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{{Short description|Genus of bacteria}}
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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgrey
| name = ''Chromatium''
| name = Chromatium
| image = Chromatium Okenii al microscopio.jpg
| regnum = [[Bacterium|Bacteria]]
| domain = [[Bacteria]]
| phylum = [[Proteobacteria]]
| phylum = [[Pseudomonadota]]
| classis = Gamma Proteobacteria
| classis = [[Gammaproteobacteria]]
| ordo = [[Purple sulfur bacteria|Chromatiales]]
| ordo = [[Chromatiales]]
| familia = [[Chromatiaceae]]
| familia = [[Chromatiaceae]]
| genus = ''Chromatium''
| genus = '''''Chromatium'''''
| genus_authority = Perty 1852
| genus_authority = Perty 1852
| type_species = ''Chromatium okenii''
| type_species = ''Chromatium okenii''
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
| subdivision = ''[[Chromatium buderi|C. buderi]]'' <br />
''[[Chromatium okenii|C. okenii]]'' <br>
''[[Chromatium glycolicum|C. glycolicum]]'' <br />
''[[Chromatium weisii|C. weisii]]'' <br>
''[[Chromatium gracile|C. gracile]]'' <br />
''[[Chromatium minus|C. minus]]'' <br />
''[[Chromatium minutissimum|C. minutissimum]]'' <br />
''[[Chromatium okenii|C. okenii]]'' <br />
''[[Chromatium purpuratum|C. purpuratum]]'' <br />
''[[Chromatium salexigens|C. salexigens]]'' <br />
''[[Chromatium tepidum|C. tepidum]]'' <br />
''[[Chromatium vinosum|C. vinosum]]'' <br />
''[[Chromatium violascens|C. violascens]]'' <br />
''[[Chromatium warmingii|C. armingii]]'' <br />
''[[Chromatium weisii|C. weisii]]'' <br />
}}
}}


'''''Chromatium''''' is a [[genus]] of [[photoautotrophic]] [[Gram-negative]] [[bacteria]] which are found in [[water]].<ref name=Brock>{{cite book | author = Madigan M, Martinko J (editors) | title = Brock Biology of Microorganisms | edition = 13th | publisher = Pearson Education | year = 2006 | isbn = 0-321-73551-X |page = 1096}}</ref> 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]].<ref name=BergeyGamma>George M. Garrity: ''[[Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology]]''. 2. Auflage. Springer, New York, 2005, Volume 2: ''The Proteobacteria, Part B: The Gammaproteobacteria''</ref>
The '''Chromatium''' are a [[Gram-negative]] [[bacterium]] found in [[water]].


==References==
[[Category:Proteobacteria]]
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
{{Proteobacteria-stub}}
*[https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/chromatium ''Chromatium''] J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature
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[[Category:Chromatiales]]
[[Category:Phototrophic bacteria]]
[[Category:Bacteria genera]]


{{Chromatiales-stub}}

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Chromatium
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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

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]

References[edit]

  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. ^ George M. Garrity: Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. 2. Auflage. Springer, New York, 2005, Volume 2: The Proteobacteria, Part B: The Gammaproteobacteria

External links[edit]

  • Chromatium J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature