Allochromatium phaeobacterium
Allochromatium phaeobacterium (A. phaeobacterium) is a phototrophic and rod-shaped purple sulfur bacterium from the genus of Allochromatium which has been isolated from brackish water in Bheemli, Visakhapatnam, India.[1][2][3][4][5]
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Allochromatium phaeobacterium Srinivas et al. 2009[1] | |
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DSM 19781, JCM 14796, strain JA144[2] | |
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Allochromatium sequicentenarium[2] |
A. phaeobacterium was first isolated from anoxic sediment in 2007, and isolated on a modified Bielbl and Pfennig medium.[5]
Description
A. phaeobacterium is a rod-shaped, gram-negative species of bacteria. This species appears brown in color, and is 1.0-1.5x2.0-4.0 in length. A. phaeobacterium is motile and reproduces through binary fission.[5] It has been observed growing photoautotrophically, photolithoautotrophically, photolithotrophically, and photoorganoheterotrophically.[5]
Absoprtion spectra has confirmed photoreceptors bacteriochlorophyll α, rhodopinals, and caretenoids.[5]
Genome
A. phaeobacterium has been partially sequenced through 16s rRNA gene sequencing with a sequence of approximately 1400 base pairs. The G/C content is 59.8%.[5] Based on phylogenetic analysis from this 16s sequence, Allochromatium phaeobacterium is considered morphologically and physiologically distinct from others in the Allochromatium genus.[5]
References
- "Allochromatium". LPSN.
- "Allochromatium phaeobacterium". www.uniprot.org.
- Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M (1 August 2008). "Taxonomic Abstract for the species". NamesforLife, LLC. doi:10.1601/tx.14194. Cite journal requires
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(help) - "Details: DSM-19781". www.dsmz.de.
- Srinivas, TN; Anil Kumar, P; Sucharitha, K; Sasikala, Ch; Ramana, ChV (April 2009). "Allochromatium phaeobacterium sp. nov". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 59 (Pt 4): 750–3. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.65647-0. PMID 19329600.