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Chloroflexi

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Chloroflexi

|- | style="text-align:center;" | <em>Chloroflexus</em>
Chloroflexus |- style="text-align:center;" ! style="background: lightgrey;" | Scientific classification |- style="text-align:center;" |

|- valign=top |Kingdom:||Bacteria |- valign=top |Division:||Chloroflexi |- valign=top |Class:||Chloroflexi |} |- style="text-align:center; background:lightgrey;" !Orders / Families / Genera |- | Order Chloroflexales
    Family Chloroflexaceae
     Chloroflexus
     Chloronema
     Heliothrix
     Roseiflexus
   Family Oscillochloridaceae
     Oscillochloris
Order Herpetosiphonales
     Herpetosiphon |} The Chloroflexi are a group of bacteria that produce energy through photosynthesis. They make up the bulk of the green non-sulphur bacteria, though some are classified separately as the Thermomicrobia. They are named for their green pigment, usually found in photosynthetic bodies called chlorosome s.

Chloroflexi are typically filamentous, and can move about through bacterial gliding. They are facultatively aerobic, but do not produce oxygen during photosynthesis, and have a different method of carbon fixation than other photosynthetic bacteria. Genetic tree s indicate that they had a separate origin.

Last updated: 05-03-2005 17:50:55