# Colwellia

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{{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](/source/Colwellia_aestuarii)''<ref name="Colwellia"/><br />
''[C. agarivorans](/source/Colwellia_agarivorans)''<ref name="Colwellia"/><br />
''[C. aquaemaris](/source/Colwellia_aquaemaris)''<ref name="Colwellia"/><br />
''[C. arctica](/source/Colwellia_arctica)''<ref name="Colwellia"/><br />
''[C. asteriadis](/source/Colwellia_asteriadis)''<ref name="Colwellia"/><br />
''[C. beringensis](/source/Colwellia_beringensis)''<ref name="Colwellia"/><br />
''[C. chukchiensis](/source/Colwellia_chukchiensis)''<ref name="Colwellia"/><br />
''[C. demingiae](/source/Colwellia_demingiae)''<ref name="Colwellia"/><br />
''[C. echini](/source/Colwellia_echini)''<ref name="Colwellia"/><br />
''[C. hadaliensis](/source/Colwellia_hadaliensis)''<ref name="Colwellia"/><br />
''[C. hornerae](/source/Colwellia_hornerae)''<ref name="Colwellia"/><br />
''[C. marinimaniae](/source/Colwellia_marinimaniae)''<ref name="Colwellia"/><br />
''[C. maris](/source/Colwellia_maris)''<ref name="Colwellia"/><br />
''[C. meonggei](/source/Colwellia_meonggei)''<ref name="Colwellia"/><br />
''[C. mytili](/source/Colwellia_mytili)''<ref name="Colwellia"/><br />
''[C. piezophila](/source/Colwellia_piezophila)''<ref name="Colwellia"/><br />
''[C. polaris](/source/Colwellia_polaris)''<ref name="Colwellia"/><br />
''[C. psychrerythraea](/source/Colwellia_psychrerythraea)''<ref name="Colwellia"/><br />
''[C. psychrotropica](/source/Colwellia_psychrotropica)''<ref name="Colwellia"/><br />
''[C. rossensis](/source/Colwellia_rossensis)''<ref name="Colwellia"/><br />
''[C. sediminilitoris](/source/Colwellia_sediminilitoris)''<ref name="Colwellia"/>
}}

'''''Colwellia'''''  is a genus of deep-sea [psychrophilic](/source/psychrophilic), [piezophilic](/source/Piezophile), and facultative [anaerobic](/source/Anaerobic_organism) [bacteria](/source/bacteria) from the family [Colwelliaceae](/source/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](/source/Cryoprotectant) 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>

==References==
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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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Taylor_%26_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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