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Rhodobacter sphaeroides
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Rhodobacter sphaeroides
Rhodobacter sphaeroides
is a kind of
purple bacteria
; a group of bacteria that can obtain energy through
photosynthesis
. Its best growth conditions are
anaerobic
phototrophy
(
photoheterotrophic
and
photoautotrophic
) and
aerobic
chemoheterotrophy
in the absence of light.
R. sphaeroides
is also able to
fix nitrogen
. It is remarkably metabolically diverse, as it is able to grow
heterotrophically
via
fermentation
and
aerobic
and
anaerobic
respiration.
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