Cryobacterium aureum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
Class: | Actinomycetia |
Order: | Micrococcales |
Family: | Microbacteriaceae |
Genus: | Cryobacterium |
Species: | C. aureum
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Binomial name | |
Cryobacterium aureum Liu et al. 2018
[1]
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Type strain | |
CGMCC 1.11213 Hh31 NBRC 107882 [2] |
Cryobacterium aureum is a Gram-positive, psychrophilic and rod-shaped bacterium from the genus Cryobacterium which has been isolated from glacier ice in China. [1] [2]
The name Cryobacterium aureum has been given on account of the bacteria being capable of survival at low temperatures (in this case, preferentially 8–14 °C) with colonies appearing with a gold or canary yellow colour, similar to the naming of Staphylococcus aureus. Cryobacterium aureum cells are motile, aerobic and approximately 0.9–1.6×0.4–0.6 μm in size. [1]