''Glaciibacter'' is a

psychrophilic Psychrophiles or cryophiles (adj. ''psychrophilic'' or ''cryophilic'') are extremophilic organisms that are capable of growth and reproduction in low temperatures, ranging from to . They have an optimal growth temperature at . They are found in ...

genus 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'' Gr ...

. The type species, ''Glaciibacter superstes'', has been isolated from ice from the

Fox permafrost tunnel Foxes are small to medium-sized, omnivorous mammals belonging to several genera of the family Canidae. They have a flattened skull, upright, triangular ears, a pointed, slightly upturned snout, and a long bushy tail (or ''brush''). Twelve ...

from

Alaska Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S ...

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Microbacteriaceae Bacteria genera {{Actinobacteria-stub