Alteromonas SN2: Difference between revisions
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Order: | Order: Alteromonadales | ||
Family: | Family: Alteromonadaceae | ||
Genus: | Genus: Alteromonas | ||
Species: | Species:SN2 | ||
=Description= | =Description= |
Revision as of 02:39, 5 May 2015
Classification
Domain: Bacteria Phylum: Proteobacteria Class: Gammaproteobacteria Order: Alteromonadales Family: Alteromonadaceae Genus: Alteromonas Species:SN2
Description
The genus Alteromonas was originally defined on 'morphological,physiological,and nutritional' grounds by Baumann et. al. The defining features of that original clade were gram-negative heterotrophic bacteria possessing a polar flagellum and GC content between 42.3 and 48%.(1)
Ecology and Significance
Genome Structure
Metabolism
References
[1] Golyshin, Peter N. “Genome Sequence Completed of Alcanivorax borkumensis, a Hydrocarbon-degrading Bacterium That Plays a Global Role in Oil Removal from Marine Systems.” 3 (2003): 215-20. Print.
Figures
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Author
Page authored by _____, student of Prof. Katherine Mcmahon at University of Wisconsin - Madison.