| Heliothrix | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Bacillati |
| Phylum: | Chloroflexota |
| Class: | Chloroflexia |
| Order: | Chloroflexales |
| Family: | Roseiflexaceae |
| Genus: | Heliothrix Pierson et al. 1986 |
| Species: | H. oregonensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Heliothrix oregonensis Pierson et al. 1986
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Heliothrix oregonensis is a phototrophic filamentous, gliding bacterium containing bacteriochlorophyll a that is aerotolerant and photoheterotrophic.[1] It is the only species in the genus Heliothrix.[2]
References
edit- ^ Pierson, B. K.; Giovannoni, S. J.; Stahl, D. A.; Castenholz, R. W. (1985). "Heliothrix oregonensis, gen. nov., sp. nov., a phototrophic filamentous gliding bacterium containing bacteriochlorophyll a". Archives of Microbiology. 142 (2): 164–167. doi:10.1007/BF00447061. ISSN 0302-8933. PMID 2412519. S2CID 20173280.
- ^ Heliothrix in LPSN; Parte, Aidan C.; Sardà Carbasse, Joaquim; Meier-Kolthoff, Jan P.; Reimer, Lorenz C.; Göker, Markus (1 November 2020). "List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 70 (11): 5607–5612. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.004332.
Further reading
edit- Boomer, Sarah M. Characterization of a hot-spring bacterium resembling Heliothrix oregonensis. Diss. University of Puget Sound, 1989.
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