Colwellia

Colwellia is a genus of deep-sea psychrophilic, piezophilic, and facultative anaerobic bacteria from the family Colwelliaceae.[1][2][3][4][5] Colwellia grows at a temperature at −20 °C by producing cryoprotective polymeric substances.[6]

Colwellia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Proteobacteria
Class:	Gammaproteobacteria
Order:	Alteromonadales
Family:	Colwelliaceae
Genus:	Colwellia Deming et al. 1988[1]
Type species
Colwellia psychrerythraea[1]
Species
C. aestuarii[1] C. agarivorans[1] C. aquaemaris[1] C. arctica[1] C. asteriadis[1] C. beringensis[1] C. chukchiensis[1] C. demingiae[1] C. echini[1] C. hadaliensis[1] C. hornerae[1] C. marinimaniae[1] C. maris[1] C. meonggei[1] C. mytili[1] C. piezophila[1] C. polaris[1] C. psychrerythraea[1] C. psychrotropica[1] C. rossensis[1] C. sediminilitoris[1]

References

1. LPSN lpsn.dsmz.de
2. UniProt
3. Stanley Falkow, ed. (2006). Proteobacteria : Gamma subclass (3rd ed.). New York, NY: Springer. ISBN 0-387-25496-X.
4. Rosa Margesin; Franz Schinner; Jean-Claude Marx; Charles Gerday, eds. (2008). Psychrophiles from biodiversity to biotechnology. Berlin: Springer. ISBN 3-540-74335-9.
5. Sébert, Philippe, ed. (2010). Comparative high pressure biology. Enfield, NH: Science Publishers. ISBN 1-4398-4361-9.
6. Guido di Prisco; Cinzia Verde, eds. (2012). Adaptation and evolution in marine environments (2012 ed.). Heidelberg: Springer. ISBN 3-642-27352-1.

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. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2014.00332. PMC 4085564.
• Yumoto, ed. by Isao (2013). Cold-adapted microorganisms. Norfolk: Caister Academic Press. ISBN 1-908230-26-6.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
• Nicky B, Buller (2011). Bacteria and fungi from fish and other aquatic animals ... [S.l.]: Cabi. ISBN 1-84593-805-4.
• Paul, edited by John H. (2001). Methods in microbiology (Repr. ed.). San Diego, London: Academic Press. ISBN 0-12-521530-4.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
• Atlas, edited by Asim K. Bej, Jackie Aislabie, Ronald M. (2010). Polar microbiology the ecology, biodiversity, and bioremediation potential of microorganisms in extremely cold environments. Boca Raton: Taylor & Francis. ISBN 1-4200-8388-0.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
• Rai, editors, Sudhir K. Jain, Abdul Arif Khan, Mahendra K. (2010). Geomicrobiology. Enfield, NH: Science Publishers. ISBN 1-4398-4510-7.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
• (ed.), Koki Horikoshi (2011). Extremophiles handbook. Tokyo: Springer. ISBN 4-431-53897-6.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)<