Unit - 4

Gram Positives and heterogeneous members: Overall view of– ecological occurrence, morphological diversity, structural, metabolic and genetic diversity, their importance and classification of phyla Firmicutes – Actinobacteria – Bacteroidetes – Spirochetes – Tenericutes (Mollicutes) – Acidobacteria – Planctomycetes – Verrucomicrobia – Chlamydia.