Metabolically diverse organism important in carbon cycle and bioremediation. Rhodopseudomonas palustris CGA009

Rhodopseudomonas palustris strain CGA009. This organism contains genes for bacteriochlorophyll and carotenoid synthesis as well as genes for the light reaction center that allow photophosphorylation in addition to carbon (RubisCO) and nitrogen fixation (nitrogenase) genes. It also has genes for the oxidation of inorganic compounds such as thiosulfate and hydrogen and nitrogenases for nitrogen fixation. This bacterium can degrade aromatic compounds and the genome encodes a large repertoire of degradative enzymes. There are a type II, type III, and two type IV secretion systems on the chromosome, and the organism also contains a small cryptic plasmid.