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Rhodoblastus acidophilus

species of bacterium

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionMar 9, 2026
Entity authorityQ16989137 ↗
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Rhodoblastus acidophilus, formerly known as Rhodopseudomonas acidophila, is a gram-negative purple non-sulfur bacteria. 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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Gardiner, Alastair T.; MacKenzie, R. Christopher; Barrett, Stuart J.; Kaiser, Kim; Cogdell, Richard J. (1996). "The purple photosynthetic bacterium Rhodopseudomonas acidophila contains multiple puc peripheral antenna complex (LH2) genes: Cloning and initial characterisation of four β/α pairs". Photosynthesis Research. 49 (3): 223–235. Bibcode:1996PhoRe..49..223G. doi:10.1007/BF00034783.

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