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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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]

References

  1. LPSN lpsn.dsmz.de
  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.

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