Colwellia marinimaniae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
Order: | Alteromonadales |
Family: | Colwelliaceae |
Genus: | Colwellia |
Species: | C. marinimaniae
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Binomial name | |
Colwellia marinimaniae Kusube et al. 2017[1]
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Type strain | |
ATCC TSD-5, MTCD1, JCM 30270[2] | |
Synonyms | |
Colwellia cameronii[2] |
Colwellia marinimaniae is a hyperpiezophilic bacterium from the genus Colwellia which has been isolated from deep regions of the Mariana Trench.[1][2][3][4] It is, so far, the most piezophilic organism yet described, with an optimal growth pressure of 120 MPa (approximately 1,200 atmospheres).