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A bacteria that is Also knowns as blue-green algae, crucial in producing oxygen through photosynthesis. |
Cyanobacteria |
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Bacteria that uses sulfur compounds for photosynthesis in anaerobic conditions. |
Green sulfur bacteria |
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A bacteria that can photosynthesize without producing oxygen for energy. |
Purple nonsulfur and aerobic anoxygenic bacteria |
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These bacteria utilize sulfur compound and light for energy |
Purple sulfur bacteria |
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Similar to green sulfur bacteria, but it can grow a wider variety of environments. |
Green nonsulfur bacteria |
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Bacteria the uses sulfate as an electron acceptor in anaerobic respiration. |
DISSIMILATIVE SULFATE-REDUCER |
SULFUR CYCLE |
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These bacteria reduce sulfur compounds other than sulfate |
DISSIMILATIVE SULFUR-REDUCER |
SULFUR CYCLE |
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These bacteria oxidize sulfur compounds for energy |
DISSIMILATIVE SULFUR-OXIDIZERS. |
SULFUR CYCLE. |
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Capable of converting atmospheric nitrogens into forms usable by plants |
Nitrogen fixers |
NITROGEN CYCLE |
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Involved in the conversion of ammonia to nitrate subsequent to reducing nitrate to nitrogen gas, respectively. |
Nitrifiers and Denitrifiers |
CYCLE OF NITROGEN |
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Capable of reducing iron for energy |
DISSIMILATIVE iron-reducers |
OTHER DISTINCTIVE FUNCTIONAL GROUPINGS IF MICROORGANISMS |
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Oxidizes iron as part of their metabolic processes. |
DISSIMILATIVE iron-oxidizers |
OTHER DISTINCTIVE FUNCTIONAL GROUPINGS IF MICROORGANISMS |
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Microorganisms that feed on other microbes |
MICROBIAL PREDATORS |
OTHER DISTINCTIVE FUNCTIONAL GROUPINGS IF MICROORGANISMS |
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Utilize methane and other carbon compounds as carbon and energy sources |
Methanotrophs and methylotrophs. |
OTHER DISTINCTIVE FUNCTIONAL GROUPINGS IF MICROORGANISMS |
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A Spiral-shaped bacteria with unique motility |
Spirochetes |
MORPHOLOGICALLY DIVERSE BACTERIA |
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Possesing Stalks for attachment |
Stalked microorganisms |
MORPHOLOGICALLY DIVERSE BACTERIA |
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Bacteria containing magnetic crystals |
Magnetic microbes |
MORPHOLOGICALLY DIVERSE BACTERIA |
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Bacteria enveloped in a protective sheaths |
Sheathed microorganisms |
MORPHOLOGICALLY DIVERSE BACTERIA |
