Roseomonas arctica
Species of bacterium
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Roseomonas arctica is a species of Gram negative, strictly aerobic, coccobacilli-shaped, psychrotrophic, light red-colored bacteria. It was first isolated from soil in the glacier foreland of Ny-Ålesund in Svalbard, Norway. The species name refers to the Arctic region from which it was first isolated.
| Roseomonas arctica | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Rhodospirillales |
| Family: | Acetobacteraceae |
| Genus: | Roseomonas |
| Species: | R. arctica |
| Binomial name | |
| Roseomonas arctica Qiu 2016 | |
Roseomonas arcticisoli was also isolated from the same region, but R. arcticisoli is more closely related to R. wooponensis than to R. arctica.[1]
The optimum growth temperature for R. arctica is 18-20 °C, but can grow in the 4-25 °C range. The optimum pH is 6.0-7.0, and can grow in pH 4.0-8.0.[2]