Chloroflexi WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Chloroflexi
Chloroflexi are a class of eubacteria that produce energy through photosynthesis. They make up the bulk of the filamentous anoxygenic phototrophs (formerly known as green non-sulfur bacteria), though some are classified separately as the Thermomicrobia. They are named for their green pigment, usually found in photosynthetic bodies called chlorosomes. ...read more on Wikipedia
Fast Facts:
- Chloroflexus aurantiacus are filamentous and move by bacterial gliding.1
- Thermophilic are usually found in hot springs where they grow in the form of orange-reddish mats.2
- Ultrastructure and photosynthetic pigments are like green bacteria.2
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Research Notes References
- ↑ PubMed Central: The Dawn Of Synthetic Genomics
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 McGraw-Hill Higher Education: Bacteria: The Deinococci And Nonproteobacteria Gram Negatives
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- Contributor: Martin Dela Cruz, RMT
- Reviewer: Amy Sandhu
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 15, 2009
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Meet our contributors and reviewers
- Contributor: Martin Dela Cruz, RMT
- Reviewer: Amy Sandhu
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Green non-sulfur bacteria, Chloroflexus, Chloroflexus aurantiacus, Anoxygenic phototrophs
- Last update: Sep. 11, 2008
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
