Alphaproteobacteria

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bacterial class taxon

Alphaproteobacteria is a diverse class of Gram-negative bacteria that includes many important symbionts, pathogens, and environmentally significant species involved in processes like nitrogen fixation and marine carbon cycling.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bacterial class ⓘ
taxon ⓘ
cellShape mostly rod-shaped ⓘ
containsOrder Caulobacterales NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hyphomicrobiales NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kiloniellales NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kordiimonadales NERFINISHED ⓘ
Magnetococcales NERFINISHED ⓘ
Parvularculales NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rhizobiales NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rhodobacterales NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rhodospirillales NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rickettsiales NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sneathiellales NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sphingomonadales NERFINISHED ⓘ
ecologicalRole marine carbon cycling ⓘ
nitrogen fixation ⓘ
sulfur cycling ⓘ
symbiosis with animals ⓘ
symbiosis with plants ⓘ
geneticMaterial circular chromosome ⓘ
gramStain Gram-negative ⓘ
habitat freshwater ⓘ
host-associated environments ⓘ
marine environments ⓘ
soil ⓘ
includes Agrobacterium NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bradyrhizobium NERFINISHED ⓘ
Caulobacter NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hyphomicrobium NERFINISHED ⓘ
Magnetococcus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rhizobium NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rhodobacter NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rickettsia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roseobacter clade NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sinorhizobium NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sphingomonas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wolbachia NERFINISHED ⓘ
includesPathogenOf arthropods ⓘ
humans ⓘ
plants ⓘ
includesSymbiontOf insects ⓘ
leguminous plants ⓘ
kingdom Bacteria NERFINISHED ⓘ
metabolism chemolithotrophic ⓘ
chemoorganotrophic ⓘ
motility flagellated ⓘ
notableFeature includes many oligotrophic bacteria ⓘ
includes many photoheterotrophic bacteria ⓘ
many species possess complex life cycles ⓘ
outerMembraneComponent lipopolysaccharide ⓘ
oxygenRequirement aerobic ⓘ
facultatively anaerobic ⓘ
phylum Proteobacteria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pseudomonadota NERFINISHED ⓘ
reproduction binary fission ⓘ
budding ⓘ
ribosomeType 70S ribosome ⓘ
taxonRank class ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bradyrhizobium bacteria → class → Alphaproteobacteria ⓘ
subject surface form: Bradyrhizobium
Rhizobium bacteria → class → Alphaproteobacteria ⓘ
subject surface form: Rhizobium