NC_014010:1020488 Candidatus Puniceispirillum marinum IMCC1322 chromosome, complete
Host Lineage: Puniceispirillum marinum; Puniceispirillum; ; ; Proteobacteria; Bacteria
General Information: Puniceispirillum marinum (strain IMCC1322) is a Gram-negative bacterium isolated from a surface seawater sample from the Western Pacific Ocean Margin (East Sea of Korea). This organism has no sequenced representatives but as a member of the SAR116 clade it is a cosmopolitan marine bacterioplanktonic assemblage. The organism contains putative CO-utilizing enzymes and has proteorhodopsin for a light-driven proton pump.