Translingual

Proper noun

Chromatium n

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Chromatiaceae – photoautotrophic gram-negative bacteria found in water.

Synonyms

• (genus): Dermatium

Hypernyms

• (genus): Prokaryota - superkingdom; Bacteria - kingdom; Negibacteria - subkingdom; Proteobacteria - phylum; Gammaproteobacteria - class; Chromatiales - order; Chromatiaceae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Chromatium okenii - type; for other species see Chromatium at List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature

Derived terms

• Allochromatium
• Halochromatium
• Isochromatium
• Marichromatium
• Phaeochromatium
• Rhabdochromatium
• Thermochromatium