Rhodobacter capsulatus (DSM 1710, ATCC 11166, ATCC 17015)

Name: Rhodobacter capsulatus (DSM 1710, ATCC 11166, ATCC 17015)
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BacDive ID 13806

Type strain

Culture col. no. DSM 1710 ATCC 11166 ATCC 17015 IAM 14232 JCM 21090 10 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 1061

Special Collections DSMZ CCUG JCM CIP

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Rhodobacter capsulatus DSM 1710 is an anaerobe, mesophilic, Gram-negative prokaryote of the family Paracoccaceae.

Gram-negative motile rod-shaped anaerobe mesophilic genome sequence 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 92706

LMG 2962,ATCC 11166,ATCC 17015,DSM 1710,NCIB 8254,CCUG 31484,CIP 104408,NCIMB 8254,IAM 14232,IFO 16435,KCTC 2583,NBRC 16435,BCRC 16406,CCRC 16406,JCM 21090,CGMCC 1.3366,CGMCC 1.2359

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 09:50:11

Domain Pseudomonadati

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Alphaproteobacteria

Order Rhodobacterales

Family Paracoccaceae

Genus Rhodobacter

Species Rhodobacter capsulatus

Full scientific name Rhodobacter capsulatus (Molisch 1907) Imhoff et al. 1984

Synonyms (3)

Rhodopseudomonas capsulata
Rhodopseudomonas capsulatus
"Rhodonostoc capsulatum"

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Rhodobacter capsulatus** (7)	Type strain
13805	R. capsulatus 37b4, DSM 938
13807	R. capsulatus 6950, DSM 152, Pfennig 6950
13808	R. capsulatus Kb 1, DSM 155
13809	R. capsulatus Dr 1 G, DSM 156
13810	R. capsulatus 28 G, DSM 157
141549	R. capsulatus CCUG 2876
146576	R. capsulatus CCUG 31483, ATCC 23782, LMG 2373

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape
117177	negative	rod-shaped
125439	negative
125438	negative

Colony morphology

50616

Incubation period3 days

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
867	RHODOSPIRILLACEAE MEDIUM (modified) (DSMZ Medium 27)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: RHODOSPIRILLACEAE MEDIUM (modified) (DSMZ Medium 27) Composition: Disodium succinate 1.0 g/l KH2PO4 0.5 g/l Ammonium acetate 0.5 g/l NaCl 0.4 g/l NH4Cl 0.4 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 0.4 g/l Yeast extract 0.3 g/l L-Cysteine HCl 0.3 g/l CaCl2 x 2 H2O 0.05 g/l Fe(III) citrate 0.005 g/l Resazurin 0.005 g/l H3BO3 0.0003 g/l CoCl2 x 6 H2O 0.0002 g/l ZnSO4 x 7 H2O 0.0001 g/l MnCl2 x 4 H2O 3e-05 g/l Na2MoO4 x 2 H2O 3e-05 g/l NiCl2 x 6 H2O 2e-05 g/l CuCl2 x 2 H2O 1e-05 g/l Vitamin B12 Distilled water
36212	MEDIUM 12 - for Alcaligenes latus and Rhodobacter capsulatus		Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Agar (15.000 g);Yeast extract (3.000 g);Peptone (6.000 g)
117177	CIP Medium 12	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
867	positive	growth	25	mesophilic
36212	positive	growth	30	mesophilic
50616	positive	growth	30	mesophilic
67770	positive	growth	30	mesophilic
117177	positive	growth	22-37
117177	negative	growth	5
117177	negative	growth	41

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance
867	anaerobe
50616	aerobe
125439	obligate aerobe

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
125438		91.902

Observation

67770

Observationquinones: Q-10

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68369	17128 ChEBI	adipate	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	29016 ChEBI	arginine	-	hydrolysis	from API 20NE
68369	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	-	fermentation	from API 20NE
68369	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	27689 ChEBI	decanoate	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	hydrolysis	from API 20NE
68369	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	-	hydrolysis	from API 20NE
68369	24265 ChEBI	gluconate	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	25115 ChEBI	malate	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	17306 ChEBI	maltose	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	59640 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
117177	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction
68369	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction	from API 20NE
117177	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction
68369	27897 ChEBI	tryptophan	+	energy source	from API 20NE
68369	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API 20NE

