Colwellia
Scientific classification Edit this 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]
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. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x 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 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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