Chromatium okenii

Chromatium okenii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Gammaproteobacteria
Order:	Chromatiales
Family:	Chromatiaceae
Genus:	Chromatium
Binomial name
	Chromatium okenii; (Ehrenberg 1838) ; Perty 1852
Synonyms
	Monas okenii Ehrenberg 1838 ; Rhabdomonas rosea Cohn 1875 ; Spirillum violaceum Warming 1875 ; Bacterium okenii (Ehrenberg 1838) Trevisan 1879 ; Beggiatoa roseopersicina Zopf 1883 ; Rhabdochromatium roseum (Cohn 1875) Winogradsky 1888 ; Rhabdochromatium fusiforme Winogradsky 1888 ; Bacillus okenii (Ehrenberg 1838) Trevisan 1889 ; Mantegazzea winogradskyi Trevisan 1889 ; Mantegazzea rosea (Cohn 1875) Trevisan 1889 ; Pseudomonas okenii (Ehrenberg 1838) Migula 1895 ; Thiospirillum violaceum (Warming 1875) Migula 1900 ; Chromatium densegranulatum Skuja 1948

Chromatium okenii is a Gram-negative bacterium found in water. It belongs to the Purple sulfur bacteria.^[1] These bacteria are capable of photosynthesis and use Hydrogen sulfide (H₂S) as an electron donor for CO₂ reduction and so do not produce oxygen. This type of photosynthesis is called anoxygenic photosynthesis. Chromatium okenii is anaerobic and the cells are slightly curved or straight rods.^[1]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b George M. Garrity: Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. 2. Auflage. Springer, New York, 2005, Volume 2: The Proteobacteria, Part B: The Gammaproteobacteria

Chromatium J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature

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