''Arthrobacter psychrochitiniphilus'' is a
psychrotrophic bacterium species from the genus ''
Arthrobacter
''Arthrobacter'' (from the Greek, "jointed small stick”) is a genus of bacteria that is commonly found in soil. All species in this genus are Gram-positive obligate aerobes that are rods during exponential growth and cocci in their stationary ...
'' which has been isolated from
Adélie penguins Adelie or Adélie may refer to:
* Adélie Land, a claimed territory on the continent of Antarctica
* Adelie Land meteorite, a meteorite discovered on December 5, 1912, in Antarctica by Francis Howard Bickerton
* Adélie penguin, a species of pengui ...
in
Antarctica
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Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen
The Leibniz Institute DSMZ - German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures GmbH (German: ''Leibniz-Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH''), located in Braunschweig, is a research infrastructure in th ...
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References
Further reading
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External links
Type strain of ''Arthrobacter psychrochitiniphilus'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Bacteria described in 2009
Psychrophiles
Micrococcaceae
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