Colwellia
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 temperature at −20 °C by producing cryoprotective polymeric substances.[6]
Colwellia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
Order: | Alteromonadales |
Family: | Colwelliaceae |
Genus: | Colwellia Deming et al. 1988[1] |
Type species | |
Colwellia psychrerythraea[1] | |
Species | |
C. aestuarii[1] |
References
- LPSN lpsn.dsmz.de
- UniProt
- Stanley Falkow, ed. (2006). Proteobacteria : Gamma subclass (3rd ed.). New York, NY: Springer. ISBN 0-387-25496-X.
- Rosa Margesin; Franz Schinner; Jean-Claude Marx; Charles Gerday, eds. (2008). Psychrophiles from biodiversity to biotechnology. Berlin: Springer. ISBN 978-3-540-74335-4.
- Sébert, Philippe, ed. (2010). Comparative high pressure biology. Enfield, NH: Science Publishers. ISBN 978-1-4398-4361-1.
- Guido di Prisco; Cinzia Verde, eds. (2012). Adaptation and evolution in marine environments (2012 ed.). Heidelberg: Springer. ISBN 978-3-642-27352-0.
Further reading
- Mason, Olivia U.; Han, James; Woyke, Tanja; Jansson, Janet K. (8 July 2014). "Single-cell genomics reveals features of a Colwellia species that was dominant during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill". Frontiers in Microbiology. 5: 332. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2014.00332. PMC 4085564. PMID 25071745.
- Yumoto, Isao, ed. (2013). Cold-adapted microorganisms. Norfolk: Caister Academic Press. ISBN 978-1-908230-26-3.
- Buller, Nicky B (2011). Bacteria and fungi from fish and other aquatic animals ... [S.l.]: Cabi. ISBN 978-1-84593-805-5.
- Paul, John H., ed. (2001). Methods in microbiology (Repr. ed.). San Diego, London: Academic Press. ISBN 0-12-521530-4.
- Bej, Asim K.; Aislabie, Jackie; Atlas, Ronald M., eds. (2010). Polar microbiology the ecology, biodiversity, and bioremediation potential of microorganisms in extremely cold environments. Boca Raton: Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-4200-8388-0.
- Jain, Sudhir K.; Khan, Abdul Arif; Rai, Mahendra K., eds. (2010). Geomicrobiology. Enfield, NH: Science Publishers. ISBN 978-1-4398-4510-3.
- Horikoshi, Koki, ed. (2011). Extremophiles handbook. Tokyo: Springer. ISBN 978-4-431-53897-4.<
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