- Source: Glaciecola punicea
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 611T). Its genome has been sequenced.
References
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