Psychrobacter proteolyticus

Psychrobacter proteolyticus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Pseudomonadales
Family: Moraxellaceae
Genus: Psychrobacter
Species: P. proteolyticus
Binomial name
Psychrobacter proteolyticus
Denner et al. 2001[1]
Type strain
CIP 106830, Denner 116, DSM 13887, LMG 21313[2]

Psychrobacter proteolyticus is a species of bacterium first isolated from the Antarctic krill Euphausia superba. It excretes a cold-adapted metalloprotease.[3]

Description

It is a strictly aerobic, strongly oxidase-positive, psychrotrophic, halotolerant, Gram-negative nonmotile coccobacillus, with type strain CIP106830T (=DSM13887).[3]

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