The Bacteria Chloroflexus live in live in lakes, rivers, hot springs, and aquatic environments with very high salt contents. They obtain energy from the Sun and carbon from other bacteria. Given this, they can be classified metabolicaly as

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Chloroflexus bacteria are photoheterotrophs because they obtain energy from sunlight (photo-) and their carbon from organic sources, specifically from other bacteria (-heterotrophs), rather than fixing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

The Bacteria Chloroflexus Live in Live in Lakes, Rivers, Hot