| Chlorobium tepidum | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Chlorobi |
| Class: | Chlorobia |
| Order: | Chlorobiales |
| Family: | Chlorobiaceae |
| Genus: | Chlorobium |
| Species: | C. tepidum |
| Binomial name | |
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Chlorobium tepidum Wahlund et al. 1991 |
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Chlorobium tepidum is an anaerobic, thermophilic green sulfur bacteria first isolated from New Zealand. Cells are gram-negative and non-motile rods of variable length. They contain bacteriochlorophyll c and chlorosomes.
Chlorobium tepidum contains a genome that contains 2.15 Mbp. There are a total of 2,337 genes (of these genes, there are 2,245 protein coding genes and 56 tRNA and rRNA coding genes).