| Glaciecola punicea | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Proteobacteria |
| Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Alteromonadales |
| Family: | Alteromonadaceae |
| Genus: | Glaciecola |
| Species: | G. punicea |
| Binomial name | |
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Glaciecola punicea Bowman et al. 1998 |
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Glaciecola punicea is a psychrophilic bacteria found in Antarctic sea-ice habitats, being the type species of its genus. It is pigmented, psychrophilic, and a strictly aerobic chemoheterotroph. Its type strain is (ACAM 611T). Its genome has been sequenced.