{{Short description|Genus of bacteria}} {{Automatic taxobox | taxon = Colwellia | authority = Deming et al. 1988<ref name="Colwellia">[https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/colwellia LPSN lpsn.dsmz.de]</ref> | type_species = ''Colwellia psychrerythraea''<ref name="Colwellia"/> | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = ''C. aestuarii''<ref name="Colwellia"/><br /> ''C. agarivorans''<ref name="Colwellia"/><br /> ''C. aquaemaris''<ref name="Colwellia"/><br /> ''C. arctica''<ref name="Colwellia"/><br /> ''C. asteriadis''<ref name="Colwellia"/><br /> ''C. beringensis''<ref name="Colwellia"/><br /> ''C. chukchiensis''<ref name="Colwellia"/><br /> ''C. demingiae''<ref name="Colwellia"/><br /> ''C. echini''<ref name="Colwellia"/><br /> ''C. hadaliensis''<ref name="Colwellia"/><br /> ''C. hornerae''<ref name="Colwellia"/><br /> ''C. marinimaniae''<ref name="Colwellia"/><br /> ''C. maris''<ref name="Colwellia"/><br /> ''C. meonggei''<ref name="Colwellia"/><br /> ''C. mytili''<ref name="Colwellia"/><br /> ''C. piezophila''<ref name="Colwellia"/><br /> ''C. polaris''<ref name="Colwellia"/><br /> ''C. psychrerythraea''<ref name="Colwellia"/><br /> ''C. psychrotropica''<ref name="Colwellia"/><br /> ''C. rossensis''<ref name="Colwellia"/><br /> ''C. sediminilitoris''<ref name="Colwellia"/> }}
'''''Colwellia''''' is a genus of deep-sea psychrophilic, piezophilic, and facultative anaerobic bacteria from the family Colwelliaceae.<ref name="Colwellia"/><ref>[https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/28228 UniProt]</ref><ref>{{cite book|editor=Stanley Falkow|title=Proteobacteria : Gamma subclass|date=2006|publisher=Springer|location=New York, NY|isbn=0-387-25496-X|edition=3rd}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |editor=Rosa Margesin |editor2=Franz Schinner |editor3=Jean-Claude Marx |editor4=Charles Gerday |title=Psychrophiles from biodiversity to biotechnology |date=2008 |publisher=Springer |location=Berlin |isbn=978-3-540-74335-4}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|editor-last1=Sébert|editor-first1=Philippe |title=Comparative high pressure biology|date=2010|publisher=Science Publishers|location=Enfield, NH|isbn=978-1-4398-4361-1}}</ref> ''Colwellia'' can survive at subzero temperatures by producing cryoprotective polymeric substances.<ref>{{cite book|editor=Guido di Prisco |editor2=Cinzia Verde |title=Adaptation and evolution in marine environments|date=2012|publisher=Springer|location=Heidelberg|isbn=978-3-642-27352-0|edition=2012}}</ref>
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== Further reading == * {{cite journal|last1=Mason|first1=Olivia U.|last2=Han|first2=James|last3=Woyke|first3=Tanja|last4=Jansson|first4=Janet K.|title=Single-cell genomics reveals features of a Colwellia species that was dominant during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill|journal=Frontiers in Microbiology|date=8 July 2014|volume=5|page=332|doi=10.3389/fmicb.2014.00332|pmid=25071745|pmc=4085564|doi-access=free}} * {{cite book|editor-last1=Yumoto|editor-first1=Isao|title=Cold-adapted microorganisms|date=2013|publisher=Caister Academic Press|location=Norfolk|isbn=978-1-908230-26-3}} * {{cite book|first=Nicky B|last=Buller|title=Bacteria and fungi from fish and other aquatic animals ...|date=2011|publisher=Cabi|location=[S.l.]|isbn=978-1-84593-805-5}} * {{cite book|editor-last1=Paul|editor-first1=John H.|title=Methods in microbiology.|date=2001|publisher=Academic Press|location=San Diego, London|isbn=0-12-521530-4|edition=Repr.|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/methodsinmicrobi0001norr}} * {{cite book|editor-first1=Asim K.|editor-last1=Bej|editor-first2=Jackie|editor-last2=Aislabie|editor-first3=Ronald M.|editor-last3=Atlas|title=Polar microbiology the ecology, biodiversity, and bioremediation potential of microorganisms in extremely cold environments|url=https://archive.org/details/Polar_Microbiology_by_Asim_K._Bej_Jackie_Aislabie_Ronald_M._Atlas|date=2010|publisher=Taylor & Francis|location=Boca Raton|isbn=978-1-4200-8388-0}} * {{cite book|editor-first1=Sudhir K.|editor-last1=Jain|editor-first2=Abdul Arif|editor-last2=Khan|editor-first3=Mahendra K.|editor-last3=Rai|title=Geomicrobiology|date=2010|publisher=Science Publishers|location=Enfield, NH|isbn=978-1-4398-4510-3}} * {{cite book|editor-first1=Koki|editor-last1=Horikoshi|title=Extremophiles handbook|date=2011|publisher=Springer|location=Tokyo|isbn=978-4-431-53897-4}}
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Category:Alteromonadales Category:Bacteria genera Category:Psychrophiles
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