CHROMATIALES
(purple sulphur bacteria)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
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ID refs
CHROMATIACEAE
freshwater purple sulphur bacteria
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 		Family 4 subtaxa 10 images 4 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
OrderCHROMATIALES (purple sulphur bacteria)
ClassGAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA (gamma proteobacteria)
PhylumPROTEOBACTERIA (proteobacteria)
DomainBacteria (bacteria, mitochondria, blue-green algae)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Belcher, H. & Swale, E. 2002 Uncommon Cambridgeshire freshwater algae (Polytoma, Hyalobrachion, Collodictyon, Chroodactylon and Porphyridium) and common but rarely recorded purple sulphur bacteria Nature in Cambridgeshire Vol 44: 33-36.

CHROMATIALES (purple sulphur bacteria) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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