Hiraishi, Akira and Imhoff, Johannes F. (2015) Rhodoferax. In: Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. . Wiley, Chichester, p. 1. DOI 10.1002/9781118960608.gbm00951.

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Abstract

Rho.do.fe' rax. Gr. n. rhodon rose; L. adj. ferax fertile; M.L. masc. n. Rhodoferax red and fertile.

Proteobacteria / Betaproteobacteria / Burkholderiales / Comamonadaceae / Rhodoferax

Cells are curved or vibrioid rods, motile by means of polar flagella, that multiply by binary fission and do not form endospores and capsules. Gram negative, belonging to the Betaproteobacteria . Internal membrane systems are poorly developed or absent. Photosynthetic pigments are bacteriochlorophyll a and carotenoids of the spheroidene series. Contain ubiquinones and rhodoquinones with eight isoprene units (Q-8 and RQ-8). Straight-chain C16:1 and C16:0 acids are the major components of cellular fatty acids. C8:0 3OH acid is present. Membrane-bound fumarate reductase activity occurs with FMNH2 as the electron donor.

The mol% G + C of the DNA is: 59.8–61.5.

Type species: Rhodoferax fermentans Hiraishi, Hoshino and Satoh 1992a, 192 (Effective publication: Hiraishi, Hoshino and Satoh 1991a, 334.)

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 12:18
Last Modified:	14 Jan 2022 12:18
URI:	https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/54856

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