blastochloris sulfoviridis blastochloris sulfoviridis blastochloris sulfoviridis is a bacterium from the genus of blastochloris which uses sulfur compounds as a source of energy. blastochloris sulfoviridis was isolated from a sulfur spring in the soviet union blastochloris sulfoviridis scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: alphaproteobacteria order: hyphomicrobiales family: blastochloridaceae genus: blastochloris species: b. sulfoviridis binomial name blastochloris sulfoviridishiraishi 1997 type strain dsm 729, ifo 16694, nbrc 103805, v.m. gorlenko p1 synonyms rhodopseudomonas sulfoviridis