Summary and
additional information:
<- A. Oren, EG-1, The 16S rRNA gene sequence X93482 may be unreliable. Sulfur spring; Israel, near Ein Gedi on the western shore of the Dead Sea. Type strain of Ectothiorhodospira marismortui. Taxonomy/description (3382, 3869, 7735). Sequence accession no. 16S rRNA gene: HG970163, 16S rRNA gene: X93482. No aerobic growth in darkness (3382). Cultivation (4263). Phototrophic. Preservation (4264, 4267). Moderately halophilic (3382). (Medium 27 with 10% NaCl, 35°C, anaerobic in light).
