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The Chloroflexi are a class of bacteria that produce energy through photosynthesis. They make up the bulk of the filamentous anoxygenic phototrophs (formerly known as green non-sulfur bacteria), though some are classified separately as the Thermomicrobia.[1][2] They are named for their green pigment, usually found in photosynthetic bodies called chlorosomes.
Chloroflexi are typically filamentous, and can move about through bacterial gliding. They are facultatively aerobic, but do not produce oxygen during photosynthesis, and have a different method of carbon fixation (photoheterotrophy) than other photosynthetic bacteria. Phylogenetic analysis indicates that they had a separate origin.
References
- ^ See the NCBI webpage on Chloroflexi. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved on 2007-03-19.
- ^ Hugenholtz P, Stackebrandt E (2004). "Reclassification of Sphaerobacter thermophilus from the subclass Sphaerobacteridae in the phylum Actinobacteria to the class Thermomicrobia (emended description) in the phylum Chloroflexi (emended description)". Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 54: 2049–2051. doi:. PMID 15545432.
Further reading
- Garrity GM, Holt JG (2001). "Phylum BVI. Chloroflexi phy. nov", Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology Volume 1: The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria, 2nd ed., New York: Springer Verlag, p. 169. ISBN 978-0387987712.
External links
- Google Scholar references for Chloroflexi
- NCBI taxonomy page for Chloroflexi
- Search Tree of Life taxonomy pages for Chloroflexi
- Search Species2000 page for Chloroflexi
- LSPN page for Chloroflexi
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