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Rhodoblastus acidophilus

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Rhodoblastus acidophilus
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R. acidophila
Binomial name
Rhodoblastus acidophila

Rhodoblastus acidophilus, formerly known as Rhodopseudomonas acidophila, is a gram-negative purple non-sulfur bacteria.[1][2] The cells are rod-shaped or ovoid, 1.0 to 1.3 μm wide and 2 to 5 μm long. They are motile by means of polar flagella, and they multiply by budding. The photopigments consist of bacteriochlorophyll a and carotenoids of the spirilloxanthin series. All strains can grow either under anaerobic conditions in the light or under microaerophilic to aerobic conditions in the dark.

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  1. ^ Pfennig N (August 1969). "Rhodopseudomonas acidophila, sp. n., a new species of the budding purple nonsulfur bacteria". Journal of Bacteriology. 99 (2): 597–602. doi:10.1128/jb.99.2.597-602.1969. PMC 250060. PMID 5821103.
  2. ^ Imhoff JF (September 2001). "Transfer of Rhodopseudomonas acidophila to the new genus Rhodoblastus as Rhodoblastus acidophilus gen. nov., comb. nov". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 51 (Pt 5): 1863–6. doi:10.1099/00207713-51-5-1863. PMID 11594619. Retrieved 2013-07-09.

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