Chlorobium tepidum

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. 

Genome structure

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). 

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Category:Phototrophic bacteria
Category:Chlorobi
Category:Bacteria described in 1991