α-proteobacteria
Alphaproteobacteria
Alphaproteobacteria is a class of bacteria in the phylum Proteobacteria (See also bacterial taxonomy). Its members are highly diverse and possess few commonalities, but nevertheless share a common ancestor. Like all Proteobacteria, its members are Gram-negative and some of its intracellular parasitic members lack peptidoglycan and are consequently gram variable.
10 branches of this class, most-observed first
Rhizobiales
orderRhizobiales
Rhodospirillales
orderRhodospirillales
Rickettsiales
orderRickettsiales
Rhodobacterales
orderRhodobacterales
Sphingomonadales
orderSphingomonadales
Caulobacterales
orderCaulobacterales
Holosporales
orderHolosporales
Parvularculales
orderParvularculales
Kordiimonadales
orderKordiimonadales
Magnetococcales
orderMagnetococcales
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 Alphaproteobacteria 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 83703.