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vacuolate sulfur bacteria

Thiotrichaceae

The Thiotrichaceae are a family of Proteobacteria, including Thiomargarita namibiensis, the largest known bacterium. Some species are movable by gliding, Thiospira by using flagella.

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6 branches of this family, most-observed first

Beggiatoa

genusBeggiatoa

Achromatium

genusAchromatium

Thiothrix

genusThiothrix

Thioploca

genusThioploca

Thiospira

genusThiospira

Thiomargarita

genusThiomargarita

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 928287.