Glaciimonas immobilis is a psychrophilic, nonmotile, rod-shaped, Gram-negative bacterium of the genus Glaciimonas which was isolated from alpine glacier cryoconite.[3] Phylogenetic analysis has shown it to belong to the family Oxalobacteraceae.

Glaciimonas immobilis
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G. immobilis
Binomial name
Glaciimonas immobilis
Zhang et al. 2011[1]
Type strain
Cr9-30, DSM 23240, LMG 25547, Margesin Cr9-30[2]

Etymology edit

Glaciimonas immobilis is composite from the Latin glacies where it was found and immobilis which means motionless.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ "DSMZ - Bacterial Nomenclature Up-to-Date, Genus: Glaciimonas". old.dsmz.de. Archived from the original on 17 February 2013. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  2. ^ "LMG 25547 Strain Passport - StrainInfo". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-02-02.
  3. ^ Zhang, De-Chao; Redzic, Mersiha; Schinner, Franz; Margesin, Rosa (Sep 2011). "Glaciimonas immobilis gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Oxalobacteraceae isolated from alpine glacier cryoconite". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 61 (9): 2186–90. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.028001-0. PMID 20935085.
  4. ^ "Genus: Glaciimonas". Retrieved 2013-02-02.

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