Abstract:Rhodospirillum sp.is one of the most important member of photosynthetic bacteria,and can be found in a variety of natural habitats.Studies on the growth and starvation survival of Rhodospirillum sp.are essential for the understanding of the adaptation of bacteria to their natural environments and for the understanding of their contribution to the energy transfer and nutrients recycling in ecosystems. Rhodospirillum sp.can normally survive in one month period of starvation.The resistance to starvat...