''Colwellia marinimaniae'' is a hyperpiezophilic bacterium from the genus ''

Colwellia ''Colwellia'' is a genus of deep-sea psychrophilic, piezophilic, and facultative anaerobic bacteria from the family Colwelliaceae The Colwelliaceae are a family of Pseudomonadota.Elena P. Ivanova, Sébastien Flavier and Richard Christen: "P ...

'' which has been isolated from deep regions of the

Mariana Trench The Mariana Trench is an oceanic trench located in the western Pacific Ocean, about east of the Mariana Islands; it is the deepest oceanic trench on Earth. It is crescent-shaped and measures about in length and in width. The maximum know ...

. It is, so far, the most piezophilic organism yet described, with an optimal growth pressure of 120 MPa (approximately 1,200 atmospheres).

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External links

Type strain of ''Colwellia marinimaniae'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Alteromonadales Bacteria described in 2017 {{Alteromonadales-stub