Biology:Hymenobacter glaciei

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Short description: Species of bacterium


Hymenobacter glaciei
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Cytophagia
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H. glaciei
Binomial name
Hymenobacter glaciei
Klassen and Foght 2011

Hymenobacter glaciei is a species of bacteria first isolated from Victoria Upper Glacier, Antarctica on basal ice. It is a psychrotolerant, heterotrophic aerobe. It is notable for the prevalence of horizontal gene transfers in its evolution, possibly due to dormancy because of its habitat.[1]

References

  1. Klassen, Jonathan L.; Foght, Julia M. (2010). "Characterization of Hymenobacter isolates from Victoria Upper Glacier, Antarctica reveals five new species and substantial non-vertical evolution within this genus". Extremophiles 15 (1): 45–57. doi:10.1007/s00792-010-0336-1. ISSN 1431-0651. PMID 21104190. 

Further reading

  • Reddy, Gundlapally SN, and Ferran Garcia-Pichel. "Description of Hymenobacter arizonensis sp. nov. from the southwestern arid lands of the United States of America." Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 103.2 (2013): 321-330.
  • Jin, Long, et al. "Hymenobacter ruber sp. nov., isolated from grass soil."International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 64.Pt 3 (2014): 979-983.
  • Kang, Ji Young, et al. "Hymenobacter koreensis sp. nov. and Hymenobacter saemangeumensis sp. nov., isolated from estuarine water." International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 63.Pt 12 (2013): 4568-4573.
  • Srinivasan, Sathiyaraj, et al. "Hymenobacter humi sp. nov., a bacterium isolated from soil." Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (2015): 1-9.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q20721753 entry