Chromatium

<i>Chromatium</i>

Chromatium

Genus of bacteria

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]

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References

  1. [1]
    Madigan M, Martinko J (editors) (2006). Brock Biology of Microorganisms (13th ed.). Pearson Education. p. 1096. ISBN 0-321-73551-X. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  2. [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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