''Alpinimonas psychrophila'' is a

psychrophilic Psychrophiles or cryophiles (adj. ''psychrophilic'' or ''cryophilic'') are extremophile, extremophilic organisms that are capable of cell growth, growth and reproduction in low temperatures, ranging from to . They are found in places that are pe ...

, non-motile,

Gram-positive In bacteriology, gram-positive bacteria are bacteria that give a positive result in the Gram stain test, which is traditionally used to quickly classify bacteria into two broad categories according to their type of cell wall. The Gram stain is ...

and

Gram-variable Gram stain (Gram staining or Gram's method), is a method of staining used to classify bacterial species into two large groups: gram-positive bacteria and gram-negative bacteria. It may also be used to diagnose a fungal infection. The name comes ...

species of bacteria from the family of

Microbacteriaceae Microbacteriaceae is a family of bacteria of the order Actinomycetales. They are Gram-positive soil organisms. Genera The family ''Microbacteriaceae'' comprises the following genera: * ''Agreia'' Evtushenko ''et al''. 2001 * ''Agrococcus'' Grot ...

which has been isolated from

cryoconite Cryoconite is powdery windblown dust made of a combination of small rock particles, soot and microbes which is deposited and builds up on snow, glaciers, or ice caps. The darkening, especially from small amounts of soot, absorbs solar radiation mel ...

of an alpine glacier.

References

Microbacteriaceae Monotypic bacteria genera Bacteria described in 2012 {{Actinobacteria-stub