Glaciecola pallidula

Glaciecola pallidula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Alteromonadales
Family: Alteromonadaceae
Genus: Glaciecola
Species: G. pallidula
Binomial name
Glaciecola pallidula
Bowman et al. 1998

Glaciecola pallidula is a psychrophilic bacteria found in Antarctic sea-ice habitats, being the type species of its genus. It is pigmented, psychrophilic, and a strictly aerobic chemoheterotroph. Its type strain is (ACAM 615T).[1]

References

  1. Bowman, J. P.; McCAMMON, S. A.; Brown, J. L.; McMEEKIN, T. A. (1998). "Glaciecola punicea gen. nov., sp. nov. and Glaciecola pallidula gen. nov., sp. nov.: psychrophilic bacteria from Antarctic sea-ice habitats". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 48 (4): 1213–1222. doi:10.1099/00207713-48-4-1213. ISSN 0020-7713.

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