Colwellia
Genus of bacteria
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Colwellia is a genus of deep-sea psychrophilic, piezophilic, and facultative anaerobic bacteria from the family Colwelliaceae.[1][2][3][4][5] Colwellia can survive at subzero temperatures by producing cryoprotective polymeric substances.[6]
| Colwellia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Alteromonadales |
| Family: | Colwelliaceae |
| Genus: | Colwellia Deming et al. 1988[1] |
| Type species | |
| Colwellia psychrerythraea[1] | |
| Species | |
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C. aestuarii[1] | |
