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Chloroflexi are Gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria which can be photoheterotrophs or chemoheterotrophs. When light is available, they carry out anoxygenic photosynthesis using bacteriochlorophyll and succinate (organic materials) as carbon and electron source.
Domain Bacteria
Phylum Chloroflexi
Class Chloroflexi
Bergey's Manual Volume 1: The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria