| Chloroflexus aurantiacus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Chloroflexota |
| Class: | Chloroflexia |
| Order: | Chloroflexales |
| Family: | Chloroflexaceae |
| Genus: | Chloroflexus |
| Species: | C. aurantiacus
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| Binomial name | |
| Chloroflexus aurantiacus Pierson and Castenholz 1974[1]
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Chloroflexus aurantiacus is a photosynthetic bacterium isolated from hot springs, belonging to the green non-sulfur bacteria. This organism is thermophilic and can grow at temperatures from 35 to 70 °C (95 to 158 °F). Chloroflexus aurantiacus can survive in the dark if oxygen is available. When grown in the dark, Chloroflexus aurantiacus has a dark orange color. When grown in sunlight it is dark green. The individual bacteria tend to form filamentous colonies enclosed in sheaths, which are known as trichomes.
- ^ Parte, A.C. "Chloroflexus". LPSN.