Rhodobacteria 5
Most likely ID: n.a.
Synonym: n.a
Sampling location: Simmelried
Phylogenetic tree: n.a.
Diagnosis:
- cells are U-shaped, sometimes curved
- length 2.3 – 2.6 µm, widht 1.5 -2.1 µm
- cells filled some spherical granules
- color slightly pink
- colonies irregularly shaped without sharp outline
- no visible gelatinuous sheat
- colonies of about 50 – 150 µm in diameter
No drawings from previous authors available.
Fig. 1 a-b: Rhodobacteria 5. L = 2.6 X B = 2.3 µm. A slightly squashed colony in DIC (a) and brightfield illumination (b). All cells are separated from each other. Obj. 100 X.
Fig. 2 a-b: Rhodobacteria 5. L = 2.6 X B = 2.3 µm. A second slightly squashed colony in DIC (a) and brightfield illumination (b). Obj. 100 X.
Fig. 3 a-b: Rhodobacteria 5. L = 2.6 X B = 2.3 µm. The U-shaped cells of Rhodobacteria 5 in detail in DIC (a) and brightfield illumination (b). Several spherical inclusions are always visible in the cells. Obj. 100 X.