Global InformationProsthecochloris aestuarii information
| Prosthecochloris aestuarii | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Chlorobiota |
| Class: | "Chlorobia" |
| Order: | Chlorobiales |
| Family: | Chlorobiaceae |
| Genus: | Prosthecochloris |
| Species: | P. aestuarii
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| Binomial name | |
| Prosthecochloris aestuarii Gorlenko, 1970 emend. Imhoff, 2003
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Prosthecochloris aestuarii is a green sulfur bacterium in the genus Prosthecochloris. This organism was originally isolated from brackish lagoons located in Sasyk-Sivash and Sivash.[1] They are characterized by the presence of "prosthecae" on their cell surface; the inner part of these appendages house the photosynthetic machinery within chlorosomes, which are characteristic structures of green sulfur bacteria. Additionally, like other green sulfur bacteria, they are Gram-negative, non-motile, and non-spore forming.[1] Of the four major groups of green sulfur bacteria, P. aestuarii serves as the type species for Group 4.[2]
- ^ a b Gorlenko VM (1969). "A new phototrophic green sulphur bacterium. Prosthecochloris aestuarii nov. gen. nov. spec". Zeitschrift Fur Allgemeine Mikrobiologie. 10 (2): 147–149. doi:10.1002/jobm.19700100207. PMID 5453898.
- ^ Imhoff JF (July 2003). "Phylogenetic taxonomy of the family Chlorobiaceae on the basis of 16S rRNA and fmo (Fenna-Matthews-Olson protein) gene sequences" (PDF). International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 53 (Pt 4): 941–951. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02403-0. PMID 12892110.