Rhodomicrobium

Rhodomicrobium
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Alphaproteobacteria
Order:	Hyphomicrobiales
Family:	Hyphomicrobiaceae
Genus:	Rhodomicrobium Duchow and Douglas 1949 [1]
Type species
Rhodomicrobium vannielii [1]
Species [1]
Rhodomicrobium udaipurense Rhodomicrobium vannielii

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]}

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   978-0070141209.
6. R.N. Doetsch, T.M. Cook (2012). Introduction to Bacteria and Their Ecobiology. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN   978-9401511353.
7. H. W. Doelle (2014). Bacterial Metabolism (2 ed.). Academic Press. ISBN   978-1483272375.
8. Lynn Margulis; Michael J Chapman (2009). Kingdoms and Domains: An Illustrated Guide to the Phyla of Life on Earth. Academic Press. ISBN   978-0080920146.