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Marichromatium fluminis sp. nov., a slightly alkaliphilic, phototrophic gammaproteobacterium isolated from river sediment.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 May 2010
Sucharita K, Shiva Kumar E, Sasikala Ch, Panda B B, Takaichi S, Ramana Ch V
Abstract excerpt
An anoxygenic, phototrophic gammaproteobacterium designated strain JA418(T) was isolated from a sediment sample collected from the Baitarani River, Orissa, India. The bacterium was a Gram-negative, motile rod with a single polar flagellum. Bacteriochlorophyll a and rhodopin were the major photosynthetic pigments. The organism grew best at slightly alkaline pH (8-8.5) and lacked chemotrophic growth. The major...
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