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'''''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. It belongs 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>.
'''''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. It belongs 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>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.bacterio.cict.fr/c/chromatium.html ''Chromatium''] J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature
*[http://www.bacterio.cict.fr/c/chromatium.html ''Chromatium''] J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature



[[Category:Proteobacteria]]
[[Category:Proteobacteria]]

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Chromatium
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Chromatium

Perty 1852
Type species
Chromatium okenii
Species

C. okenii
C. weisii
C. gracile

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

References

  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

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