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156 4 • Prokaryotic Diversity<br />

Unfortunately, cyanobacteria can sometimes have a negative impact on human health. Genera such as<br />

Microcystis can form harmful cyanobacterial blooms, forming dense mats on bodies of water and producing<br />

large quantities of toxins that can harm wildlife and humans. These toxins have been implicated in tumors of<br />

the liver and diseases of the nervous system in animals and humans. 20<br />

Table 4.8 summarizes the characteristics of important phototrophic bacteria.<br />

Phototrophic Bacteria<br />

Phylum<br />

Class<br />

Example Genus<br />

or Species<br />

Common<br />

Name<br />

Oxygenic or<br />

Anoxygenic<br />

Sulfur<br />

Deposition<br />

Cyanobacteria<br />

Cyanophyceae<br />

Microcystis<br />

aeruginosa<br />

Blue-green<br />

bacteria<br />

Oxygenic<br />

None<br />

Chlorobi Chlorobia Chlorobium<br />

Green sulfur<br />

bacteria<br />

Anoxygenic<br />

Outside<br />

the cell<br />

Chloroflexi<br />

(Division)<br />

Chloroflexi<br />

Chloroflexus<br />

Green<br />

nonsulfur<br />

bacteria<br />

Anoxygenic<br />

None<br />

Alphaproteobacteria<br />

Rhodospirillum<br />

Purple<br />

nonsulfur<br />

bacteria<br />

Anoxygenic<br />

None<br />

Proteobacteria<br />

Betaproteobacteria<br />

Rhodocyclus<br />

Purple<br />

nonsulfur<br />

bacteria<br />

Anoxygenic<br />

None<br />

Gammaproteobacteria<br />

Chromatium<br />

Purple sulfur<br />

bacteria<br />

Anoxygenic<br />

Inside the<br />

cell<br />

Table 4.8<br />

CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING<br />

• What characteristic makes phototrophic bacteria different from other prokaryotes?<br />

4.4 Gram-Positive Bacteria<br />

Learning Objectives<br />

By the end of this section, you will be able to:<br />

• Describe the unique features of each category of high G+C and low G+C gram-positive bacteria<br />

• Identify similarities and differences between high G+C and low G+C bacterial groups<br />

• Give an example of a bacterium of high G+C and low G+C group commonly associated with each category<br />

Prokaryotes are identified as gram-positive if they have a multiple layer matrix of peptidoglycan forming the<br />

cell wall. Crystal violet, the primary stain of the Gram stain procedure, is readily retained and stabilized within<br />

Macrophages and Splenocytes.” Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1830 no. 4 (2013):2981–2988.<br />

20 I. Stewart et al. Cyanobacterial Poisoning in Livestock, Wild Mammals and Birds – an Overview. Advances in Experimental<br />

Medicine and Biology 619 (2008):613–637.<br />

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