Rhodovulum sulfidophilum

Rhodovulum sulfidophilum
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Alpha Proteobacteria
Order: Rhodobacterales
Family: Rhodobacteraceae
Genus: Rhodovulum
Species: R. sulfidophilum
Binomial name
Rhodovulum sulfidophilum
Hiraishi and Ueda, 1994

Rhodovulum sulfidophilum is a purple bacteria.[1] The cells are rod-shaped, 0.6 to 0.9 μ wide and 0.9 to 2.0 μ long, and motile by means of polar flagella. Cell division occurs by binary fission. Its pigments consist of bacteriochlorophyll a and of carotenoids, most probably of the spheroidene group. The new species needs 2.5% (w/v) sodium chloride for optimal growth. The bacteria has a high sulfide tolerance. Sulfide and thiosulfate are oxidized to sulfate without an intermediate accumulation of elemental sulfur. It can either grow photoautotrophically or photoheterotrophically.[2]

References

  1. Hansen, ToA, and H. Veldkamp. "Rhodopseudomonas sulfidophila, nov. spec., a new species of the purple nonsulfur bacteria." Archiv für Mikrobiologie 92.1 (1973): 45-58.
  2. Imhoff, J. F.; Kramer, M.; Trüper, H. G. (1983). "Sulfate assimilation in Rhodopseudomonas sulfidophila". Archives of Microbiology. 136 (2): 96–101. doi:10.1007/BF00404780. ISSN 0302-8933.

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