Gammaproteobacteria
Sign in to saveGammaproteobacteria is a class of bacteria in the phylum Pseudomonadota (synonym Proteobacteria). It contains about 250 genera, which makes it the most genus-rich taxon of the Prokaryotes. Several medically, ecologically, and scientifically important groups of bacteria belong to this class. All members of this class are Gram-negative. It is the most phylogenetically and physiologically diverse class of the Pseudomonadota.
Species
CLASS
- KingdomBacteria
- PhylumProteobacteria
- ClassGammaproteobacteria
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Research
642,757 papers- Acid stress response in enteropathogenic gammaproteobacteria: an aptitude for survival.Biochemistry and cell biology = Biochimie et biologie cellulaire · 2010
- Functional Genomics of a Collection of Gammaproteobacteria Isolated from Antarctica.Marine drugs · 2024
- Phylogeny of gammaproteobacteria.Journal of bacteriology · 2010
- Making and Breaking Leupeptin Protease Inhibitors in Pathogenic Gammaproteobacteria.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2020
- Ecology of type II secretion in marine gammaproteobacteria.Environmental microbiology · 2008
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Pseudomonadota
- Image
- Vibrio cholerae.jpg
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- topic's main category
- Category:Gammaproteobacteria
- taxon rank
- class
- taxon name
- Gammaproteobacteria
- Commons category
- Gamma Proteobacteria
- taxon common name
- Гамма-протеобактерии
- Gram staining
- gram-negative bacteria
- taxonomic type
- Pseudomonas
- taxon author citation
- Garrity et al. 2005
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Phylogeny
- Significance and applications
- Ecology
- Metabolism
- Symbiosis
- Pathogens
- See also
- References
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Gammaproteobacteria is a class of bacteria in the phylum Pseudomonadota (synonym Proteobacteria). It contains about 250 genera, which makes it the most genus-rich taxon of the Prokaryotes. Several medically, ecologically, and scientifically important groups of bacteria belong to this class. All members of this class are Gram-negative. It is the most phylogenetically and physiologically diverse class of the Pseudomonadota.
Members of Gammaproteobacteria live in several terrestrial and marine environments, in which they play various important roles, including in extreme environments such as hydrothermal vents. They can have different shapes, rods, curved rods, cocci, spirilla, and filaments, and include free living bacteria, biofilm formers, commensals and symbionts; some also have the distinctive trait of being bioluminescent. Diverse metabolisms are found in Gammaproteobacteria; there are both aerobic and anaerobic (obligate or facultative) species, chemolithoautotrophics, chemoorganotrophics, photoautotrophs and heterotrophs.
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