''Psychrobacter adeliensis'' is a

Gram-negative Gram-negative bacteria are bacteria that do not retain the crystal violet stain used in the Gram staining method of bacterial differentiation. They are characterized by their cell envelopes, which are composed of a thin peptidoglycan cell wall ...

bacterium Bacteria (; singular: bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one biological cell. They constitute a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms. Typically a few micrometres in length, bacteria were among ...

of the genus ''

Psychrobacter ''Psychrobacter'' is a genus of Gram-negative, osmotolerant, oxidase-positive, psychrophilic or psychrotolerant, aerobic bacteria which belong to the family Moraxellaceae and the class Gammaproteobacteria. The shape is typically cocci or cocco ...

'' which was isolated from fast ice in the middle of the Geologie Archipelago in

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in the

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References

External links

Type strain of ''Psychrobacter adeliensis'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Moraxellaceae Bacteria described in 2005 {{Pseudomonadales-stub