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Chloracidobacterium

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Kingdom
  
Bacteria

Class
  
Acidobacteria

Family
  
Acidobacteriaceae

Phylum
  
Acidobacteria

Order
  
Acidobacteriales

Rank
  
Genus

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Similar
  
Acidobacteria, Chlorobium tepidum, Heliobacteria, Chloroflexus aurantiacus, Holophaga foetida

In taxonomy, Chloracidobacterium is a genus of the Acidobacteria.

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.

References

Chloracidobacterium Wikipedia