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_Kirrobacter_ (Kir.ro.bac'ter. Gr. adj. _kirros_, orange-tawny; Gr. adj. _bacter_, rod; N.L. n. _Kirrobacter_, orange-tawny colored rod)
Gram-negative, non-spore forming
oval pleomorphic bacteria. Strictly aerobic and chemoheterotrophic. Contains carotenoids, but not bacteriochlorophyll _a_. The major respiratory quinone is ubiquinone 10, the dominant phospholipds are phosphatidylglycerol, sphingoglycolipid, and phophatidylthanolamine. The genus is located in a sub-clade within the _Erythrobacteraceae_ family. The type species is _Kirrobacter mercurialis_.