Green sulfur bacteria
Phylum of bacteria
The green sulfur bacteria are a family of obligately anaerobic photoautotrophic bacteria. Most closely related to the distant Bacteroidetes, they are accordingly assigned their own phylum.
Green sulfur bacteria | |
---|---|
![]() | |
Green sulfur bacteria in a Winogradsky column | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | |
Phylum: | Chlorobi group
|
Class: | Chlorobia
|
Order: | Chlorobiales
|
Family: | Chlorobiaceae
|
Genera | |
Chlorobium Ancalochloris Chloroherpeton Clathrochloris Pelodictyon |