γ-proteobacteria
Gammaproteobacteria
Gammaproteobacteria are a class of bacteria. Several medically, ecologically, and scientifically important groups of bacteria belong to this class, as do a number of important pathogens. Like all Proteobacteria, the Gammaproteobacteria are Gram-negative.
17 branches of this class, most-observed first
Pseudomonadales
orderPseudomonadales
Xanthomonadales
orderXanthomonadales
enterobacteria and allies
orderEnterobacteriales
Thiotrichales
orderThiotrichales
purple sulfur bacteria
orderChromatiales
Acidithiobacillales
orderAcidithiobacillales
Vibrionales
orderVibrionales
Aeromonadales
orderAeromonadales
Pasteurellales
orderPasteurellales
Legionellales
orderLegionellales
Alteromonadales
orderAlteromonadales
Oceanospirillales
orderOceanospirillales
Sedimenticola
genusSedimenticola
Methylococcales
orderMethylococcales
Salinisphaerales
orderSalinisphaerales
Cardiobacteriales
orderCardiobacteriales
Cellvibrionales
orderCellvibrionales
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Gammaproteobacteria in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 126705.