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Psychrobacter proteolyticus

Psychrobacter proteolyticus is a species of bacteria first isolated from the Antarctic krill Euphausia superba. It excretes a cold-adapted metalloprotease. It is a strictly aerobic, strongly oxidase-positive, psychrotrophic, halotolerant, Gram-negative nonmotile coccobacillus; its type strain is CIP106830T (=DSM13887).

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Psychrobacter proteolyticus
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Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Pseudomonadales
Family: Moraxellaceae
Genus: Psychrobacter
Species:
P. proteolyticus
Binomial name
Psychrobacter proteolyticus
Denner et al. 20011
Type strain
CIP 106830, Denner 116, DSM 13887, LMG 213132

Psychrobacter proteolyticus is a species of bacteria first isolated from the Antarctic krill Euphausia superba. It excretes a cold-adapted metalloprotease.3 It is a strictly aerobic, strongly oxidase-positive, psychrotrophic, halotolerant, Gram-negative nonmotile coccobacillus; its type strain is CIP106830T (=DSM13887).3

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References

  1. LPSN lpsn.dsmz.de
  2. Straininfo of Psychrobacter proteolyticus
  3. Denner EB, Mark B, Busse HJ, Turkiewicz M, Lubitz W (2001). "Psychrobacter proteolyticus sp. nov., a psychrotrophic, halotolerant bacterium isolated from the Antarctic krill Euphausia superba Dana, excreting a cold-adapted metalloprotease". Syst Appl Microbiol. 24 (1): 44–53. doi:10.1078/0723-2020-00006. PMID 11403398.
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