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Chromatium
Sign in to saveChromatium 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.
Species
Genus
- PhylumProteobacteria
- ClassGammaproteobacteria
- OrderChromatiales
- FamilyChromatiaceae
Habitatfreshwater
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Research
942 papers- Chromatium hydrogenase.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 1977
- Chromatium cytochrome.Biochimica et biophysica acta · 1956
- Chromatium cytochrome.Archives of biochemistry and biophysics · 1955
- Ribulose bisphosphate carboxylases from Chromatium vinosum and Rhodospirillum rubrum and their role in photosynthetic carbon assimilation.Basic life sciences · 1978
- BACTERIAL FERREDOXIN.Bacteriological reviews · 1964
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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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