Metabolic flexibility revealed in the genome of the cyst-forming α-1 proteobacterium <it>Rhodospirillum centenum</it>

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p><it>Rhodospirillum centenum </it>is a photosynthetic non-sulfur purple bacterium that favors growth in an anoxygenic, photosynthetic N<sub>2</sub>-fixing environment. It is emerging as a genetically amenable m...

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Main Authors: Matthies Heather J, Kurdoglu Ahmet A, Kim Sun, Helmy Tamer, Hao Jicheng, Chowdhury Sugata, Mastrian Stephen D, Swingley Wesley D, Han Mira, Marden Jeremiah, Lu Yih-Kuang, Rollo David, Stothard Paul, Blankenship Robert E, Bauer Carl E, Touchman Jeffrey W
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-05-01
Series:BMC Genomics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/11/325