Aliidiomarina minuta is a halophilic, alkaliphilic, aerobic and motile bacterium from the genus of Aliidiomarina which was first isolated from water from the Mono Lake from the United States.[1][2][3] Under adverse environmental conditions, A. marina shrinks to around 0.2 μm * 0.1 μm in size as a survival mechanism.[3] This characteristic is unique to other species within the genus and gives A. marina the ability to pass through 0.22 μm filters (commonly used in filter sterilisation).[3]

Aliidiomarina minuta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Alteromonadales
Family: Idiomarinaceae
Genus: Aliidiomarina
Species:
A. minuta
Binomial name
Aliidiomarina minuta
Farooqui et al. 2016[1]
Type strain
JCM 17425, KCTC 23357, MLST1[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Aliidiomarina". LPSN.
  2. ^ a b "Aliidiomarina minuta". www.uniprot.org.
  3. ^ a b c Farooqui, SM; Wright, MH; Greene, AC (January 2016). "Aliidiomarina minuta sp. nov., a haloalkaliphilic bacterium that forms ultra-small cells under non-optimal conditions". Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 109 (1): 83–93. doi:10.1007/s10482-015-0611-3. PMID 26511955. S2CID 14201965.