Hymenobacter antarcticus
| Hymenobacter antarcticus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Bacteroidota |
| Class: | Cytophagia |
| Order: | Cytophagales |
| Family: | Hymenobacteraceae |
| Genus: | Hymenobacter |
| Species: | H. antarcticus
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| Binomial name | |
| Hymenobacter antarcticus Klassen and Foght 2011
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Hymenobacter antarcticus is a species of bacteria first isolated from Victoria Upper Glacier, Antarctica on basal ice. It is a psychrotolerant, heterotrophic aerobe. It is notable for the prevalence of horizontal gene transfers in its evolution, possibly due to dormancy because of its habitat.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Klassen, Jonathan L.; Foght, Julia M. (2010). "Characterization of Hymenobacter isolates from Victoria Upper Glacier, Antarctica reveals five new species and substantial non-vertical evolution within this genus". Extremophiles. 15 (1): 45–57. doi:10.1007/s00792-010-0336-1. ISSN 1431-0651. PMID 21104190. S2CID 23390236.
Further reading
[edit]- Reddy, Gundlapally SN, and Ferran Garcia-Pichel. "Description of Hymenobacter arizonensis sp. nov. from the southwestern arid lands of the United States of America." Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 103.2 (2013): 321–330.
- Jin, Long, et al. "Hymenobacter ruber sp. nov., isolated from grass soil."International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 64.Pt 3 (2014): 979-983.
- Kang, Ji Young, et al. "Hymenobacter koreensis sp. nov. and Hymenobacter saemangeumensis sp. nov., isolated from estuarine water." International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 63.Pt 12 (2013): 4568–4573.
- Srinivasan, Sathiyaraj, et al. "Hymenobacter humi sp. nov., a bacterium isolated from soil." Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (2015): 1–9.
External links
[edit]- "Hymenobacter antarcticus" at the Encyclopedia of Life
- "Hymenobacter antarcticus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
- LPSN
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