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单词 proteobacterium
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proteobacteriumn.

Brit. /ˌprəʊtɪəʊˌbakˈtɪərɪəm/, U.S. /ˈˌproʊdioʊˌbækˈtɪriəm/
Inflections: Plural proteobacteria.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Proteobacteria.
Etymology: Originally as plural proteobacteria < scientific Latin Proteobacteria, class name (see quot. 1988) < the name of Proteus (see Proteus n.) + bacteria , plural of bacterium bacterium n., so called in allusion to the diversity of these bacteria.
Microbiology.
In form Proteobacteria, with plural agreement: a very large group of Gram-negative bacteria, defined on the basis of ribosomal RNA sequencing, which exhibit great diversity in morphology, metabolism, and life style. Also: (in form proteobacterium) a bacterium of this group.The Proteobacteria include purple bacteria, enteric bacteria such as Escherichia, myxobacteria, intracellular symbionts and pathogens, etc.
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1988 E. Stackebrandt et al. in Internat. Jrnl. Systematic Bacteriol. 38 321 Proteobacteria classis nov. is suggested as the name for a new higher taxon to circumscribe the α, β, γ, and δ groups that are included among the phylogenetic relatives of the purple photosynthetic bacteria and as a suitable collective name for reference to that group.
1992 Science 1 May 626/1 Any cell capable of engulfing a proto-mitochondrial proteobacterium could also swallow a protochloroplastic cyanobacterium.
1998 L. Margulis & K. V. Schwartz Five Kingdoms (ed. 3) i. 49 Photosynthesis is an essentially anaerobic process, and none of the proteobacteria (Phylum B-3) can carry it out when they are exposed to oxygen.
2003 Nature 27 Nov. 391/2 Eukarya appear to have derived a number of energy-related enzymes by gene transfer from Bacteria, probably by the wholesale incorporation of proteobacteria as so-called endosymbionts.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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