''Thiohalocapsa marina'' is a

Gram-negative Gram-negative bacteria are bacteria that, unlike gram-positive bacteria, do not retain the crystal violet stain used in the Gram staining method of bacterial differentiation. Their defining characteristic is that their cell envelope consists ...

, spherical-shaped,

phototroph Phototrophs () are organisms that carry out photon capture to produce complex organic compounds (e.g. carbohydrates) and acquire energy. They use the energy from light to carry out various cellular metabolic processes. It is a list of common m ...

ic and non-motile bacterium from the genus of ''

Thiohalocapsa ''Thiohalocapsa'' is a Gram-negative and non-motile genus of bacteria from the family of Chromatiaceae The Chromatiaceae are one of the two families of purple sulfur bacteria, together with the Ectothiorhodospiraceae. They belong to the order ...

'' which has been isolated from a marine aquaculture pond from

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References

Chromatiales Bacteria described in 2009 {{Chromatiales-stub