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Descriptor English: Chromatium
Descriptor Spanish: Chromatium
Descriptor Chromatium
Scope note: Género de bacterias gramnegativas fototróficas de forma ovoide a bacilar. Todas las especies utilizan amonio como fuente de nitrógeno. Algunas cepas se encuentran sólo en hábitats de agua dulce que contienen azufre expuestos a la luz, mientras que otras pueden darse en ambientes marinos, estuarios y de agua dulce.
Descriptor Portuguese: Chromatium
Descriptor French: Chromatium
Tree number(s): B03.440.425.410.290
B03.660.250.110.150
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002844
Scope note: A genus of gram-negative, ovoid to rod-shaped bacteria that is phototrophic. All species use ammonia as a nitrogen source. Some strains are found only in sulfide-containing freshwater habitats exposed to light while others may occur in marine, estuarine, and freshwater environments.
Annotation: in water
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PH physiology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
DeCS ID: 2893
Unique ID: D002844
NLM Classification: QW 145
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2009/07/06
Chromatium - Preferred
Concept UI M0004371
Scope note A genus of gram-negative, ovoid to rod-shaped bacteria that is phototrophic. All species use ammonia as a nitrogen source. Some strains are found only in sulfide-containing freshwater habitats exposed to light while others may occur in marine, estuarine, and freshwater environments.
Preferred term Chromatium



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