Definition
A genus of photosynthetic bacteria containing purple sulfur bacteria that produce energy from light and sulfur.
Etymology
From Greek 'chroma' (color) + Latin '-ium' (element/genus naming suffix). Named in 19th-century microbiology for the colored pigments these bacteria contain.
Kelly Says
Chromatium bacteria are purple because they contain bacteriochlorophyll instead of the green chlorophyll in plants—they represent an ancient branch of photosynthesis that thrived in Earth's early history before oxygen appeared.
Translations
CACatalà
cromatisme
kroh-mah-tee-zhm
CSČeština
chromatium
kroh-mah-tee-um
DEDeutsch
Chromatium
kroh-mah-tee-um
ELΕλληνικά
χρωματισμός
hro-mah-tis-mos
ESEspañol
cromatismo
kroh-mah-tee-smo
FRFrançais
chromatisme
kroh-mah-tee-zhm
IDBahasa Indonesia
kromatium
kroh-mah-tee-um
ITItaliano
cromatismo
kroh-mah-tee-smo
JA日本語
クロマティウム
Kuromatiumu
MSBahasa Melayu
kromatium
kroh-mah-tee-um
MYမြန်မာ
ရယ်လိပ်
ya-lei-p
NLNederlands
chromatium
kroh-mah-tee-um
PLPolski
chromatium
kroh-mah-tee-um
PTPortuguês
cromatismo
kro-mah-tee-smo
RORomână
cromatium
kroh-mah-tee-um
RUРусский
хроматиум
khromatit
SVSvenska
färgämne
färg-äm-ne
TRTürkçe
kromatiyum
kroh-mah-tee-yum
UKУкраїнська
хроматиум
khromatit
VITiếng Việt
màu sắc
mau sac