Taxon Profile: Colwellia psychotropica

Taxonomy details

Context

Taxon Id
117943
Authority
Unknown or not entered.
Naming Status
Currently accepted name
Status
Found in the Antarctica/subantarctic or Southern Ocean
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Taxon has been resolved to the rank Species.

Hierarchy

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Kingdom
Bacteria
Phylum
Proteobacteria
Class
Gammaproteobacteria
Order
Alteromonadales
Family
Colwelliaceae
Genus
Colwellia
Taxon

Profile

Latest Taxonomic scrutiny
Dave Watts on 20-Apr-2009
Reference Site/Paper in which the taxon name was checked
Bowman, J.P., Gosink, J.J., McCammon, S.A., Lewis, T.E., Nichols, D.S., Nichols, P.D., Skerratt, J.H., Staley, J.T., and McMeeking, T.A. (1998) Colwellia demingiae sp. nov., Colwellia hornerae sp. nov., Colwellia rossensis and Colwellia psychrotropica sp. nov.: psychrophilic Antarctic species with the ability to synthesize docosahexaenoic acid (22:6w3). International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 48 1171-1180. Source is Original

Species Profile:

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Type Locality
The actual location of the first recorded specimen 		Burton Lake, Vestfold Hills

Reference: - Bowman, J.P., Gosink, J.J., McCammon, S.A., Lewis, T.E., Nichols, D.S., Nichols, P.D., Skerratt, J.H., Staley, J.T., and McMeeking, T.A. (1998) Colwellia demingiae sp. nov., Colwellia hornerae sp. nov., Colwellia rossensis and Colwellia psychrotropica sp. nov.: psychrophilic Antarctic species with the ability to synthesize docosahexaenoic acid (22:6w3). International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 48 1171-1180. Source is Original