Table 1.
General Characteristics of the Bacterial Species
| Organism | Isolation Source | Minimum Growth Temperature | Genome Size (bp) | Number of CDSs | GC Content (%) | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exiguobacterium antarcticum B7 | Ginger Lake, Antarctica | −2°C | 2,815,863 | 2,736 | 47.50 | Carneiro et al. (2012) |
| E. sibiricum 255-15 | Permafrost, Siberia | −10°C | 3,034,136 | 3,107 | 47.68 | Rodrigues et al. (2008) |
| Exiguobacterium sp. MH3 | Rhizosphere of a duckweed strain, Lemna minor | 4°C | 3,164,195 | 3,160 | 47.20 | Tang et al. (2013) |
| Exiguobacterium sp. U13-1 | Lake Untersee, Antarctica | –a | 3,208,634 | 3,178 | 47.10 | Fomenkov et al. (2017) |
| Psychrobacter arcticus 273-4 | Kolyma, Siberia | −10°C | 2,650,701 | 2,130 | 42.8 | Ayala-del-Rio et al. (2010) |
| P. cryohalolentis K5 | Kolyma Lowland, Russia | −10°C | 3,059,876 | 2,510 | 42.3 | Unpublished data |
| P.urativorans R10.10B | Soil | 20°C | 2,802,354 | 2,359 | 42.2 | Unpublished data |
| P. alimentarius PAMC 27889 | Rocky desert, Antarctica | −10°C | 3,332,539 | 2,678 | 42.9 | Lee et al. (2016) |
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Data not available in BioSample or literature.