| Colwellia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Alteromonadales |
| Family: | Colwelliaceae |
| Genus: | Colwellia Deming et al. 19881 |
| Type species | |
| Colwellia psychrerythraea1 | |
| Species | |
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C. aestuarii1 | |
Colwellia is a genus of deep-sea psychrophilic, piezophilic, and facultative anaerobic bacteria from the family Colwelliaceae.12345 Colwellia can survive at subzero temperatures by producing cryoprotective polymeric substances.6
References
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
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.