Antibiotic resistance

@ref	Metabolite	Is antibiotic	Is sensitive	Is resistant
117177	0129 (2,4-Diamino-6,7-di-iso-propylpteridine phosphate)

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
68369	35581 ChEBI	indole		from API 20NE
117177	35581 ChEBI	indole

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Indole test
68369	35581 ChEBI	indole	+	from API 20NE

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
117177	alcohol dehydrogenase	-	1.1.1.1
68382	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	from API zym
68382	alpha-chymotrypsin	-	3.4.21.1	from API zym
68382	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51	from API zym
68382	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22	from API zym
68382	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24	from API zym
117177	amylase	+
68369	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6	from API 20NE
68382	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API zym
117177	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23
68382	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API zym
68369	beta-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.21	from API 20NE
68382	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API zym
117177	caseinase	-	3.4.21.50
117177	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
68382	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	from API zym
68369	cytochrome oxidase	+	1.9.3.1	from API 20NE
117177	DNase	-
117177	gelatinase	-
68369	gelatinase	-		from API 20NE
117177	lecithinase	-
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
117177	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18
68382	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API zym
68382	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	-		from API zym
117177	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
117177	oxidase	+
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
117177	tween esterase	-
117177	urease	-	3.5.1.5
68369	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API 20NE
68382	valine arylamidase	-		from API zym

API zym

@ref	Control	Alkaline phosphatase	Esterase (C 4)	2-naphtyl caprylateEsterase Lipase (C 8)	Lipase (C 14)	L-leucyl-2-naphthylamideLeucine arylamidase	L-valyl-2-naphthylamideValine arylamidase	L-cystyl-2-naphthylamideCystine arylamidase	Trypsin	alpha- Chymotrypsin	Acid phosphatase	Naphthol-AS-BI-phosphateNaphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	alpha- Galactosidase	beta- Galactosidase	beta- Glucuronidase	alpha- Glucosidase	beta- Glucosidase	N-acetyl-beta- glucosaminidase	alpha- Mannosidase	alpha- Fucosidase
50616	-	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-
117177	-	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

API 20NE

@ref	Reduction of nitratesNO3	TRP	GLU_ Ferm	ADH (Arg)	URE	ESC	GEL	PNPG	GLU_ Assim	ARA	MNE	MAN	NAG	MAL	GNT	CAP	ADI	MLT	CIT	PAC	OX
50616	-	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

@ref	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
36212	CA	USA	USA	North America
117177	California	United States of America	USA	North America

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence D16428 (>99% sequence identity) for Rhodobacter from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	12158
Soil Samples	1824
Animal Samples	3470
Plant Samples	649
Total Samples	18101

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
867	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
117177	1	Risk group (French classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
66792	ASM325429v1 assembly for Rhodobacter capsulatus DSM 1710	scaffold	GCA_003254295	1061.9	2593339278	1061	73

Genome browser: GCA_003254295

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	NCBI tax ID
20218	Rhodobacter capsulatus 16S rRNA	D13474	1380	1061
20218	Rhodobacter capsulatus strain ATCC 11166 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	DQ342320	1389	1061
867	Rhodobacter capsulatus gene for 16S rRNA, strain: ATCC 11166	D16428	1389	1061

GC content

867

GC-content (mol%)69.6

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Rhodobacter capsulatus DSM 1710
NCBI: GCA_003254295

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	88.40	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	54.60	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	negative	93.00	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	obligate aerobe	90.80	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Rhodobacter capsulatus DSM 1710
NCBI: GCA_003254295.1

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	no	97.48	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	67.54	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	60.72	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	91.90	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	97.14	no
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	yes	70.29	no

