Chromatiales
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The Chromatiales are an order of Gammaproteobacteria within Pseudomonadota. Like other Proteobacteria, the Chromatiales are Gram-negative and can be spherical, vibrioid, spiral or rod-shaped.
Species
ORDER
- KingdomBacteria
- PhylumProteobacteria
- ClassGammaproteobacteria
- OrderChromatiales
Habitatmarine, freshwater
Observations recorded277,729
via GBIF
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Gammaproteobacteria
- Image
- Chromatium Okenii al microscopio.jpg
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- taxon rank
- order
- taxon name
- Chromatiales
- topic's main category
- Category:Chromatiales
- Commons category
- Chromatiales
- Gram staining
- gram-negative bacteria
- LPSN URL
- lpsn.dsmz.de/order/chromatiales
- taxonomic type
- Chromatium
- taxon author citation
- Imhoff 2005
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Classification
- References
- External links
The Chromatiales are an order of Gammaproteobacteria within Pseudomonadota. Like other Proteobacteria, the Chromatiales are Gram-negative and can be spherical, vibrioid, spiral or rod-shaped.
== Classification ==
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