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    Stand Genomic Sci. 2011 Jul 1;4(3):293-302. doi: 10.4056/sigs.1804360. Epub 2011 Jun 30.

    Complete genome sequence of Rhodospirillum rubrum type strain (S1).

    Abstract

    Rhodospirillum rubrum (Esmarch 1887) Molisch 1907 is the type species of the genus Rhodospirillum, which is the type genus of the family Rhodospirillaceae in the class Alphaproteobacteria. The species is of special interest because it is an anoxygenic phototroph that produces extracellular elemental sulfur (instead of oxygen) while harvesting light. It contains one of the most simple photosynthetic systems currently known, lacking light harvesting complex 2. Strain S1(T) can grow on carbon monoxide as sole energy source. With currently over 1,750 PubMed entries, R. rubrum is one of the most intensively studied microbial species, in particular for physiological and genetic studies. Next to R. centenum strain SW, the genome sequence of strain S1(T) is only the second genome of a member of the genus Rhodospirillum to be published, but the first type strain genome from the genus. The 4,352,825 bp long chromosome and 53,732 bp plasmid with a total of 3,850 protein-coding and 83 RNA genes were sequenced as part of the DOE Joint Genome Institute Program DOEM 2002.

    KEYWORDS:

    Alphaproteobacteria, DOEM 2002, Gram-negative, Rhodospirillaceae, facultatively anaerobic, mesophile, motile, photolithotrophic

    PMID:
    21886856
    [PubMed]
    PMCID:
    PMC3156396
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