Chromatium

Chromatium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Proteobacteria
Class:	Gammaproteobacteria
Order:	Chromatiales
Family:	Chromatiaceae
Genus:	Chromatium; Perty 1852
Type species
	Chromatium okenii;
Species
	; C. glycolicum ; ; ; ; C. okenii ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;

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[]

^ Madigan M, Martinko J (editors) (2006). Brock Biology of Microorganisms (13th ed.). Pearson Education. p. 1096. ISBN 0-321-73551-X.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
^ 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

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[Brock-1] Madigan M, Martinko J (editors) (2006). Brock Biology of Microorganisms (13th ed.). Pearson Education. p. 1096. ISBN 0-321-73551-X.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)

[BergeyGamma-2] 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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