Planococcus halocryophilus; growth in subzero halophilic conditions: Difference between revisions

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Genus: <i>Planococcus</i><br>
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Planococcus halocryophilus
<i>Planococcus halocryophilus</i>


==Section 1==
==Section 1==

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Planococcus halocryophilus (OR1)

Color-enhanced scanning electron micrograph of the Planococcus halocryophilus bacterium. Credit: N.C.S. Mykytczuk et al., the ISME Journal (7 February 2013) © Nature Publishing Group [1].


By Ethan Hanson



Classification:
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Firmicutes
Class: Bacilli
Order: Bacillaes
Family:Planococcaceae
Genus: Planococcus

Species:

Planococcus halocryophilus

Section 1

Planococcus halocryophilus is an aerobic, gram-positive bacterium that is found in arctic permafrost. This extremophile is characterized as both a halophile as well as a "hyper"-psychrophile, thriving in an environment of high salinity as well as an extremely low temperature. This bacterium's reproduction capability is measured at the lowest recorded temperature, measured at -15ºC. Planococcus halocryophilus continues to preserve itself at temperatures as low as -25ºC. The bacterium is accountable for effects of global warming, bringing about sizable CO2 emissions concurrent to melting permafrost. Exobiological research towards this extremophile is resonant owing to its similitude of potential target environments for life on Mars as well as Enceladus.

Bacterium Planococcus Halocryophilus Offers Clues about Microbial Life on Enceladus, Mars. www.sci-news.com/space/article01105-planococcus-halocryophilus-bacterium.html.

Color-enhanced scanning electron micrograph of the Planococcus halocryophilus bacterium. Credit: N.C.S. Mykytczuk et al., the ISME Journal (7 February 2013) © Nature Publishing Group [2].
Color-enhanced scanning electron micrograph of the Planococcus halocryophilus bacterium. Credit: N.C.S. Mykytczuk et al., the ISME Journal (7 February 2013) © Nature Publishing Group [3].

Section 2

Include some current research, with at least one figure showing data.

Color-enhanced scanning electron micrograph of the Planococcus halocryophilus bacterium. Credit: N.C.S. Mykytczuk et al., the ISME Journal (7 February 2013) © Nature Publishing Group [4].

Section 3

Include some current research, with at least one figure showing data.

Section 4

Conclusion

References



Authored for BIOL 238 Microbiology, taught by Joan Slonczewski, 2018, Kenyon College.