Colwellia psychrotropica
Species of bacterium / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Colwellia psychrotropica is a psychrophilic Antarctic bacterial species with the ability to synthesize docosahexaenoic acid. It is nonpigmented, curved-rod-like in shape, exhibiting facultative anaerobic growth and possessing an absolute requirement for sea water. Its type strain is ACAM 179T.[1]
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Colwellia psychrotropica | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
Order: | Alteromonadales |
Family: | Colwelliaceae |
Genus: | Colwellia |
Species: | C. psychrotropica |
Binomial name | |
Colwellia psychrotropica Bowman et al. 1998 | |
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