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Proteobacteria
Proteobacteria
See also: proteobacteria
Translingual
Proper noun
Proteobacteria
- A taxonomic phylum within the kingdom Bacteria – the proteobacteria.
Hypernyms
- (phylum): Prokaryota - superkingdom; Bacteria - kingdom; Negibacteria - subkingdom
Hyponyms
- (phylum): Alphaproteobacteria, Betaproteobacteria, Gammaproteobacteria, Deltaproteobacteria, Epsilonproteobacteria, Zetabacteria - classes
References
- Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521