Chlorobium tepidum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Chlorobi |
Class: | Chlorobia |
Order: | Chlorobiales |
Family: | Chlorobiaceae |
Genus: | Chlorobium |
Species: | C. tepidum |
Binomial name | |
Chlorobium tepidum Wahlund et al. 1991 |
Chlorobium tepidum is an anaerobic, thermophilic green sulfur bacteria first isolated from New Zealand. Cells are gram-negative and non-motile rods of variable length. They contain bacteriochlorophyll c and chlorosomes.
Chlorobium tepidum contains a genome that contains 2.15 Mbp. There are a total of 2,337 genes (of these genes, there are 2,245 protein coding genes and 56 tRNA and rRNA coding genes).