Alteromonas SN2

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Classification

Domain: Bacteria Phylum: Proteobacteria Class: Gammaproteobacteria Order: Alteromonadales Family: Alteromonadaceae Genus: Alteromonas Species:SN2

Description

Alcanivorax borkumensis [1F]

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)

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.