Phylum Proteobacteria Rank Order | ||
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Lower classifications Shewanella, Pseudoalteromonas | ||
The Alteromonadales are an order of Proteobacteria. Although they have been treated as a single family, the Alteromonadaceae, they were divided into eight by Ivanova et al. in 2004. The cells are straight or curved rods. They are motile by the use of a single flagellum. Most of the species are marine.
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