
δ-proteobacteria
Deltaproteobacteria
The Deltaproteobacteria are a class of Proteobacteria. All species of this group are, like all Proteobacteria, Gram-negative.
8 branches of this class, most-observed first

myxobacteria
orderMyxococcales

Desulfuromonadales
orderDesulfuromonadales

Desulfovibrionales
orderDesulfovibrionales
Desulfobacterales
orderDesulfobacterales
Syntrophobacterales
orderSyntrophobacterales
Bdellovibrionales
orderBdellovibrionales
Desulfurellales
orderDesulfurellales
Desulfarculales
orderDesulfarculales
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Deltaproteobacteria in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 152008.