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Colwellia hornerae

Colwellia hornerae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Alteromonadales
Family: Colwelliaceae
Genus: Colwellia
Species: Colwellia hornerae
Bowman et al. 1998

Colwellia hornerae is a psychrophilic Antarctic bacterial species with the ability to synthesize docosahexaenoic acid. It is nonpigmented, curved-rod-like in shape, exhibiting facultative anaerobic growth and possessing an absolute requirement for sea water. Its type strain is ACAM 607T.



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