Chromatium: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Bacteria
- Phylum
- Proteobacteria
- Class
- Gammaproteobacteria
- Order
- Chromatiales
- Family
- Chromatiaceae
- Genus
- Chromatium
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Chromatium
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Chromatium
Chromatium is a genus of photoautotrophic Gram-negative bacteria which are found in water. 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.
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