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Gammaproteobacteria
Vibrio cholerae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria Phylum: Proteobacteria Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Orders
Enterobacteriales Vibrionales Pseudomonadales etc.

Gammaproteobacteria is a class of several medically and scientifically important groups of bacteria, such as the Enterobacteriaceae (Escherichia coli), Vibrionaceae and Pseudomonadaceae. An exceeding number of important pathogens belongs to this class, e.g. Salmonella (enteritis and typhoid fever), Yersinia (plague), Vibrio (cholera), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (lung infections in hospitalised or cystic fibrosis patients).

See also

• Proteobacteria

Further reading

• Comas I, Moya A, González-Candelas F (February 2007). "From phylogenetics to phylogenomics: the evolutionary relationships of insect endosymbiotic gamma-Proteobacteria as a test case". Syst. Biol. 56 (1): 1–16. doi:10.1080/10635150601109759. PMID 17366133, http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&doi=10.1080/10635150601109759&magic=pubmed||1B69BA326FFE69C3F0A8F227DF8201D0. 

External links

• MeSH Gammaproteobacteria

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