Chloracidobacterium
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In taxonomy, Chloracidobacterium is a genus of the Acidobacteria.[1]
This is a group of photosynthetic bacteria were discovered in 2007 and their identification extends the number of bacterial phyla that can carry out chlorophyll-based photosynthesis from five to six.[2][3]
[edit] References
- ^ See the NCBI webpage on Chloracidobacterium. Data extracted from the NCBI taxonomy resources. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved on 2007-03-19.
- ^ Bryant DA, Costas AM, Maresca JA, et al (2007). "Candidatus Chloracidobacterium thermophilum: an aerobic phototrophic Acidobacterium". Science 317 (5837): 523–6. doi:. PMID 17656724.
- ^ Raymond J (2008). "Coloring in the tree of life". Trends Microbiol. 16 (2): 41–3. PMID 18182293.
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