Rhodospirillum rubrum (DSM 468, G 9)

Name: Rhodospirillum rubrum (DSM 468, G 9)
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BacDive ID 14006

Type strain

Strain Designation G 9

Culture col. no. DSM 468 G 9

NCBI tax ID(s) 1085

Special Collections DSMZ

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Rhodospirillum rubrum G 9 is an anaerobe, mesophilic prokaryote of the family Rhodospirillaceae.

anaerobe mesophilic

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 47192

DSM 468

@ref 20215

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Domain Pseudomonadati

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Alphaproteobacteria

Order Rhodospirillales

Family Rhodospirillaceae

Genus Rhodospirillum

Species Rhodospirillum rubrum

Full scientific name Rhodospirillum rubrum (Esmarch 1887) Molisch 1907 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonyms (1)

"Spirillum rubrum"

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Rhodospirillum rubrum** (8)	Type strain
14005	R. rubrum S 1, S1, DSM 467, ATCC 11170, NCIB 8255, ... (type strain)
14007	R. rubrum FR.1, DSM 1068
14008	R. rubrum Ha, DSM 107
14009	R. rubrum 1785-1, DSM 11221, DSM 471
14010	R. rubrum 1761-1b, DSM 11222
14011	R. rubrum DSM 50914, ATCC 27048, ICPB 2204
143232	R. rubrum CCUG 17916, ATCC 9791, LMG 2955
143233	R. rubrum CCUG 17917, ATCC 17032, LMG 2956

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
121	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

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
121	positive	growth	28	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

121

Oxygen toleranceanaerobe

Compound production

121

Compoundvitamin B₁₂

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
121	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Metabolism	Redox-state dynamics of ubiquinone-10 imply cooperative regulation of photosynthetic membrane expression in Rhodospirillum rubrum.	Grammel H, Ghosh R.	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.00423-08	2008
Enzymology	Prokaryotic triterpenoids: O-alpha-D-glucuronopyranosyl bacteriohopanetetrol, a novel hopanoid from the bacterium Rhodospirillum rubrum.	Llopiz P, Neunlist S, Rohmer M.	Biochem J	10.1042/bj2870159	1992

References

#121	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 468
#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 )
#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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Rhodospirillum rubrum (DSM 468, G 9)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Compound production

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

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