Kingdom Bacteria Family Thiotrichaceae Genus Thioploca Order Thiotrichales | Class Gammaproteobacteria Phylum Proteobacteria Rank Species | |
Similar Thioploca, Beggiatoa, Thiomargarita, Thiomargarita namibiensis, Purple sulfur bacteria | ||
Thioploca chileae is a marine thioploca from the benthos of the Chilean continental shelf. It is a colonial, multicellular, gliding trichomes of similar diameter enclosed by a shared sheath. It possesses cellular sulfur inclusions located in a thin peripheral cytoplasm surrounding a large, central vacuole. It is a motile organism through gliding. The trichome diameters of Thioploca chileae range from 12 to 20 μm.
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