Kingdom Bacteria Order Flavobacteriales Genus Chryseobacterium Rank Species | Phylum Bacteroidetes Family Flavobacteriaceae Higher classification Chryseobacterium | |
Scientific name Chryseobacterium greenlandensis Similar Bacteria, Chryseobacterium, Short‑footed Luzon tree rat, Herminiimonas, Tridacna costata | ||
Chryseobacterium greenlandensis is an ultramicrobacteria species of bacteria that is able to live for long periods of time in low-temperature, high-pressure, reduced-oxygen and nutrient-poor habitats. It is known to have survived for more than 120,000 years in an ice block in Greenland, at a depth of 3,000 metres (1.9 mi).
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