Heliobacterium chlorum

Cross Index	Heliobacterium chlorum
SuperSet	Prokaryote, Eubacteria Anoxygenic Phototrophic Bacteria
Compare	Purple Bacteria Internal sulfur granulesAmoebobacter, Chromatium, Lamprobacter modestohalophilus, Lamprocystis roseopersicina, Thiocapsa, Thiocystis, Thiodicyton, Thiopedia rosea , Thiospirillum jenense, External sulfur granules Ectothiorhodospira no granules Rhodobacter, Rhodocyclus, Rhodomicrobium vannieli, Rhodopila globiformis, Rhodopseudomonas, Rhodospirillum, Green Bacteria Sulfur granules Anachloris perfilievii, Chlorobium, Chloroherpeton thalassium, Pelodictyon, Prosthecachloris no sulfur granules Heliobacillus mobilis, Heliobacterium chlorum Multicellular filamentous Chloroflexus aurantiacus, Chloronema, Heliothrix oregonensis, Oscillochloris Anaerobic chemotropic Erythrobacter longus,
Contrast	Oxygenic Phototrophic Bacteria Archaea
Subset

Reference	Heliobacterium chlorum
First citation	Gest, H.and J.L. Favinger 1985 In Validation List No. 17 IJSB 35:223-225 Effective Publication Gest, H.and J.L. Favinger. 1983. Helicobacterium chlorum, an anoxygenic brownish-green photosynthetic bacterium containibg a "new" form of bacteriochlorophyll. Arch. Microbiol 136: 11-16
The Prokaryotes
Bergey's Systematatic	p 1707 H. Gest and J. L. Favinger
Bergey's Determinative	p 360
References

Staining	Gram- negative
Morphology	Rod-shaped cells that are frequently slightly bent,
Motility	show gliding motility
Specialized structures	Contain bacteriochlorophyll g* as the major photosynthetic pigment. Extensively developed intracytoplasmic membranes of the kind produced by most anoxygenic photosynthetic bacteria are not observed. Cells do not contain chlorosomes or gas vacuoles.