Gammaproteobacteria

Taxobox
color = lightgrey
name = Gammaproteobacteria


image_caption = "Vibrio cholerae"
regnum = Bacteria
phylum = Proteobacteria
classis = Gammaproteobacteria
subdivision_ranks = Orders
subdivision = 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).

ee also

*"Proteobacteria"