Green Sulfur Bacteria
Jörg Overmann
Abstract
Jörg Overmann
Abstract
Abstract Green sulfur bacteria are a phylogenetically isolated group of predominantly aquatic bacteria which occur where light reaches anoxic water layers. The cells grow by anoxygenic photosynthesis, using reduced sulfur compounds as electron donor for carbon dioxide assimilation.
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Abstract Green sulfur bacteria are a phylogenetically isolated group of predominantly aquatic bacteria which occur where light reaches anoxic water layers. The cells grow by anoxygenic photosynthesis, using reduced sulfur compounds as electron donor for carbon dioxide assimilation.
Key concepts: Anoxygenic photosynthesis, Green sulfur bacteria, Sulfur, Bacteria, Anoxic waters, Phototroph, Assimilation (phonology), Chlorosome