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Rhodobacter aestuarii sp. nov., a phototrophic alphaproteobacterium isolated from an estuarine environment.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 May 2009
Venkata Ramana V, Anil Kumar P, Srinivas T N R, Sasikala Ch, Ramana Ch V
Abstract excerpt
An ovoid to rod-shaped, phototrophic, purple non-sulfur bacterium was isolated from a brown-coloured microbial mat from the brackish water of Bhitarkanika mangrove forest, Dangmal, Orissa, India. Cells of strain JA296(T) were Gram-negative and motile, forming chains of four to eight cells. The colour of the cell suspension grown under anaerobic conditions in the light was yellowish green. Bacteriochlorophyll a...
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