:	https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/54848

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