Rhodopseudomonas palustris

Rhodopseudomonas palustris
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Pseudomonadota
Class:
Alphaproteobacteria
Order:
Rhodospirillales
Family:
Rhodospirillaceae
Genus:
Rhodopseudomonas
Species:
R. palustris
Binomial name
Rhodopseudomonas palustris
(Molisch 1907) van Niel 1944
Synonyms[1]
  • Rhodopseudomonas rutila Akiba et al. 1983

Rhodopseudomonas palustris is a rod-shaped, Gram-negative purple nonsulfur bacterium, notable for its ability to switch between four different modes of metabolism.[2]

R. palustris is found extensively in nature, and has been isolated from swine waste lagoons, earthworm droppings, marine coastal sediments, and pond water. Although purple nonsulfur bacteria are normally photoheterotrophic, R. palustris can flexibly switch among any of the four modes of metabolism that support life: photoautotrophic, photoheterotrophic, chemoautotrophic, or chemoheterotrophic.[2]

  1. ^ Hiraishi A, Santos TS, Sugiyama J, Komagata K (1992). "Rhodopseudomonas rutila is a Later Subjective Synonym of Rhodopseudomonas palustris". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 42: 186–188. doi:10.1099/00207713-42-1-186.
  2. ^ a b Larimer FW, Chain P, Hauser L, Lamerdin J, Malfatti S, Do L, et al. (January 2004). "Complete genome sequence of the metabolically versatile photosynthetic bacterium Rhodopseudomonas palustris". Nature Biotechnology. 22 (1): 55–61. doi:10.1038/nbt923. PMID 14704707.