Chlorobaculum tepidum

Chlorobaculum tepidum
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Chlorobiota
Class:
"Chlorobia"
Order:
Chlorobiales
Family:
Chlorobiaceae
Genus:
Chlorobaculum
Species:
C. tepidum
Binomial name
Chlorobaculum tepidum
(Wahlund et al. 1996) Imhoff 2003
Synonyms

Chlorobium tepidum Wahlund et al. 1996

Chlorobaculum tepidum, previously known as Chlorobium tepidum,[1] is an anaerobic, thermophilic green sulfur bacteria first isolated from New Zealand.[2] Its cells are gram-negative and non-motile rods of variable length. They contain chlorosomes [3] and bacteriochlorophyll a and c.[4]

  1. ^ Imhoff J (2003). "Phylogenetic taxonomy of the family Chlorobiaceae on the basis of 16S rRNA and fmo (Fenna– Matthews–Olson protein) gene sequences" (PDF). International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 53 (Pt 4): 941–951. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02403-0. PMID 12892110.
  2. ^ Wahlund TM, Woese CR, Castenholz RW, Madigan MT (1991). "A thermophilic green sulfur bacterium from New Zealand hot springs, Chlorobium tepidum sp. nov". Archives of Microbiology. 156 (2): 81–90. Bibcode:1991ArMic.156...81W. doi:10.1007/BF00290978. ISSN 0302-8933. S2CID 22133132.
  3. ^ Frigaard NU, Chew AG, Li H, Maresca JA, Bryant DA (2003). "Chlorobium Tepidum : Insights into the Structure, Physiology, and Metabolism of a Green Sulfur Bacterium Derived from the Complete Genome Sequence". Photosynthesis Research. 78 (2): 93–117. Bibcode:2003PhoRe..78...93F. doi:10.1023/B:PRES.0000004310.96189.b4. ISSN 0166-8595. PMID 16245042. S2CID 30218833.
  4. ^ Montano GA, Bowen BP, LaBelle JT, Woodbury NW, al e (October 2003). "Characterization of Chlorobium tepidum chlorosomes: A calculation of bacteriochlorophyll c per chlorosome and oligomer modeling". Biophysical Journal. 85 (4): 2560–2565. Bibcode:2003BpJ....85.2560M. doi:10.1016/S0006-3495(03)74678-5. PMC 1303479. PMID 14507718. ProQuest 215720771.