Colwellia

Colwellia demingiae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Alteromonadales
Family: Colwelliaceae
Genus: Colwellia
Deming et al. 1988[1]
Type species
Colwellia psychrerythraea[1]
Species

C. aestuarii[1]
C. aquaemaris[1]
C. asteriadis[1]
C. chukchiensis[1]
C. demingiae[1]
C. hadaliensis[1]
C. hornerae[1]
C. maris[1]
C. meonggei[1]
C. piezophila[1]
C. polaris[1]
C. psychrerythraea[1]
C. psychrotropica[1]
C. rossensis[1]

Colwellia is a genus of deep-sea psychrophilic, piezophilic, and facultative anaerobic bacteria from the family Colwelliaceae.[1][2][3][4][5] Colwellia grows at a temperatur at −20 °C by producing cryoprotective polmeric substances.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 LPSN bacterio.net
  2. UniProt
  3. Stanley Falkow, ed. (2006). Proteobacteria : Gamma subclass (3rd ed.). New York, NY: Springer. ISBN 0-387-25496-X.
  4. Rosa Margesin; Franz Schinner; Jean-Claude Marx; Charles Gerday, eds. (2008). Psychrophiles from biodiversity to biotechnology. Berlin: Springer. ISBN 3-540-74335-9.
  5. Sébert, Philippe, ed. (2010). Comparative high pressure biology. Enfield, NH: Science Publishers. ISBN 1-4398-4361-9.
  6. Guido di Prisco; Cinzia Verde, eds. (2012). Adaptation and evolution in marine environments (2012 ed.). Heidelberg: Springer. ISBN 3-642-27352-1.

Further reading

External identifiers for Colwellia
Encyclopedia of Life 97365


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