Rhodocyclus purpureus

Rhodocyclus purpureus is a species of bacteria.[1] Its cells are half-ring-shaped and ring-shaped before cell division; the half-rings being 0.6 to 0.7 μm wide and 2.5 to 3.0 μm long. Open or compact coils of variable length are also formed. It is facultatively aerobic and its type strain is “Ames” 6770 (= DSM 168).

Rhodocyclus purpureus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Proteobacteria
Class:	Beta Proteobacteria
Order:	Rhodocyclales
Family:	Rhodocyclaceae
Genus:	Rhodocyclus
Species:	R. purpureus
Binomial name
Rhodocyclus purpureus Pfennig, 1978

References

1. Pfennig, N. (1978). "Rhodocyclus purpureus gen. nov. and sp. nov., a Ring-Shaped, Vitamin B12-Requiring Member of the Family Rhodospirillaceae". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 28 (2): 283–288. doi:10.1099/00207713-28-2-283. ISSN 0020-7713.

Further reading

• Masters RA, Madigan M (July 1983). "Nitrogen metabolism in the phototrophic bacteria Rhodocyclus purpureus and Rhodospirillum tenue". Journal of Bacteriology. 155 (1): 222–7. PMC 217672. PMID 6863218. Retrieved 2013-07-19.
• Masters, Richard Alan, and M. I. C. H. A. E. L. Madigan. "Nitrogen metabolism in the phototrophic bacteria Rhodocyclus purpureus and Rhodospirillum tenue."Journal of Bacteriology 155.1 (1983): 222-227.
• Falkow, Stanley; Dworkin, Martin (2006). The prokaryotes: a handbook on the biology of bacteria. Berlin: Springer. ISBN 978-0-387-25495-1.
• Staley, James T.; Garrity, George M.; Boone, David R.; Castenholz, Richard W.; Don J. Brenner; Krieg, Noel R. (2001). Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology. Berlin: Springer. ISBN 978-0-387-24145-6.
• Harfoot, C.G.; Janssen, P.H. (1985). "Growth ofRhodocyclus purpureuson short-chain fatty acids". FEMS Microbiology Letters. 29 (1–2): 177–179. doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.1985.tb00856.x. ISSN 0378-1097.

External links

• "Rhodocyclus purpureus" at the Encyclopedia of Life
• Type strain of Rhodocyclus purpureus at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase