Colwellia marinimaniae is a hyperpiezophilic bacterium from the genus Colwellia which has been isolated from deep regions of the Mariana Trench.[1][2][3][4] It is, so far, the most piezophilic organism yet described, with an optimal growth pressure of 120 MPa (approximately 1,200 atmospheres).
| Colwellia marinimaniae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Alteromonadales |
| Family: | Colwelliaceae |
| Genus: | Colwellia |
| Species: | C. marinimaniae
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| Binomial name | |
| Colwellia marinimaniae Kusube et al. 2017[1]
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| Type strain | |
| ATCC TSD-5, MTCD1, JCM 30270[2] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Colwellia cameronii[2] | |
References
edit- ^ a b Parte, A.C. "Colwellia". LPSN.
- ^ a b c "Colwellia marinimaniae". www.uniprot.org.
- ^ Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M (2016). Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M (eds.). "Nomenclature Abstract for Colwellia marinimaniae Kusube et al. 2016". The NamesforLife Abstracts. doi:10.1601/nm.29673.
- ^ Kusube, M; Kyaw, TS; Tanikawa, K; Chastain, RA; Hardy, KM; Cameron, J; Bartlett, DH (April 2017). "Colwellia marinimaniae sp. nov., a hyperpiezophilic species isolated from an amphipod within the Challenger Deep, Mariana Trench". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 67 (4): 824–831. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.001671. PMID 27902293.
External links
edit- Type strain of Colwellia marinimaniae at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
- Bacterium named after GW's Marine Mania (a high school science group, located on the island of Guam)
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