Tiny Organisms in Aquatic Habitats

Observations on Chlorobium luteolum

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Chlorobium luteolum (Schmidle) Imhoff 2003

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: Aphanothece luteola Schmidle 1901

Add’l Synonyms: Pelodictyon luteolum (Schmidle) Pfennig and Trüper 1971

Chlorobium luteolum
Chlorobium luteolum

Sampling date 05/2011. Scale bars indicate 100 µm (first) and 50 µm (second).

Pelodictyon luteolum is a photoautotrophic bacterium living in the upper anaerobic zone in freshwater. 

Place name: Creek in Oder valley 100 km north east of Berlin (Germany).
Latitude: 53.135032     Longitude: 14.348738

Microscope Zeiss Universal, Camera Olympus C7070. DOF image.

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