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Prochlorales

Medical Definition: An order of GRAM-NEGATIVE OXYGENIC PHOTOSYNTHETIC BACTERIA containing both chlorophylls a and b, but lacking phycobilins. There are two genera: PROCHLORON and PROCHLOROTHRIX.
Guide Notes: an order of gram-neg oxygenic photosyn bact
Previously Indexed: Cyanobacteria (1990-1997)
Prochlorales Categories.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Prochloron - A genus of PROCHLORALES containing unicellular, spherical bacteria without a mucilaginous sheath. They are found almost exclusively as extracellular symbionts of colonial ascidians on subtropical or tropical marine shores. (From Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 9th ed)
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Prochlorothrix - A genus of PROCHLORALES occurring in unbranched chains of indefinite length and containing both chlorophylls a and b. (From Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 9th ed)

Prochlorales Medical Definitions and Terms

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