Erythrobacter litoralis

Erythrobacter litoralis is a species of bacterium.^[1] E. litoralis strain HTCC2594 was first sequenced in 2009.^[2] Erythrobacter litoralis strain DSM 8509 was developed as a comparative genetic model system to investigate the role of visible light in regulation of the general stress response in Alphaproteobacteria.^[3] The complete genome sequence of E. litoralis DSM 8509 has been published.^[4]

Erythrobacter longus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Alphaproteobacteria
Order:	Sphingomonadales
Family:	Erythrobacteraceae
Genus:	Erythrobacter
Species:	E. litoralis
Binomial name
Erythrobacter litoralis Yurkov et al. 1994

It is an obligately aerobic, bacteriochlorophyll a-containing bacterium.