Colwellia

Colwellia
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. agarivorans[1]
C. aquaemaris[1]
C. arctica[1]
C. asteriadis[1]
C. beringensis[1]
C. chukchiensis[1]
C. demingiae[1]
C. echini[1]
C. hadaliensis[1]
C. hornerae[1]
C. marinimaniae[1]
C. maris[1]
C. meonggei[1]
C. mytili[1]
C. piezophila[1]
C. polaris[1]
C. psychrerythraea[1]
C. psychrotropica[1]
C. rossensis[1]
C. sediminilitoris[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 temperature at −20 °C by producing cryoprotective polymeric substances.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 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

  • 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. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2014.00332.
  • Yumoto, ed. by Isao (2013). Cold-adapted microorganisms. Norfolk: Caister Academic Press. ISBN 1-908230-26-6.
  • Nicky B, Buller (2011). Bacteria and fungi from fish and other aquatic animals ... [S.l.]: Cabi. ISBN 1-84593-805-4.
  • Paul, edited by John H. (2001). Methods in microbiology (Repr. ed.). San Diego, London: Academic Press. ISBN 0-12-521530-4.
  • Atlas, edited by Asim K. Bej, Jackie Aislabie, Ronald M. (2010). Polar microbiology the ecology, biodiversity, and bioremediation potential of microorganisms in extremely cold environments. Boca Raton: Taylor & Francis. ISBN 1-4200-8388-0.
  • Rai, editors, Sudhir K. Jain, Abdul Arif Khan, Mahendra K. (2010). Geomicrobiology. Enfield, NH: Science Publishers. ISBN 1-4398-4510-7.
  • (ed.), Koki Horikoshi (2011). Extremophiles handbook. Tokyo: Springer. ISBN 4-431-53897-6. <


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