Literature

Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Production of hydrogen from crude glycerol via an integrated process of L-malate biosynthesis by Escherichia coli and photofermentation by Rhodobacter capsulatus.	Marcos JL, Cabrera G, Hernandez DF, Luque B, Valle A, Bolivar J.	Microb Cell Fact	10.1186/s12934-025-02866-y	2025
Rhodobacter capsulatus forms a compact crescent-shaped LH1-RC photocomplex.	Tani K, Kanno R, Ji XC, Satoh I, Kobayashi Y, Hall M, Yu LJ, Kimura Y, Mizoguchi A, Humbel BM, Madigan MT, Wang-Otomo ZY.	Nat Commun	10.1038/s41467-023-36460-w	2023
Anaerobic 3-methylhopanoid production by an acidophilic photosynthetic purple bacterium.	Mayer MH, Parenteau MN, Kempher ML, Madigan MT, Jahnke LL, Welander PV.	Arch Microbiol	10.1007/s00203-021-02561-7	2021
Dark fermentation effluent as substrate for hydrogen production from Rhodobacter capsulatus highlighting the performance of different fermentation systems.	Silva FTM, Bessa LP, Vieira LM, Moreira FS, de Souza Ferreira J, Batista FRX, Cardoso VL.	3 Biotech	10.1007/s13205-019-1676-x	2019
Genome Sequence and Characterization of a Xanthorhodopsin-Containing, Aerobic Anoxygenic Phototrophic Rhodobacter Species, Isolated from Mesophilic Conditions at Yellowstone National Park.	Kyndt JA, Robertson S, Shoffstall IB, Ramaley RF, Meyer TE.	Microorganisms	10.3390/microorganisms10061169	2022
An overview of anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria and their applications in environmental biotechnology for sustainable Resource recovery.	George DM, Vincent AS, Mackey HR.	Biotechnol Rep (Amst)	10.1016/j.btre.2020.e00563	2020
Cheese whey to biohydrogen and useful organic acids: A non-pathogenic microbial treatment by L. acidophilus.	Pandey A, Srivastava S, Rai P, Duke M.	Sci Rep	10.1038/s41598-019-42752-3	2019
Importance of Rhodospirillum rubrum H(+)-pyrophosphatase under low-energy conditions.	Garcia-Contreras R, Celis H, Romero I.	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.186.19.6651-6655.2004	2004
Crystal structure of 5-aminolevulinate synthase, the first enzyme of heme biosynthesis, and its link to XLSA in humans.	Astner I, Schulze JO, van den Heuvel J, Jahn D, Schubert WD, Heinz DW.	EMBO J	10.1038/sj.emboj.7600792	2005
Valorization of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) fruit processing by-products and wastes using bioprocess technology - Review.	Chandrasekaran M, Bahkali AH.	Saudi J Biol Sci	10.1016/j.sjbs.2012.12.004	2013
Anaerobic oxidation of ferrous iron by purple bacteria, a new type of phototrophic metabolism.	Ehrenreich A, Widdel F.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.60.12.4517-4526.1994	1994
Production of Recombinant Horseradish Peroxidase in an Engineered Cell-free Protein Synthesis System.	Park YJ, Kim DM.	Front Bioeng Biotechnol	10.3389/fbioe.2021.778496	2021
Downregulating of hemB via synthetic antisense RNAs for improving 5-aminolevulinic acid production in Escherichia coli.	Ge F, Wen D, Ren Y, Chen G, He B, Li X, Li W.	3 Biotech	10.1007/s13205-021-02733-8	2021
High-level soluble expression of the hemA gene from Rhodobacter capsulatus and comparative study of its enzymatic properties.	Lou JW, Zhu L, Wu MB, Yang LR, Lin JP, Cen PL.	J Zhejiang Univ Sci B	10.1631/jzus.b1300283	2014
Unconventional genomic organization in the alpha subgroup of the Proteobacteria.	Jumas-Bilak E, Michaux-Charachon S, Bourg G, Ramuz M, Allardet-Servent A.	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.180.10.2749-2755.1998	1998
Structural and functional analyses of photosynthetic regulatory genes regA and regB from Rhodovulum sulfidophilum, Roseobacter denitrificans, and Rhodobacter capsulatus.	Masuda S, Matsumoto Y, Nagashima KV, Shimada K, Inoue K, Bauer CE, Matsuura K.	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.181.14.4205-4215.1999	1999
Phaeobacter and Ruegeria species of the Roseobacter clade colonize separate niches in a Danish Turbot (Scophthalmus maximus)-rearing farm and antagonize Vibrio anguillarum under different growth conditions.	Porsby CH, Nielsen KF, Gram L.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.01738-08	2008
Transcriptional control of expression of genes for photosynthetic reaction center and light-harvesting proteins in the purple bacterium Rhodovulum sulfidophilum.	Masuda S, Nagashima KV, Shimada K, Matsuura K.	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.182.10.2778-2786.2000	2000
