''Rhodoplanes elegans'' 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
purple nonsulfur bacteria with rod-shaped cells.
References
Further reading
*Brenner, Don J., et al. "Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology, vol. 2."The Proteobacteria. East Lansing, USA 183 (2005).
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Blankenship, Robert E., Michael T. Madigan, and Carl E. Bauer, eds. Anoxygenic photosynthetic bacteria. Vol. 2. Springer, 1995.
External links
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LPSNType strain of ''Rhodoplanes elegans'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Nitrobacteraceae
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