Chlorobium limicola | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Chlorobiota |
Class: | "Chlorobia" |
Order: | Chlorobiales |
Family: | Chlorobiaceae |
Genus: | Chlorobium |
Species: | C. limicola
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Binomial name | |
Chlorobium limicola Nadson 1906 (Approved Lists 1980)
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Chlorobium limicola is a gram negative bacterial member of green sulfur bacteria genus found in freshwater hot springs. C. limicola is a non-motile mesophile, photoautotrophic / photosynthetic strict anaerobe important to carbon, nitrogen and sulfur cycles in anoxic freshwater environments.[1] Strain DSMZ 245 T was isolated from Gilroy Hot Springs in California, and whole genome sequencing was accomplished.[2] Believed to be morphologically diverse, it was determined that culturing techniques determine some characteristics like slime production and morphology.[3][1] As a green sulfur bacteria, C. limicola fixes carbon via reverse TCA cycle reactions.[1]