Chromatium
Chromatium | |
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Class: | Gammaproteobacteria
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Genus: | Chromatium Perty 1852
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Chromatium okenii | |
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The Chromatium are a Photoautotrophic Gram-negative bacterium found in water, they are also called purple sulfur bacteria.