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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Deinococcota |
| Class: | Deinococci |
| Order: | Deinococcales |
| Family: | Deinococcaceae |
| Genus: | Deinococcus |
| Species: | D. saxicola
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| Binomial name | |
| Deinococcus saxicola Hirsch et al. 2006
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References
edit- ^ 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. PMID 15612620.
Further reading
edit- 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.
External links
edit- "Deinococcus saxicola" at the Encyclopedia of Life
- LPSN
- Type strain of Deinococcus saxicola at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
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