Living Beings

    class · Scientific classification

    Gammaproteobacteria

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    Electron micrograph of thin sections of Escherichia coli cells.
    Escherichia coli · Peter Highton · CC0 1.0

    Classification in context

    Lineage

    1. LifeLife
    2. DomainBacteria
    3. KingdomPseudomonadati
    4. PhylumPseudomonadota
    5. ClassGammaproteobacteria
    Advanced classification

    Complete source lineage, including intermediate ranks. The standard view uses Life and the eight principal ranks.

    1. cellular organisms cellular root
    2. Bacteria domain
    3. Pseudomonadati kingdom
    4. Pseudomonadota phylum
    5. Gammaproteobacteria class

    NCBI Taxonomy (2026-11-05 reconciled backbone) · Taxon source ↗

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    Gammaproteobacteria · class · Original classification source

    The original identifier and source were retained when adopting the dated NCBI backbone. Different sources may use different names, ranks or group circumscriptions.

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    Principal members

    1 published profile in this branch.

    Enterobacterales · orderVibrionales · order

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    Published profiles

    Species · Escherichia

    Escherichia coli

    Escherichia coli

    Escherichia coli is a bacterial species found in many environments, including the intestines of people and other animals. Most types are harmless, …