Colwellia

Colwellia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Alteromonadales
Family: Colwelliaceae
Genus: Colwellia
Deming et al. 1988
Type species
Colwellia psychrerythraea
Species

C. aestuarii
C. agarivorans
C. aquaemaris
C. arctica
C. asteriadis
C. beringensis
C. chukchiensis
C. demingiae
C. echini
C. hadaliensis
C. hornerae
C. marinimaniae
C. maris
C. meonggei
C. mytili
C. piezophila
C. polaris
C. psychrerythraea
C. psychrotropica
C. rossensis
C. sediminilitoris

Colwellia is a genus of deep-sea psychrophilic, piezophilic, and facultative anaerobic bacteria from the family Colwelliaceae. Colwellia can survive at subzero temperatures by producing cryoprotective substances.

References

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  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 978-3-540-74335-4.
  5. ↑ Sébert, Philippe, ed. (2010). Comparative high pressure biology. Enfield, NH: Science Publishers. ISBN 978-1-4398-4361-1.
  6. ↑ Guido di Prisco; Cinzia Verde, eds. (2012). Adaptation and evolution in marine environments (2012 ed.). Heidelberg: Springer. ISBN 978-3-642-27352-0.

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