Biology:Halomonas subglaciescola

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Short description: Species of bacterium

Halomonas subglaciescola
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Oceanospirillales
Family: Halomonadaceae
Genus: Halomonas
Species:
H. subglaciescola
Binomial name
Halomonas subglaciescola
Franzmann, Burton & Mcmeekin, 1987

Halomonas subglaciescola is a Gram-negative halophilic bacterium.[1] It was first isolated from an Antarctic, hypersaline, meromictic lake, but has since been found in other environments, such as fermenting seafood.[2] It has a largely oxidative mode of metabolism and it is motile through peritrichous flagellation. This species doesn't utilise glucose, and its type strain is ACAM 12 (= UQM 2926).

References

  1. Franzmann, P. D.; Burton, H. R.; Mcmeekin, T. A. (1987). "Halomonas subglaciescola, a New Species of Halotolerant Bacteria Isolated from Antarctica". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 37 (1): 27–34. doi:10.1099/00207713-37-1-27. ISSN 0020-7713. 
  2. "Growth and physiological properties of wild type and mutants of Halomonas subglaciescola DH-1 in saline environment". Journal of Microbiology (Seoul, Korea) 42 (3): 174–80. September 2004. PMID 15459644. http://www.msk.or.kr/jsp/view_old_journalD.jsp?paperSeq=2093. Retrieved 2013-07-13. 

Further reading

  • Oren, Aharon (2002). Halophilic microorganisms and their environments. Kluwer Academic. ISBN 1-4020-0829-5. 
  • James, S. R., et al. "Seasonal abundance of Halomonas meridiana, Halomonas subglaciescola, Flavobacterium gondwanense and Flavobacterium salegens in four Antarctic lakes." Antarctic science 6.03 (1994): 325–332.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q16982684 entry