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Similar Bacteria, Purple sulfur bac, Chlorobium, Rhodospirillum, Chromatiaceae | ||
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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Chromatium Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA