Translingual

Proper noun

Alphaproteobacteria

1. A taxonomic class within the phylum Proteobacteria – the phototropic proteobacteria.

Hypernyms

• (class): Prokaryota - superkingdom; Bacteria - kingdom; Negibacteria - subkingdom; Proteobacteria - phylum

Hyponyms

• (class): Caulobacterales, Parvularculales, Kopriimonadales, Kordiimonadales, Rhizobiales, Rhodobacterales, Rhodospirillales, Rickettsiales, Sphingomonadales - orders