''Rhodobium gokarnense'' is a
phototroph
Phototrophs () are organisms that carry out photon capture to produce complex organic compounds (e.g. carbohydrates) and acquire energy. They use the energy from light to carry out various cellular metabolic processes. It is a common misconcep ...
ic bacterium species from the genus of ''
Rhodobium'' which has been isolated from soil in
Gokarna Gokarna may refer to:
Places
* Gokarna, Karnataka, a town in Karnataka, India
* Gokarna, West Bengal, a village in West Bengal, India
* Gokarnamatam, a village in Andhra Pradesh, India
* Trincomalee, a city in Eastern Province, Sri Lanka also known ...
in
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
.
References
Further reading
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External links
Type strain of ''Rhodobium gokarnense'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
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Hyphomicrobiales
Bacteria described in 2007