Rhodopseudomonas
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genus of gram negative, rod shaped, phototrophic bacteria found in aquatic environments; internal photosynthetic membranes are present as lamellae underlying the cytoplasmic membrane.
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- TAXONOMIC DESCRIPTION Rhodopseudomonas is a genus within the family Athiorhodaceae.
- This particular species of Rhodopseudomonas is also important in carbon cycling because it degrades and recycles components of wood, the most abundant polymer on Earth.
- In the vial of water from this leaf of a pitcher plant, the density of Rhodopseudomonas is around two billion per milliliter.
- The question of the taxonomic position of other members of the genus Rhodopseudomonas is outside the scope of the present work.
- HUBER (Max-Planck-Institut fr Biochemie, Martinsried) succeeded in crystallizing the protein complex of the photosynthetic membrane of the bacterium Rhodopseudomonas viridis, they determined the folding of the polypeptide chain and the arrangement of the chlorophyll molecules.
- DOE's Microbial Genome Program Rhodopseudomonas palustris Fixes carbon dioxide; produces hydrogen; biodegrades organic pollutants under both aerobic and anaerobic conditions.
- List of Supported & Unsupported Browsers for the RCSB Protein Data Bank Web Site 1DXR PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER FROM RHODOPSEUDOMONAS VIRIDIS-HIS L168 PHE MUTANT (TERBUTRYN COMPLEX) Characteristics Release Date: 12-Jan-2001 Exp.
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