''Rhodoplanes roseus'' 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 from the genus of
Rhodoplanes
''Rhodoplanes'' is a phototrophic genus of bacteria.
''Rhodoplanes'' produces hopanoids like diplopterol, tetrahymanol, 2-methyldiplopterol, 2-methyltetrahymanol, bacteriohopanetetrol, bacteriohopaneaminotriol and carotenoids like spirill ...
which has been isolated from a
duck pond
A duck pond is a pond for ducks and other waterfowl. Duck ponds provide habitats for water fowl and other birds, who use the water to bathe in and drink.
Typically, such ponds are round, oval or kidney-shaped. An example is the lily pond in th ...
in
Cambridge
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in
New Zealand
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References
External links
Type strain of ''Rhodoplanes roseus'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Nitrobacteraceae
Bacteria described in 1994
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