Rhodomicrobium

Rhodomicrobium
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Rhodomicrobium

Duchow and Douglas 1949[1]
Type species
Rhodomicrobium vannielii[1]
Species[1]

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]

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