PROTEOBACTERIA >> Gamma >> Psychrobacter >> Psychrobacter cryohalolentis
PSYCHROBACTER CRYOHALOLENTIS
| Class: | Gamma Proteobacteria |
| Genus: | Psychrobacter |
| Species: | Psychrobacter cryohalolentis |
| Description: | Cells are Gram-negative, non-motile, non-pigmented, non-spore-forming coccobacilli, 0.9–1.3μm long and 0.5–0.8μm wide. Growth occurs at -10 to 30°C. Optimal growth temperature is 22°C. Colonies on MA are about 2 mm in diameter, smooth, opaque and circular after 5 days at 20°C. |
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| Source: | The type strain was isolated from a cryopeg within permafrost in the Kolyma lowland, Siberia, Russia |
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| Genbank: | NC_007969.1 [Genome] [Nucleotide] |
| Size (Mb): | 3.06 |
| GC %: | 42.3 |
| Genes: | 2,588 |
| CDS Number: | 2,510 |
| Reference: | BAKERMANS (C.), AYALA-DEL-RÍO (H.L.), PONDER (M.A.), VISHNIVETSKAYA (T.), GILICHINSKY (D.), THOMASHOW (M.F.) and TIEDJE (J.M.): Psychrobacter cryohalolentis sp. nov. and Psychrobacter arcticus sp. nov., isolated from Siberian permafrost. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 1285-1291. |
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