| rhodovulum lacipunicei sp. nov., an obligate sulfide-demanding phototrophic alphaproteobacterium isolated from a purple pond in india. | an ovoid-rod-shaped, phototrophic, purple non-sulfur bacterium, designated strain ja322(t), was isolated in pure culture from a water sample collected from a saline pond with purple-coloured water, located near satpada in orissa, india. strain ja322(t) was gram-negative and non-motile and grew photoheterotrophically with a number of organic compounds serving as carbon sources or electron donors. intracellular photosynthetic membranes were of the vesicular type. bacteriochlorophyll a and caroteno ... | 2009 | 19542142 |