Chryseobacterium greenlandense

Chryseobacterium greenlandense is an ultramicrobacteria species,[1][2] of bacteria that is able to live for long periods of time in low-temperature, high-pressure, reduced-oxygen and nutrient-poor habitats. It is known to have survived for more than 120,000 years in an ice block in Greenland, at a depth of 3,000 metres (1.9 mi).[3]

Chryseobacterium greenlandense
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Bacteroidetes
Class:
Flavobacteria
Order:
Flavobacteriales
Family:
Flavobacteriaceae
Genus:
Chryseobacterium
Species:
C. greenlandense
Binomial name
Chryseobacterium greenlandense

See also

References
  1. Loveland-Curtze, J., Miteva, V., and Brenchley, J. "Novel ultramicrobacterial isolates from a deep Greenland ice core represent a proposed new species, Chryseobacterium greenlandense sp. nov." Extremophiles (2010) 14:61-69.
  2. LPSN database (http://www.bacterio.net/chryseobacterium.html)
  3. "A Survivor in Greenland: A Novel Bacterial Species is Found Trapped in 120,000-Year-Old Ice", physorg.com, 3 June 2008


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