Alteromonadales

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Alteromonadales is an order of marine and aquatic Gammaproteobacteria that includes diverse heterotrophic bacteria often involved in the degradation of organic matter in ocean environments.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Alteromonas 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bacterial order
taxon
belongsTo class Gammaproteobacteria NERFINISHED
phylum Proteobacteria NERFINISHED
cellShape rod-shaped
cellWallType Gram-negative
class Gammaproteobacteria
containsFamily Alteromonadaceae NERFINISHED
Colwelliaceae NERFINISHED
Ferrimonadaceae NERFINISHED
Idiomarinaceae NERFINISHED
Moritellaceae NERFINISHED
Oceanospirillaceae NERFINISHED
Pseudoalteromonadaceae NERFINISHED
Psychromonadaceae NERFINISHED
Shewanellaceae NERFINISHED
Thalassomonadaceae NERFINISHED
domain Bacteria
ecologicalRole degradation of organic matter in marine environments
participation in marine carbon cycle
participation in marine nutrient cycling
remineralization of dissolved organic carbon
firstDescriptionYear 2004
foundIn deep-sea environments
marine sediments
polar marine environments
seawater
gramStain Gram-negative
includes genus Alteromonas
genus Colwellia
genus Idiomarina
genus Pseudoalteromonas
genus Shewanella
isA order of Gammaproteobacteria
order of Proteobacteria
order of bacteria
kingdom Bacteria NERFINISHED
metabolism heterotrophic
motility motile by polar flagella
namedBy Ivanova et al. NERFINISHED
oxygenRequirement aerobic
parentTaxon Gammaproteobacteria NERFINISHED
Proteobacteria NERFINISHED
taxonRank order
temperaturePreference mesophilic
typicalHabitat aquatic environment
coastal seawater
marine environment
ocean water column
open ocean

Referenced by (2)

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Gammaproteobacteria includesGenus Alteromonadales
this entity surface form: Alteromonas
Gammaproteobacteria containsOrder Alteromonadales