Rhodopseudomonas palustris
| Rhodopseudomonas palustris | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Hyphomicrobiales |
| Family: | Nitrobacteraceae |
| Genus: | Rhodopseudomonas |
| Species: | R. palustris |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhodopseudomonas palustris (Molisch 1907) van Niel 1944 | |
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Rhodopseudomonas palustris is a rod-shaped, Gram-negative purple nonsulfur bacterium, notable for its ability to switch between four different modes of metabolism.
Rhodopseudomonas palustris is found extensively in nature, and has been isolated from swine waste lagoons, earthworm droppings, marine coastal sediments, and pond water. Although purple nonsulfur bacteria are normally photoheterotrophic, R. palustris can flexibly switch among any of the four modes of metabolism that support life: photoautotrophic, photoheterotrophic, chemoautotrophic, or chemoheterotrophic.