Chloroflexaceae

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Chloroflexaceae [¦klȯr·ō·fleks′as·ē‚ē]

(microbiology)

A family of phototrophic bacteria in the suborder Chlorobiineae; cells possess chlorobium vesicles and bacteriochlorophyllaandc,are filamentous, and show gliding motility; capable of anaerobic, phototrophic growth or aerobic chemotrophic growth.

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