Glaciimonas immobilis

Glaciimonas immobilis is a psychrophilic, nonmotile, rod-shaped, Gram-negative bacterium of the genus Glaciimonas which was isolated from alpine glacier cryoconite.[3] Phylogenetic analysis has shown it to belong to the family Oxalobacteraceae.

Glaciimonas immobilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Proteobacteria
Class:
Betaproteobacteria
Order:
Burkholderiales
Family:
Oxalobacteraceae
Genus:
Glaciimonas
Species:
G. immobilis
Binomial name
Glaciimonas immobilis
Zhang et al. 2011[1]
Type strain
Cr9-30, DSM 23240, LMG 25547, Margesin Cr9-30[2]

Etymology

Glaciimonas immobilis is composite from the Latin glacies where it was found and immobilis which means motionless.[4]

References
  2. http://www.straininfo.net/strains/852769
  3. Zhang, De-Chao; Redzic, Mersiha; Schinner, Franz; Margesin, Rosa (Sep 2011). "Glaciimonas immobilis gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Oxalobacteraceae isolated from alpine glacier cryoconite". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 61 (9): 2186–90. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.028001-0. PMID 20935085.
  4. "Archived copy". Retrieved 2013-02-02.


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