Coffea arabica L., a new host plant for Acetobacter diazotrophicus, and isolation of other nitrogen-fixing acetobacteria.	Jimenez-Salgado T, Fuentes-Ramirez LE, Tapia-Hernandez A, Mascarua-Esparza MA, Martinez-Romero E, Caballero-Mellado J.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.63.9.3676-3683.1997	1997
Nucleotide sequences of 5S ribosomal RNAs of Protomonas extorquens, Rhodopseudomonas palustris, Rhodobacter capsulatus, and Erythrobacter longus.	Kato S, Komagata K.	Nucleic Acids Res	10.1093/nar/14.10.4371	1986
The nucleotide sequence of the 5 S rRNA of Rhodobacter capsulatus ATCC 23782.	Van den Eynde H, Vandenberghe A, De Wachter R.	Nucleic Acids Res	10.1093/nar/14.21.8688	1986
Compilation of 5S rRNA and 5S rRNA gene sequences.	Specht T, Wolters J, Erdmann VA.	Nucleic Acids Res	10.1093/nar/18.suppl.2215	1990
High-level production of porphyrins in metabolically engineered Escherichia coli: systematic extension of a pathway assembled from overexpressed genes involved in heme biosynthesis.	Kwon SJ, de Boer AL, Petri R, Schmidt-Dannert C.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.69.8.4875-4883.2003	2003
Single-stage photofermentative biohydrogen production from sugar beet molasses by different purple non-sulfur bacteria.	Sagir E, Ozgur E, Gunduz U, Eroglu I, Yucel M	Bioprocess Biosyst Eng	10.1007/s00449-017-1815-x	2017
Synergistic dark and photo-fermentation continuous system for hydrogen production from molasses by Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824 and Rhodobacter capsulatus DSM 1710.	Morsy FM	J Photochem Photobiol B	10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2017.02.011	2017
Long-term biological hydrogen production by agar immobilized Rhodobacter capsulatus in a sequential batch photobioreactor.	Elkahlout K, Alipour S, Eroglu I, Gunduz U, Yucel M	Bioprocess Biosyst Eng	10.1007/s00449-016-1723-5	2016
Draft Genome Sequences of Two Heat-Resistant Mutant Strains (A52 and B41) of the Photosynthetic Hydrogen-Producing Bacterium Rhodobacter capsulatus.	Gokce A, Cakar ZP, Yucel M, Ozcan O, Sencan S, Sertdemir I, Erguner B, Yuceturk B, Sarac A, Yuksel B, Ozturk Y	Genome Announc	10.1128/genomeA.00531-16	2016
Electrochemical communication between heterotrophically grown Rhodobacter capsulatus with electrodes mediated by an osmium redox polymer.	Hasan K, Patil SA, Gorecki K, Leech D, Hagerhall C, Gorton L	Bioelectrochemistry	10.1016/j.bioelechem.2012.05.004	2012
Farnesyl diphosphate synthase gene of three phototrophic bacteria and its use as a phylogenetic marker.	Cantera JJL, Kawasaki H, Seki T	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/00207713-52-6-1953	2002
Spectroscopic characterization of nitrosylheme in nitric oxide complexes of ferric and ferrous cytochrome c' from photosynthetic bacteria.	Yoshimura T, Fujii S, Kamada H, Yamaguchi K, Suzuki S, Shidara S, Takakuwa S	Biochim Biophys Acta	10.1016/0167-4838(95)00187-5	1996
Electron paramagnetic resonance studies of ferric cytochrome c' from photosynthetic bacteria.	Fujii S, Yoshimura T, Kamada H, Yamaguchi K, Suzuki S, Shidara S, Takakuwa S	Biochim Biophys Acta	10.1016/0167-4838(95)00092-9	1995
Description of Rhodobacter azollae sp. nov. and Rhodobacter lacus sp. nov.	Suresh G, Sailaja B, Ashif A, Dave BP, Sasikala C, Ramana CV	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.002107	2017
Sinorhodobacter hungdaonensis sp. nov. isolated from activated sludge collected from a municipal wastewater treatment plant.	Xi L, Qiao N, Zhang Z, Yan L, Li F, Hu J, Li J	Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek	10.1007/s10482-016-0770-x	2016
Rhodobacter sediminis sp. nov., isolated from lagoon sediments.	Subhash Y, Lee SS	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.001130	2016
Paenirhodobacter enshiensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a non-photosynthetic bacterium isolated from soil, and emended descriptions of the genera Rhodobacter and Haematobacter.	Wang D, Liu H, Zheng S, Wang G	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.050351-0	2013
Rhodobacter viridis sp. nov., a phototrophic bacterium isolated from mud of a stream.	Raj PS, Ramaprasad EVV, Vaseef S, Sasikala C, Ramana CV	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.038471-0	2012
Rhodobacter aestuarii sp. nov., a phototrophic alphaproteobacterium isolated from an estuarine environment.	Venkata Ramana V, Anil Kumar P, Srinivas TN, Sasikala Ch, Ramana ChV	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.004507-0	2009

