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Rhodospirillaceae

[¦rō·dō‚spī·rə′lās·ē‚ē]
(microbiology)
A family of bacteria in the suborder Rhodospirillineae; cells are motile by flagella, multiplication is by budding or binary fission, and photosynthetic membranes are continuous with the cytoplasmic membrane.
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