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Lamprobacter

Lamprobacter is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped and motile genus of bacteria from the family of Chromatiaceae with one known species. The habitat of Lamprobacter bacteria is hydrogen sulfide-containing mud and saline water.

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Lamprobacter
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Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Chromatiales
Family: Chromatiaceae
Genus: Lamprobacter
Gorlenko et al. 19881
Type species
Lamprobacter modestohalophilus1
Species

L. modestohalophilus1

Lamprobacter is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped and motile genus of bacteria from the family of Chromatiaceae with one known species (Lamprobacter modestohalophilus).1234 The habitat of Lamprobacter bacteria is hydrogen sulfide-containing mud and saline water.5

References

References

  1. "Lamprobacter". LPSN.
  2. Brenner, Don J.; Krieg, Noel R.; Staley, James R. (2007). Bergey's Manual® of Systematic Bacteriology: Volume 2: The Proteobacteria, Part B: The Gammaproteobacteria. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9780387280226.
  3. "Lamprobacter". www.uniprot.org.
  4. Parker, Charles Thomas; Wigley, Sarah; Garrity, George M (8 May 2009). Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M (eds.). "Taxonomic Abstract for the genera". NamesforLife, LLC. doi:10.1601/tx.2099. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. Holt, John G. (1994). Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. ISBN 9780683006032.
Further reading

Further reading

  • Gorlenko, V. M.; Bryantseva, I. A.; Lunina, O. N.; Tourova, T. P. (25 November 2014). "Phylogenetic position of the purple sulfur bacterium Lamprobacter modestohalophilus determined based on the data on new strains of the species". Microbiology. 83 (6): 829–837. doi:10.1134/S0026261714060071. PMID 25916149. S2CID 6030678.