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[[File:alcanivorax bork.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Alcanivorax borkumensis [1F] ]]
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Chromatium is a gram negative bacteria found in marine environments. They tend to be straight rod shaped or even slightly curved rods. These bacteria belong to the purple photosynthetic sulfur bacteria that oxidize sulfide into sulfur which is deposited in intracellular granules in their cytoplasm.
Chromatium is a gram negative bacteria found in marine environments. They tend to be straight rod shaped or even slightly curved rods. These bacteria belong to the purple photosynthetic sulfur bacteria that oxidize sulfide into sulfur which is deposited in intracellular granules in their cytoplasm.
 
They grow in the presence of light under anaerobic conditions. They can grow on an inorganic medium using CO2 as the sole carbon source in the presence of reduced inorganic sulfur.


=Ecology and Significance=
=Ecology and Significance=

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Classification

Domain: Bacteria Phylum: Proteobacteria Class: Gammaproteobacteria Order: Chromatiales Family: Chromatiaceae Genus: Chromatium Species: Chromatium okenii

Description

Alcanivorax borkumensis [1F]

Chromatium is a gram negative bacteria found in marine environments. They tend to be straight rod shaped or even slightly curved rods. These bacteria belong to the purple photosynthetic sulfur bacteria that oxidize sulfide into sulfur which is deposited in intracellular granules in their cytoplasm.

Ecology and Significance

Genome Structure

Metabolism

References

[1] Golyshin, Peter N. “Genome Sequence Completed of Alcanivorax borkumensis, a Hydrocarbon-degrading Bacterium That Plays a Global Role in Oil Removal from Marine Systems.” 3 (2003): 215-20. Print.

Neyra, Carlos A. Carbon Metabolism. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Pr., 1985. Web. 11 May 2015.

Figures

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Author

Page authored by Sukhwinder Kaur, student of Prof. Katherine Mcmahon at University of Wisconsin - Madison.

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