LON-CAPA Botany online: Evolution - Photoautotrophic Bacteria

Photoautotrophic Bacteria
group	typical example (species)	growth under		electron donors of photosynthesis
group	typical example (species)	anaerobic conditions (with light)	aerobic conditions (without light)	electron donors of photosynthesis
non-sulfur purple bacteria	Rhodospirillum rubrum	+	(+)	H₂, organic substances, (S^2-)
purple sulfur bacteria	Chromatium okenii	+	-	S^2-, S°. S₂O₃^2-, H₂
green sulfur bacteria	Chlorobium limicola	+	+	S^2-, S°. S₂O₃^2-., H₂
Chloroflexus-group	Chloroflexus aurantiacus	+	+	organic substance
H. G. SCHLEGEL and H. W. JANNASCH, 1981

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