| Cross Index | Chloronema |
| SuperSet | Prokaryote, Eubacteria Anoxygenic Phototrophic Bacteria |
| Compare | Purple Bacteria
Green Bacteria
Anaerobic chemotropic Erythrobacter longus, |
| Contrast | Oxygenic Phototrophic Bacteria Archaea |
| Subset |
| Morphology | Chloronema |
| CELLULAR |
| Staining | Gram negative |
| Morphology | Cells cylindrical |
| Motility | Gliding motility |
| Specialized structures | , combined in a trichome surrounded by a sheath.Trichomes straight or spiral, appear yellow-green Cells multiply by separation of sections of trichomes (hormogonia) of varying length. The photosynthetic structures are chlorosomes |
| Division |
| COLONIAL |
| Solid surface |
| Liquid |
| Growth Parameters | Chloronema |
| PHYSIOLOGICAL |
| Tropism | |
| Oxygen | |
| pH | |
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| Requirements | |
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| Enzymes | |
| Unique features | The major pigment is bacteriocholorophyll d; also contain bacteriochlorophyll c.. Cells are capable of anoxygenic photosynthesis. |
| ENVIRONMENTAL |
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| Pathogenicity |
| Distribution |
| Genome | Chloronema |
| G+C Mol % |
| Reference | Chloronema |
| First citation | Dubinina,G.A. and V. M.Gorlenko. 1975. New filamentous photosynthetic green bacteria containing gas vacuoles. Mikrobiologiya 44: 551-517 ( english translation 44: 452-458) |
| The Prokaryotes | |
| Bergey's Systematatic | p 1706 V.M. Gorlenko |
| Bergey's Determinative | p 363 |
| References |