R. Saraswathi, Dr.B. Rajani, M. Umadevi, C.H.L.P Shiva Kumari, Dr.P. Shivakumar Singh, T. Kumaraswamy and B. Mohan Abstract. An oxygenic phototrophic bacterium is the gram-negative bacteria that can use light as an energy source and they are anaerobic as they do not evolve oxygen during photosynthesis. Its very difficult to just start with identification of soil bacteria. The best you can do is try to find a good textbook/paper on isolation/identification of soil bacteria. You can start looking for papers about this and try to find specific media for soil bacteria. + try to find some bacteria (species for ex) that are known as "soil bacteria".