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Isolation of Members of the Families Chromatiaceae and Chlorobiaceae

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The green and purple sulfur bacteria (Chlorobiaceae and Chromatiaceae) are two physiological-ecological groups of anaerobic phototrophic bacteria with anoxygenic photosynthesis. The two groups display a competitive advantage over other microorganisms in similar aquatic habitats. The most important environmental factors are anaerobic conditions, the presence of hydrogen sulfide, and illumination. Both families are treated in one chapter because they occur under similar environmental conditions and because the strains of both families are isolated with similar methods and media. Only the genus Ecto-thiorhodospira is treated in a seChapaute chapter (this Handbook, Chapter 15) because of methodological differences.

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  1. Department of Bacteriology, University of California, 95616, Davis, California, USA

    Mortimer P. Starr

  2. Lehrstuhl für Mikrobiologie, Universität Bayreuth, 8580, Bayreuth, Federal Republic of Germany

    Heinz Stolp

  3. Institut für Mikrobiologie, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, 5300, Bonn 1, Federal Republic of Germany

    Hans G. Trüper

  4. Bacteriology Division, Centers for Disease Control, 30333, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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  5. Institut für Mikrobiologie, Universität Göttingen, 3400, Göttingen, Federal Republic of Germany

    Hans G. Schlegel

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Pfennig, N., Trüper, H.G. (1981). Isolation of Members of the Families Chromatiaceae and Chlorobiaceae. In: Starr, M.P., Stolp, H., Trüper, H.G., Balows, A., Schlegel, H.G. (eds) The Prokaryotes. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-13187-9_16

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