Proteobacteria love

Definitions

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  • proper noun A taxonomic phylum within the kingdom Bacteria — the proteobacteria.

Etymologies

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Ancient Greek (protos), first + (bakterion), small rod - proposed in 1988, STACKEBRANDT (E.), MURRAY (R.G.E.) and TRÜPER (H.G.) Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1988, 38, 321-325

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Examples

  • In particular, a group called Proteobacteria was in higher abundance in cases than in controls, which was interesting considering that is the category where E. coli and some other common pathogens reside.

    Daily News & Analysis 2010

  • In general, gardens contained a high abundance of Gram-negative bacteria, specifically markers indicative of Proteobacteria and Bacteroidetes.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Jarrod J. Scott et al. 2010

  • What they found was a potentially new genus of Proteobacteria and a new species of the known genus Halomonas which are able to use the carbon in the oxalate to grow.

    Zee News : India National 2010

  • We found similar highly significant increases in Proteobacteria in asthmatic children.

    Elites TV 2010

  • A majority of the 503 OTUs were found in the phyla Firmicutes, Proteobacteria, Bacteroidetes, and Actinobacteria.

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 2010

  • In the throat the majority of bacteria were of the phyla Firmicutes, Proteobacteria and Bacteroidetes and the distribution was more similar to that found in saliva.

    Infection Control Today Site Wide Content Feed 2010

  • GSII was transferred from gamma-Proteobacteria (Eubacteria) to the Chloroplastida.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles 2010

  • Additionally, they demonstrated the abundance and dominance of Gram-negative bacteria in the fungus garden, specifically those belonging to the phyla Proteobacteria and Bacteroidetes, which confirms results presented in this study.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Jarrod J. Scott et al. 2010

  • The GSIIB enzymes from these groups formed a well-supported sister clade with the gamma-Proteobacteria, providing evidence that GSIIB in the Chloroplastida arose by horizontal gene transfer (HGT).

    BioMed Central - Latest articles 2010

  • Using an agricultural waste compositing system, Yu et al. [61] found that early stages of composting were marked by hemicellulose and cellulose degradation and dominated by Gram-negative bacteria, specifically Proteobacteria

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Jarrod J. Scott et al. 2010

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