Hymenobacter fastidiosus 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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Bacteroidota |
| Class: | Cytophagia |
| Order: | Cytophagales |
| Family: | Hymenobacteraceae |
| Genus: | Hymenobacter |
| Species: | H. fastidiosus
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| Binomial name | |
| Hymenobacter fastidiosus Klassen and Foght 2011
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References edit
- ^ 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 edit
- 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.
- Lee, Jae-Jin, et al. "Hymenobacter swuensis sp. nov., a gamma-radiation-resistant bacteria isolated from mountain soil." Current Microbiology 68.3 (2014): 305–310.
- Han, Lu, et al. "Hymenobacter qilianensis sp. nov., isolated from a subsurface sandstone sediment in the permafrost region of Qilian Mountains, China and emended description of the genus Hymenobacter." Antonie van Leeuwenhoek105.5 (2014): 971–978.
- Sathyanarayana Reddy, G. "Phylogenetic Analyses of the Genus Hymenobacter and Description of Siccationidurans gen. nov., and Parahymenobacter gen. nov." J Phylogen Evolution Biol 1.122 (2013): 2.
External links edit
- "Hymenobacter fastidiosus" at the Encyclopedia of Life
- "Hymenobacter fastidiosus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
- LPSN
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