Green sulfur bacteria
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| Green sulfur bacteria | |
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| Green sulfur bacteria in a Winogradsky column | |
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| Chlorobium Ancalochloris Chloroherpeton Clathrochloris Pelodictyon | |
The green sulfur bacteria are a family of obligately anaerobic photoautotrophic bacteria. Most closely related to the distant Bacteroidetes, they are accordingly assigned their own phylum.
