Because strain Fryx1 is a purple non-sulfur bacterium, this is the first example of a truly planktonic isolate among this group of phototrophic purple bacteria (van Gemerden and Mas 1995).
由于Fryx1株是一个紫色非硫细菌，所以这是第一个真正的单独浮游在这种紫色光合细菌组的细菌(van Gemerden and Mas 1995)。