Chromatium | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
Order: | Chromatiales |
Family: | Chromatiaceae |
Genus: | Chromatium Perty 1852 |
Type species | |
Chromatium okenii | |
Species | |
C. buderi |
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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