Roseobacter litoralis is a species of aerobic pink-pigmented bacteria.[1] 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. [2] 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.
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| Roseobacter litoralis Shiba, 1991 | |
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Further reading
- Kalhoefer, Daniela; Thole, Sebastian; Voget, Sonja; Lehmann, Rüdiger; Liesegang, Heiko; Wollher, Antje; Daniel, Rolf; Simon, Meinhard; Brinkhoff, Thorsten (2011). "Comparative genome analysis and genome-guided physiological analysis of Roseobacter litoralis". BMC Genomics. 12 (1): 324. doi:10.1186/1471-2164-12-324. ISSN 1471-2164. PMC 3141670. PMID 21693016.
- Zong R; Jiao N (2012). "Proteomic responses of Roseobacter litoralis OCh149 to starvation and light regimen". Microbes and Environments. 27 (4): 430–42. doi:10.1264/jsme2.me12029. PMC 4103551. PMID 23047149.
- Buchan, A.; Gonzalez, J. M.; Moran, M. A. (2005). "Overview of the Marine Roseobacter Lineage". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 71 (10): 5665–5677. doi:10.1128/AEM.71.10.5665-5677.2005. ISSN 0099-2240. PMC 1265941. PMID 16204474.