Chlorobaculum tepidum

Chlorobaculum tepidum
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Chlorobiota
Class: Chlorobiia
Order: Chlorobiales
Family: Chlorobiaceae
Genus: Chlorobaculum
Species:
C. tepidum
Binomial name
Chlorobaculum tepidum
(Wahlund et al. 1996) Imhoff 2003
Synonyms

Chlorobium tepidum Wahlund et al. 1996

Chlorobaculum tepidum, previously known as Chlorobium tepidum, is an anaerobic, thermophilic green sulfur bacteria first isolated from New Zealand. Its cells are gram-negative and non-motile rods of variable length. They contain chlorosomes and bacteriochlorophyll a and c.