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Chromatium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Proteobacteria
Class:	Gammaproteobacteria
Order:	Chromatiales
Family:	Chromatiaceae
Genus:	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 ; C. gracile

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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]

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

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