Cereibacter sphaeroides strain:SCJ Genome sequencing and assembly. Cereibacter sphaeroides strain:SCJ

Rhodobacter sphaeroides was originally identified by van Niel as a non-sulfur purple photosynthetic bacterium which is now recognized as belonging to the alpha class of gram-negative species. It is one of the most versatile and thoroughly-studied species of its kind, capable of growing photoheterotrophically on a variety of compounds and is often used in bioremediation. The SCJ strain isolate sequenced here was isolated by Paul Weaver in 1975 from a sugar cane field in Jamaica.