''Polaribacter filamentus'' is a species of
gas vacuolate polar
marine bacteria
Marine prokaryotes are marine bacteria and marine archaea. They are defined by their habitat as prokaryotes that live in marine environments, that is, in the saltwater of seas or oceans or the brackish water of coastal estuaries. All cellu ...
.
It was first isolated from sea ice and water from the
Arctic
The Arctic (; . ) is the polar regions of Earth, polar region of Earth that surrounds the North Pole, lying within the Arctic Circle. The Arctic region, from the IERS Reference Meridian travelling east, consists of parts of northern Norway ( ...
and the
Antarctic
The Antarctic (, ; commonly ) is the polar regions of Earth, polar region of Earth that surrounds the South Pole, lying within the Antarctic Circle. It is antipodes, diametrically opposite of the Arctic region around the North Pole.
The Antar ...
. Its type strain is ATCC 700397.
References
External links
LPSN lpsn.dsmz.deType strain of ''Polaribacter filamentus'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Flavobacteria
Bacteria described in 1998
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