[organisms] see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
   Domain Bacteria Woese et al. 1990
     Phylum "Proteobacteria" Garrity et al. 2005 see Superphylum Proteobacteria Craig et al. 2010
       Class Gammaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2005
         Order Alteromonadales Bowman and McMeekin 2005
           Family Alteromonadaceae Ivanova and Mikhailov 2001
             Genus Alteromonas Baumann et al. 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)
               Alteromonas litorea Yoon et al. 2004