Pseudoalteromonas luteoviolacea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
Order: | Alteromonadales |
Family: | Pseudoalteromonadaceae |
Genus: | Pseudoalteromonas |
Species: | P. luteoviolacea
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Binomial name | |
Pseudoalteromonas luteoviolacea (Gauthier 1982)
Gauthier et al., 1995 | |
Synonyms | |
Alteromonas luteoviolacea |
Pseudoalteromonas luteoviolacea is a marine bacterium which was isolated from seawater near Nice.[1]
Pseudoalteromonas luteoviolacea was originally isolated in 1976 and named Alteromonas luteo-violaceus.[1] However, this name was amended to Alteromonas luteoviolacea in 1982 to comply with standard bacterial naming.[1] In 1995, several species of Alteromonas, including A. luteoviolacea, were reclassified under the newly created genus Pseudoalteromonas based on ribosomal RNA comparisons.[2]