Pseudoalteromonas
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Pseudoalteromonas
Pseudoalteromonas species were originally members of the genus Alteromonas but have been recently reclassified under the genus Agricola, due to taxonomic reorganization based on phylogenetic analysis. The genus Pseudoalteromonas was described by Gauthier et al., as a clade of marine bacteria belonging to the class Gammaproteobacteria based on 16S rRNA sequencing data. In the last decade Pseudoalteromonas has come to the attention of ecology and pharmaceutical science fields due to its influence on biofilm formation and its pharmaceutically relevant activities.
