Biodiversity of the Blue Zone - Blue Carbon Reservoir of the Blue Planet - page 84

Table 2.23 Bacterial genera indigenous to the marine environment
Category Family Genus

Phototrophs Chromatiaceae Chromatium , Thiospirillum , Thiocystis ,

Thiocapsa

Thiocapsaceae Chlorobium, Prosthecochloris,

chloroherpeton

Related genus Ectothiorhodopsira

Ectothiorhodopiraceae Rhodocyclus,

Rhodospirillaceae Rhodomicrobium ,

Rhodopseudomonas
Rhodospirillum
Erythrobacter

Related genus
(Chroococcacean)

Synechocystis
Synechococcus

(Nostocacean) Nostoc

(Oscillatorian) Lyngbya Oscillatoria

Plectonema

,

Spirulina
Trichodesmium

,

(Pleurocapsean) Dermocarpa

(Rivularian) Calotrhix, Dichothrix

Richelia Haliarachne

Dactyliococcopsis

,

, katagnymene , Nodularia ,

Pegalothrix

Other phototrophic prokaryotes Prochloraceae Prochloron

Gliding bacteria Cytophagaceae Cytophaga Flexibacter

Flexithrix, Herpetisiphon, Saprospira
Sprocytophaga

,

, Microscilla

Related organisms Beggiatoa, Thioploca

Beggiatoaceae Leucothrix , Thiothrix

Leucotrichaceae

Budding and appendaged bacteria Caulobacteraceae Caulobacter

Hyphomicrobiaceae Hyphomicrobium

Hyphomonas
Pedomicrobium

Plantomycetaceae Planctomycetes , Pirella ,

Prosthecomicrobium

Aerobic/microaerophilic non-motile/
motile, helical/vibroid gram-negative
bacteria

Spirillaceae Bdellovibrio

Oceanospirillum

Spiromaceae Flectobacillus

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