References

#867	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 1710
#20215	Parte, A.C., Sardà Carbasse, J., Meier-Kolthoff, J.P., Reimer, L.C. and Göker, M.: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. IJSEM ( DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.004332 )
#20218	Verslyppe, B., De Smet, W., De Baets, B., De Vos, P., Dawyndt P.: StrainInfo introduces electronic passports for microorganisms.. Syst Appl Microbiol. 37: 42 - 50 2014 ( DOI 10.1016/j.syapm.2013.11.002 , PubMed 24321274 )
#36212	; Curators of the CIP;
#50616	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 31484
#66792	Julia Koblitz, Joaquim Sardà, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Boyke Bunk, Jörg Overmann: Automatically annotated for the DiASPora project (Digital Approaches for the Synthesis of Poorly Accessible Biodiversity Information) .
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#68369	Automatically annotated from API 20NE .
#68382	Automatically annotated from API zym .
#69479	João F Matias Rodrigues, Janko Tackmann,Gregor Rot, Thomas SB Schmidt, Lukas Malfertheiner, Mihai Danaila,Marija Dmitrijeva, Daniela Gaio, Nicolas Näpflin and Christian von Mering. University of Zurich.: MicrobeAtlas 1.0 beta .
#117177	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 104408
#125438	Julia Koblitz, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Rüdiger Pukall, Jörg Overmann: Predicting bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets. 2024 ( DOI 10.1101/2024.08.12.607695 )
#125439	Philipp Münch, René Mreches, Martin Binder, Hüseyin Anil Gündüz, Xiao-Yin To, Alice McHardy: deepG: Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 .
#126262	A. Lissin, I. Schober, J. F. Witte, H. Lüken, A. Podstawka, J. Koblitz, B. Bunk, P. Dawyndt, P. Vandamme, P. de Vos, J. Overmann, L. C. Reimer: StrainInfo—the central database for linked microbial strain identifiers. ( DOI 10.1093/database/baaf059 )

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Rhodobacter capsulatus (DSM 1710, ATCC 11166, ATCC 17015)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Colony morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Spore formation

Observation

Metabolite utilization

Antibiotic resistance

Metabolite production

Metabolite tests

Enzymes

API zym

API 20NE

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_003254295

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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