Psychrobacter luti
Classification
Domain; Phylum; Class; Order; family [Others may be used. Use NCBI link to find]
Species
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NCBI: Taxonomy |
Genus species
Description and Significance
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Genome Structure
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Cell Structure, Metabolism and Life Cycle
The isolates were oxidase-positive, halotolerant, Gram-negative,considerable halotolerance, non-motile coccobacilli with a strictly oxidative metabolism.
Psychrobacter was created by Juni & Heym (1986) to accommodate a group of non-motile, oxidase-positive, non-pigmented, chiefly psychrotolerant, Gram-negative rods or coccobacilli isolated from the skin of fish and chickens and from various processed foods.
Growth occurs at 4–30 oC.
Ecology and Pathogenesis
It is evident that cold environments constitute an ecological niche for Psychrobacter organisms and Antarctic environments are a source of Psychrobacter bacteria.
References
Author
Page authored by Hahyung Y. Kim and Benjamin Kamphuis, student of Prof. Jay Lennon at Michigan State University.
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