Blastochloris viridis
Species of bacterium
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Blastochloris viridis is a bacterium from the genus Blastochloris which was isolated from water of the Dreisam river in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.[3][4][5][6]
| Blastochloris viridis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Hyphomicrobiales |
| Family: | Blastochloridaceae |
| Genus: | Blastochloris |
| Species: | B. viridis |
| Binomial name | |
| Blastochloris viridis Hiraishi 1997[1] | |
| Type strain[2] | |
| ATCC 19567, CCUG 30818, CCUG 31172, CCUG 7830, Drews F, DSM 133, HAMBI 1089, LMG 4321, LMG 4325, NBRC 102659, NHTC 133 | |
| Synonyms[3] | |
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Rhodopseudomonas viridis | |
It is one of the lowest energy phototrophs on Earth, owing to its utilisation of bacteriochlorophyll b which yields an absorption maximum of 1015 nm when complexed with the reaction centre.[7]