| Colwellia | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Alteromonadales |
| Family: | Colwelliaceae |
| Genus: | Colwellia Deming et al. 1988 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Colwellia psychrerythraea [1] | |
| Species | |
C. aestuarii [1] | |
Colwellia is a genus of deep-sea psychrophilic, piezophilic, and facultative anaerobic bacteria from the family Colwelliaceae. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] Colwellia can survive at subzero temperatures by producing cryoprotective polymeric substances. [6]