Rhodomicrobium

Rhodomicrobium is a microaerobic to anaerobic, purple non-sulfur, cluster-building genus of bacteria.[2][1][3][4][5][6][7] Rhodomicrobium uses bacteriochlorophyll a and bacteriochlorophyll b for photosynthesis and occurs in fresh- and sea-water and in soil[7][6][8]

Rhodomicrobium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Proteobacteria
Class:	Alpha Proteobacteria
Order:	Rhizobiales
Family:	Hyphomicrobiaceae
Genus:	Rhodomicrobium Duchow and Douglas 1949[1]
Type species
Rhodomicrobium vannielii[1]
Species
R. udaipurense[1] R. vannielii[1]

Further reading

• George Garrity (2006). Bergey's Manual® of Systematic Bacteriology: Volume Two: The Proteobacteria, Part A Introductory Essays (2 ed.). Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 0387280219.
• John Howard Parish (1979). Developmental Biology of Prokaryotes. University of California Press. ISBN 0520040163.
• Noel R. Krieg, John G. Holt (1989). Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology volume 3. Williams & Wilkins. ISBN 0683079085.
• R.C. Burns, R.W.F. Hardy (2012). Nitrogen Fixation in Bacteria and Higher Plants. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 364280926X.

References

1. LPSN lpsn.dsmz.de
2. John G. Holt (1994). Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. ISBN 0683006037.
3. UniProt
4. George Garrity (2006). Bergey's Manual® of Systematic Bacteriology: Volume Two: The Proteobacteria, Part A Introductory Essays (2 ed.). Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 0387280219.
5. Principles of Microbiology. Tata McGraw-Hill Education. 2009. ISBN 0070141207.
6. R.N. Doetsch, T.M. Cook (2012). Introduction to Bacteria and Their Ecobiology. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9401511357.
7. H. W. Doelle (2014). Bacterial Metabolism (2 ed.). Academic Press. ISBN 1483272370.
8. Lynn Margulis, Michael J Chapman (2009). Kingdoms and Domains: An Illustrated Guide to the Phyla of Life on Earth. Academic Press. ISBN 0080920144.