Deinococcus saxicola

Deinococcus saxicola is a species of low temperature and drought-tolerating, UV-resistant bacteria from Antarctica. It is Gram-positive, non-motile and coccoid-shaped. Its type strain is AA-1444T (DSM 15974T).[1]

Deinococcus saxicola
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Deinococcus-Thermus
Class:
Deinococci
Order:
Deinococcales
Family:
Deinococcaceae
Genus:
Deinococcus
Species:
D. saxicola
Binomial name
Deinococcus saxicola
Hirsch et al. 2006

References
  1. Hirsch, Peter; Gallikowski, Claudia A.; Siebert, Jörg; Peissl, Klaus; Kroppenstedt, Reiner; Schumann, Peter; Stackebrandt, Erko; Anderson, Robert (2004). "Deinococcus frigens sp. nov., Deinococcus saxicola sp. nov., and Deinococcus marmoris sp. nov., Low Temperature and Draught-tolerating, UV-resistant Bacteria from Continental Antarctica". Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 27 (6): 636–645. doi:10.1078/0723202042370008. ISSN 0723-2020.

Further reading
  • Bej, Asim K., Jackie Aislabie, and Ronald M. Atlas, eds. Polar microbiology: the ecology, biodiversity and bioremediation potential of microorganisms in extremely cold environments. CRC Press, 2009.
  • Staley, James T., et al. "Bergey’s manual of systematic bacteriology, vol. 3."Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, MD (1989): 2250-2251.


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