Calcium carbonate spherolites and sulphur granules
Description:
Achromatium oxaliferum (Schewiakoff 1893), a large colorless sulpher bacterium. The larger refractile spherical structures are calcite spherolites and the small globules adhering to them are granules of elemental sulphur. Collected from bottom sediments of a stagnant freshwater pond near Boise, Idaho.
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- Gammaproteobacteria
- Thiotrichales
- Thiotrichaceae
- Achromatium
- Achromatium oxaliferum
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