Proteobacteria

See also: proteobacteria

Translingual

Etymology

proteo- (after Proteus (a sea god who could change his shape at will)) +‎ bacteria - proposed in 1988, Stackebrandt (E.), Murray (R.G.E.) and Trüper (H.G.) Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1988, 38, 321-325

Proper noun

Proteobacteria

  1. A taxonomic phylum within the kingdom Bacteria – proteobacteria.

Usage notes

Now superseded by the term Pseudomonadota in the LPSN and NCBI taxonomies.

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