Alteromonas
Sign in to saveAlteromonas is a genus of Pseudomonadota found in sea water, either in the open ocean or in the coast. It is Gram-negative. Its cells are curved rods with a single polar flagellum.
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GENUS
- KingdomBacteria
- PhylumProteobacteria
- ClassGammaproteobacteria
- OrderEnterobacterales
- FamilyAlteromonadaceae
Habitatmarine
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- Parent taxon
- Alteromonadaceae
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- Shipworm symbiont
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Alteromonas is a genus of Pseudomonadota found in sea water, either in the open ocean or in the coast. It is Gram-negative. Its cells are curved rods with a single polar flagellum.
==Etymology== The etymology of the genus is Latin alter -tera -terum, another, different; monas (μονάς), a noun with a special meaning in microbiology used to mean unicellular organism; to give Alteromonas, another monad
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