Imhoff, Johannes F. (2015) Rhodospira. In: Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. . Wiley, Chichester, p. 1. DOI 10.1002/9781118960608.gbm00896.

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Abstract

Rho' do.spi' ra. Gr. n. rhodon the rose; Gr. n. spira the spiral; M.L. fem. n. Rhodospira the rose spiral.

Proteobacteria / Alphaproteobacteria / Rhodospirillales / Rhodospirillaceae / Rhodospira

Cells are vibrioid to spirilloid in shape, motile by means of flagella and multiply by binary fission. Gram negative. Belong to the Alphaproteobacteria . Internal photosynthetic membranes are of the vesicular type. Photosynthetic pigments are bacteriochlorophyll b and carotenoids. Menaquinones and ubiquinones with seven isoprene units (MK-7 and Q-7) are present. Major cellular fatty acids are C 18:1 and C16:0 , with C18:1 as dominant component (~60% of total fatty acids).

The mol% G + C of the DNA is: 65.7.

Type species: Rhodospira trueperi Pfennig, Lünsdorf, Süling and Imhoff 1998, 328 (Effective publication: Pfennig, Lünsdorf, Süling and Imhoff 1997, 44.)

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 12:29
Last Modified:	14 Jan 2022 12:29
URI:	https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/54861

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