Chromatium

Chromatium is a genus of photoautotrophic Gram-negative bacteria which are found in water.[1] The cells are straight rod-shaped or slightly curved. They belong to the purple sulfur bacteria and oxidize sulfide to produce sulfur which is deposited in intracellular granules of the cytoplasm.[2]

Chromatium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Proteobacteria
Class:
alphaproteobacteria
Order:
Chromatiales
Family:
Chromatiaceae
Genus:
Chromatium

Perty 1852
Type species
Chromatium okenii
Species

C. buderi
C. glycolicum
C. gracile
C. minus
C. minutissimum
C. okenii
C. purpuratum
C. salexigens
C. tepidum
C. vinosum
C. violascens
C. armingii
C. weisii
C. gracile

References
  1. Madigan M, Martinko J (editors) (2006). Brock Biology of Microorganisms (13th ed.). Pearson Education. p. 1096. ISBN 0-321-73551-X.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  2. George M. Garrity: Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. 2. Auflage. Springer, New York, 2005, Volume 2: The Proteobacteria, Part B: The Gammaproteobacteria
  • Chromatium J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature


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