Glaciecola punicea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Proteobacteria |
Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
Order: | Alteromonadales |
Family: | Alteromonadaceae |
Genus: | Glaciecola |
Species: | G. punicea |
Binomial name | |
Glaciecola punicea Bowman et al. 1998 |
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.