Pseudoalteromonas piscicida
- Dataset
- English Wikipedia - Species Pages
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- phylum
- Pseudomonadota
- class
- Gammaproteobacteria
- order
- Alteromonadales
- family
- Pseudoalteromonadaceae
- genus
- Pseudoalteromonas
- species
- Pseudoalteromonas piscicida
Abstract
Pseudoalteromonas piscicida is a marine bacterium. It is known to produce a quorum sensing molecule called 2-heptyl-4-quinolone (HHQ), which functions as a bacterial infochemical. Research into the effects of this infochemical on phytoplankton is currently being conducted by Dr. Kristen Whalen of Haverford College.