Roseobacter litoralis Shiba, 1991
- Dataset
- English Wikipedia - Species Pages
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- phylum
- Pseudomonadota
- class
- Alphaproteobacteria
- order
- Rhodobacterales
- family
- Rhodobacteraceae
- genus
- Roseobacter
- species
- Roseobacter litoralis
Abstract
Roseobacter litoralis is a species of aerobic pink-pigmented bacteria. It contains Bacteriochlorophyll a. It contains spheroidenone, does not synthesize bacteriochlorophyll anaerobically, but shows aerobic phototrophic activity. It is also considered a photosynthetic marine bacterium. Cells are ovoid or rod-shaped and motile by subpolar flagella. R. litoralis does not reduce nitrate, while R. dentrificans does. R. litoralis can be found in marine seaweed.
Name
- Homonyms
- Roseobacter litoralis Shiba, 1991