Chryseobacterium greenlandensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Bacteroidetes |
Class: | Flavobacteria |
Order: | Flavobacteriales |
Family: | Flavobacteriaceae |
Genus: | Chryseobacterium |
Species: | C. greenlandensis |
Binomial name | |
Chryseobacterium greenlandensis |
Chryseobacterium greenlandensis is an ultramicrobacteria species of bacteria that is able to live for long periods of time in low-temperature, high-pressure, reduced-oxygen and nutrient-poor habitats. It is known to have survived for more than 120,000 years in an ice block in Greenland, at a depth of 3,000 metres (1.9 mi).