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Chromatiaceae
Chromatiaceae
Translingual
Proper noun
Chromatiaceae
- A taxonomic family within the order Chromatiales – certain purple sulfur bacteria.
Hypernyms
- (family): Prokaryota - superkingdom; Bacteria - kingdom; Negibacteria - subkingdom; Proteobacteria - phylum; Gammaproteobacteria - class; Chromatiales - order
Hyponyms
- (family): Allochromatium, Amoebobacter Chromatium, Halochromatium, Isochromatium, Lamprobacter, Lamprocystis, Marichromatium, Nitrosococcus, Pfennigia, Phaeochromatium, Rhabdochromatium, Rheinheimera, Thermochromatium, Thioalkalicoccus, Thiobaca, Thiocapsa, Thiococcus, Thiocystis, Thiodictyon, Thioflavicoccus, Thiohalocapsa, Thiolamprovum, Thiopedia, Thiophaeococcus, Thiorhodococcus, Thiorhodovibrio, Thiospirillum - genera