Rank Species | Phylum Proteobacteria | |
Similar Colwellia, Psychromonas antarctica, Alteromonadales, Alteromonas, Gammaproteobacteria | ||
Colwellia rossensis is a psychrophilic Antarctic bacterial species with the ability to synthesize docosahexaenoic acid. It is non-pigmented, curved rod-like shaped, exhibiting facultative anaerobic growth and possessing an absolute requirement for sea water. Its type strain is ACAM 608T.
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