| rhodoplanes pokkaliisoli sp. nov., a phototrophic alphaproteobacterium isolated from a waterlogged brackish paddy soil. | a gram-negative, rod-shaped, purple non-sulfur bacterial strain, designated ja415t, was isolated from the mud of a pokkali rice field located on vypeen island, ernakulam, kerala, india. strain ja415t was motile by means of a single polar flagellum. photo- and chemo-organoheterotrophic growth was observed using organic compounds as carbon sources and electron donors. photo- and chemolithoautotrophic growth using thiosulfate as electron donor did not occur. fermentative growth could not be demonst ... | 2009 | 19605702 |