Imhoff, Johannes F. (2015) Rhodobacter. In: Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. . Wiley, Chichester, p. 1. DOI 10.1002/9781118960608.gbm00862.

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Abstract

Rho.do.bac' ter. Gr. n. rhodon the rose; M.L. masc. n. bacter equivalent of Gr. neut. n. bakterion a rod; M.L. masc. n. Rhodobacter red rod.

Proteobacteria / Alphaproteobacteria / Rhodobacterales / Rhodobacteraceae / Rhodobacter

Cells are ovoid or rod-shaped, motile by polar flagella or non-motile, divide by binary fission or budding, may produce capsules and slime, and may form chains of cells. Gram negative; belong to the Alphaproteobacteria . Phototrophically grown cells form vesicular or lamellar internal photosynthetic membranes. The color of phototrophic cultures is yellow-green to yellow-brown, while aerobic cultures are pink to red. Photosynthetic pigments are bacteriochlorophyll a (esterified with phytol) and carotenoids of the spheroidene series. Ubiquinone 10 is the major quinone. Major fatty acids are C18 and C16 saturated and monounsaturated fatty acids with C 18:1 as predominant component.

The mol% G + C of the DNA is: 64.4–73.2.

Type species: Rhodobacter capsulatus (Molisch 1907) Imhoff, Trüper and Pfennig 1984, 342 (Rhodonostoc capsulatum Molisch 1907, 23; Rhodopseudomonas capsulata (Molisch 1907) van Niel 1944, 92.)

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 10:59
Last Modified:	14 Jan 2022 10:59
URI:	https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/54851

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