Hymenobacter glaciei

Hymenobacter glaciei
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Bacteroidota
Class:	Cytophagia
Order:	Cytophagales
Family:	Hymenobacteraceae
Genus:	Hymenobacter
Species:	H. glaciei
Binomial name
Hymenobacter glaciei Klassen and Foght 2011

Hymenobacter glaciei is a species of bacteria first isolated from Victoria Upper Glacier, Antarctica on basal ice. It is a psychrotolerant, heterotrophic aerobe. It is notable for the prevalence of horizontal gene transfers in its evolution, possibly due to dormancy because of its habitat. ^[1]

References

1. Klassen, Jonathan L.; Foght, Julia M. (2010). "Characterization of Hymenobacter isolates from Victoria Upper Glacier, Antarctica reveals five new species and substantial non-vertical evolution within this genus". Extremophiles. 15 (1): 45–57. doi:10.1007/s00792-010-0336-1. ISSN   1431-0651. PMID   21104190. S2CID   23390236.

Further reading

• Reddy, Gundlapally SN, and Ferran Garcia-Pichel. "Description of Hymenobacter arizonensis sp. nov. from the southwestern arid lands of the United States of America." Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 103.2 (2013): 321–330.
• Jin, Long, et al. "Hymenobacter ruber sp. nov., isolated from grass soil."International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 64.Pt 3 (2014): 979-983.
• Kang, Ji Young, et al. "Hymenobacter koreensis sp. nov. and Hymenobacter saemangeumensis sp. nov., isolated from estuarine water." International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 63.Pt 12 (2013): 4568–4573.
• Srinivasan, Sathiyaraj, et al. "Hymenobacter humi sp. nov., a bacterium isolated from soil." Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (2015): 1–9.

External links

• "Hymenobacter glaciei". The Encyclopedia of Life .
• "Hymenobacter glaciei". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 8 July 2015.
• LPSN