| Pseudoalteromonas tetraodonis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Alteromonadales |
| Family: | Pseudoalteromonadaceae |
| Genus: | Pseudoalteromonas |
| Species: | P. tetraodonis |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudoalteromonas tetraodonis (Simidu et al., 1990) Ivanova et al., 2001) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Alteromonas tetraodonis | |
Pseudoalteromonas tetraodonis is a marine bacterium isolated from the surface slime of the puffer fish. It secretes the neurotoxin, tetrodotoxin. It was originally described in 1990 as Alteromonas tetraodonis but was reclassified in 2001 to the genus Pseudoalteromonas.
References
- Euzéby, J.P. (March 4, 2012). "Pseudoalteromonas". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature LPSN. Retrieved March 31, 2012.
- ^ Ivanova, E. P.; Romanenko, L. A.; Matte, M. H.; Matte, G. R.; Lysenko, A. M.; Simidu, U.; Kita-Tsukamoto, K.; Sawabe, T.; Vysotskii, M. V.; Frolova, G. M.; Mikhailov, V.; Christen, R.; Colwell, R. R. (2001). "Retrieval of the species Alteromonas tetraodonis Simidu et al. 1990 as Pseudoalteromonas tetraodonis comb. Nov. And emendation of description". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 51 (3): 1071–8. doi:10.1099/00207713-51-3-1071. PMID 11411675.
External links
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