Glaciecola punicea explained

Glaciecola punicea is a psychrophilic bacteria found in Antarctic sea-ice habitats, being the type species of its genus. It is pigmented, psychrophilic, and a strictly aerobic chemoheterotroph. Its type strain is (ACAM 611^T).^[1] Its genome has been sequenced.^[2]

Further reading

• Yumoto, Isao, ed. Cold-adapted Microorganisms. Horizon Scientific Press, 2013.

External links

• LPSN
• Type strain of Glaciecola punicea at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

Notes and References

1. Bowman. J. P.. McCAMMON. S. A.. Brown. J. L.. McMEEKIN. T. A.. Glaciecola punicea gen. nov., sp. nov. and Glaciecola pallidula gen. nov., sp. nov.: psychrophilic bacteria from Antarctic sea-ice habitats. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 48. 4. 1998. 1213–1222. 0020-7713. 10.1099/00207713-48-4-1213. free.
2. Qin. Q.-L.. Xie. B.-B.. Shu. Y.-L.. Rong. J.-C.. Zhao. D.-L.. Zhang. X.-Y.. Chen. X.-L.. Zhou. B.-C.. Zhang. Y.-Z.. Genome Sequence of Proteorhodopsin-Containing Sea Ice Bacterium Glaciecola punicea ACAM 611T. Journal of Bacteriology. 194. 12. 2012. 3267. 0021-9193. 10.1128/JB.00463-12. 22628500. 3370857.