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Genus of bacteria
Colwellia is a genus of deep-sea
psychrophilic ,
piezophilic , and facultative
anaerobic
bacteria from the family
Colwelliaceae .
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[5] Colwellia grows at a temperature at −20 °C by producing
cryoprotective polymeric substances.
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References
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 : 332.
doi :
10.3389/fmicb.2014.00332 .
PMC
4085564 .
PMID
25071745 .
Yumoto, Isao, ed. (2013). Cold-adapted microorganisms . Norfolk:
Caister Academic Press .
ISBN
978-1-908230-26-3 .
Buller, Nicky B (2011). Bacteria and fungi from fish and other aquatic animals .. . [S.l.]: Cabi.
ISBN
978-1-84593-805-5 .
Paul, John H., ed. (2001).
Methods in microbiology (Repr. ed.). San Diego, London:
Academic Press .
ISBN
0-12-521530-4 .
Bej, Asim K.; Aislabie, Jackie; Atlas, Ronald M., eds. (2010).
Polar microbiology the ecology, biodiversity, and bioremediation potential of microorganisms in extremely cold environments . Boca Raton:
Taylor & Francis .
ISBN
978-1-4200-8388-0 .
Jain, Sudhir K.; Khan, Abdul Arif; Rai, Mahendra K., eds. (2010). Geomicrobiology . Enfield, NH: Science Publishers.
ISBN
978-1-4398-4510-3 .
Horikoshi, Koki, ed. (2011). Extremophiles handbook . Tokyo: Springer.
ISBN
978-4-431-53897-4 .