green sulfur bacteria meaning

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[Medicine]
A phylum of anoxygenic,phototrophic,CHLOROBI including the family Chlorobiaceae. They occur in aquatic sediments,sulfur springs,and hot springs and utilize reduced sulfur compounds instead of oxygen.

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  2. In contrast, the green sulfur bacteria produce 2, 3, 6 trimethylaryl isoprenoids.
  3. These light-gathering membranes may even form enclosed structures called chlorosomes in green sulfur bacteria.
  4. Green sulfur bacteria are glide ).
  5. Purple bacteria and green sulfur bacteria occupy relatively minor ecological niches in the present day biosphere.

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