Chloracidobacterium

Chloracidobacterium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Acidobacteria
Class:	Acidobacteria
Order:	Acidobacteriales
Family:	Acidobacteriaceae
Genus:	Chloracidobacterium

In taxonomy, Chloracidobacterium is a genus of the Acidobacteria.[1]

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.[2][3]

References

See the NCBI webpage on Chloracidobacterium. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
Bryant DA, Costas AM, Maresca JA, Chew AG, Klatt CG, Bateson MM, et al. (July 2007). "Candidatus Chloracidobacterium thermophilum: an aerobic phototrophic Acidobacterium". Science. 317 (5837): 523–6. Bibcode:2007Sci...317..523B. doi:10.1126/science.1143236. PMID 17656724.
Raymond J (February 2008). "Coloring in the tree of life". Trends in Microbiology. 16 (2): 41–3. doi:10.1016/j.tim.2007.11.003. PMID 18182293.
Tank M, Bryant DA (2015-03-27). "Nutrient requirements and growth physiology of the photoheterotrophic Acidobacterium, Chloracidobacterium thermophilum". Frontiers in Microbiology. 6: 226. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2015.00226. PMC 4376005. PMID 25870589.

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[1] See the NCBI webpage on Chloracidobacterium. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.

[2] Bryant DA, Costas AM, Maresca JA, Chew AG, Klatt CG, Bateson MM, et al. (July 2007). "Candidatus Chloracidobacterium thermophilum: an aerobic phototrophic Acidobacterium". Science. 317 (5837): 523–6. Bibcode:2007Sci...317..523B. doi:10.1126/science.1143236. PMID 17656724.

[3] Raymond J (February 2008). "Coloring in the tree of life". Trends in Microbiology. 16 (2): 41–3. doi:10.1016/j.tim.2007.11.003. PMID 18182293.

[:0-4] Tank M, Bryant DA (2015-03-27). "Nutrient requirements and growth physiology of the photoheterotrophic Acidobacterium, Chloracidobacterium thermophilum". Frontiers in Microbiology. 6: 226. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2015.00226. PMC 4376005. PMID 25870589.