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Subfreezing growth of the sea ice bacterium "Psychromonas ingrahamii".
Microbial ecology - 1 Apr 2004
Breezee J, Cady N, Staley J T
Abstract excerpt
"Psychromonas ingrahamii," named for John L. Ingraham, was isolated from sea ice from off Point Barrow, Alaska. This large rod-shaped bacterium belongs to the gamma-Proteobacteria. "P. ingrahamii" is a psychrophilic, heterotrophic bacterium that is gas vacuolate and nonmotile. "P. ingrahamii" is notable in that it grows at a temperature of -12 degrees C with a generation time of 240 h. This is the lowest growth...
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