| Cross Index | Rhodopila globiformis |
| SuperSet | Prokaryote, Eubacteria Anoxygenic Phototrophic Bacteria |
| Compare | Purple Bacteria
Green Bacteria
Anaerobic chemotropic Erythrobacter longus, |
| Contrast | Oxygenic Phototrophic Bacteria Archaea |
| Subset |
| Morphology | Rhodopila globiformis |
| CELLULAR |
| Staining | Gram-negative |
| Morphology | Cells are spherical to ovoid, 1.6-1.8 um in diameter under optimal growth conditions |
| Motility | motile by means of polar flagella |
| Specialized structures | The internal membrane system is of the vesicular type, |
| Division |
| COLONIAL |
| Solid surface |
| Liquid |
| Growth Parameters | Rhodopila globiformis |
| PHYSIOLOGICAL |
| Tropism | Cells grow preferably photoheterotrophically under anaerobic conditions in the light |
| Oxygen | Cells are sensitive to oxygen but grow under microaerobic conditions in the dark |
| pH | acidic pH. |
| Temperature | |
| Requirements | |
| Products | |
| Enzymes | |
| Unique features | and photosynthetic pigments are bacteriochlorophyll and carotenoids |
| ENVIRONMENTAL |
| Habitat | |
| Lifestyle | |
| Pathogenicity |
| Distribution |
| Genome | Rhodopila globiformis |
| G+C Mol % | 66.3 (Bd) |
| Reference | Rhodopila globiformis |
| First citation | Imhoff, J. F., H.G. Truper and N.Pfennig. 1984. Rearrangement of the species and genera of the phototrophic "Purple nonsulfur bacteria" IJSB. 34:340-343 |
| The Prokaryotes | |
| Bergey's Systematatic | p 1666 J. F. Imhoff and H. G. Truper |
| Bergey's Determinative | p 359 |
| References |