Hymenobacter algoricola is a species of bacteria first isolated from
Victoria Upper Glacier
Victoria Valley () is an extensive ice-free valley, formerly occupied by a large glacier, extending from Victoria Upper Glacier to Victoria Lower Glacier in Victoria Land, Antarctica.
It is one of the larger McMurdo Dry Valleys.
Name
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,
Antarctica
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on basal ice. It is a
psychrotolerant
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,
heterotrophic
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aerobe
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. It is notable for the prevalence of
horizontal gene transfer
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s in its
evolution
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, possibly due to dormancy because of its habitat.
References
Further reading
*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.
*magna Bryantseva, Ectothiorhodospira. "List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published." Strain 8: 7.
*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.
External links
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LPSN
algoricola
Bacteria described in 2011
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