''Roseobacter denitrificans'' 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. Cells are ovoid or rod-shaped and
motile by subpolar
flagella
A flagellum (; ) is a hairlike appendage that protrudes from certain plant and animal sperm cells, and from a wide range of microorganisms to provide motility. Many protists with flagella are termed as flagellates.
A microorganism may have f ...
. ''
R. litoralis'' does not
reduce
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* Reduction (chemistry), part of a reduction-oxidation (redox) reaction in which atoms have their oxidation state changed.
** Organic redox reaction, a redox react ...
nitrate
Nitrate is a polyatomic ion
A polyatomic ion, also known as a molecular ion, is a covalent bonded set of two or more atoms, or of a metal complex, that can be considered to behave as a single unit and that has a net charge that is not zer ...
, while ''R. denitrificans'' does.
References
Further reading
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External links
*
Type strain of ''Roseobacter denitrificans'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Thermophiles
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