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 .[ 1]
References ^ Bowman, J. P.; Gosink, J. J.; McCAMMON, S. A.; Lewis, T. E.; Nichols, D. S.; Nichols, P. D.; Skerratt, J. H.; Staley, J. T.; McMEEKIN, T. A. (1998). "Colwellia demingiae sp. nov., Colwellia hornerae sp. nov., Colwellia rossensis sp. nov. and Colwellia psychrotropica sp. nov.: psychrophilic Antarctic species with the ability to synthesize docosahexaenoic acid (22: 63)" . International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology . 48 (4): 1171– 1180. doi :10.1099/00207713-48-4-1171 . ISSN 0020-7713 .
Further reading Yumoto, Isao, ed. Cold-adapted Microorganisms. Horizon Scientific Press, 2013. Brenner, Don J., et al. "Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology, vol. 2."The Proteobacteria. East Lansing, USA 183 (2005). Dworkin, Martin, and Stanley Falkow, eds. The Prokaryotes: Vol. 6: Proteobacteria: Gamma Subclass. Vol. 6. Springer, 2006. Stan-Lotter, Helga, and Sergiu Fendrihan. Adaption of microbial life to environmental extremes. Springer Wien, New York, 2012.
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