Chlorobiaceae

[‚klȯr·ō‚bī′ās·ē‚ē]

(microbiology)

A family of bacteria in the suborder Chlorobiineae; cells are nonmotile and contain bacteriochlorophylls c, d, or e in chlorobium vesicles attached to the cytoplasmic membrane.

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The aryl isoprenoids were considered to result from aromatic carotenoids of the green sulfur bacteria (Chlorobiaceae) [33-35, 42, 43].

Biomarkers and C and S Isotopes of the Permian to Triassic Solid Bitumen and Its Potential Source Rocks in NE Sichuan Basin

Culmination of such series in, variously, filamentous, buoyancy-regulating Cyanobacteia or even by gas-vacuolate purple and green sulphur bacteria (Chromotiaceae, Chlorobiaceae), is recognized at all latitudes where the opportunities arise (Reynolds 1992).

Limnology in El Dorado: some surprising aspects of the regulation of phytoplankton productive capacity in a high-altitude Andean lake (Laguna de Guatavita, Colombia)

Most of the organisms belong to one of two families, the Chromatiaceae (purple sulphur bacteria) and Chlorobiaceae (green sulphur bacteria).

New lakes, old systems

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