Class Proteobacteria Stackebrandt et al. 1988 see Phylum Proteobacteria Garrity and Holt 2001
   Subclass gamma see Class Gammaproteobacteria nom. inval.
     Family Alteromonadaceae Ivanova and Mikhailov 2001
       Genus Pseudoalteromonas Gauthier et al. 1995
         Pseudoalteromonas peptidolytica Venkateswaran and Dohmoto 2000