| Roseobacter denitrificans | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Rhodobacterales |
| Family: | Rhodobacteraceae |
| Genus: | Roseobacter |
| Species: | R. denitrificans |
| Binomial name | |
| Roseobacter denitrificans Shiba, 1991 | |
Roseobacter denitrificans is a species of aerobic pink-pigmented bacteria. [1] It contains Bacteriochlorophyll a. It contains spheroidenone, does not synthesize bacteriochlorophyll anaerobically, but shows aerobic phototrophic activity. Cells are ovoid or rod-shaped and motile by subpolar flagella. R. litoralis does not reduce nitrate, while R. denitrificans does.
