Botany online 1996-2004. No further update, only historical document of botanical science!

Photoautotrophic Bacteria
group
typical example (species)
growth under
electron donors of photosynthesis
anaerobic conditions (with light)
aerobic conditions (without light)
non-sulfur purple bacteria Rhodospirillum rubrum
+
(+)
H2, organic
substances, (S2-)
purple sulfur bacteria Chromatium okenii
+
-
S2-, S°. S2O32-, H2
green sulfur bacteria Chlorobium limicola
+
+
S2-, S°. S2O32-.,
H2
Chloroflexus-group Chloroflexus aurantiacus
+
+
organic substance
H. G. SCHLEGEL and H. W. JANNASCH, 1981

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