Psychrobacter cryohalolentis

Psychrobacter cryohalolentis
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Pseudomonadales
Family: Moraxellaceae
Genus: Psychrobacter
Species:
P. cryohalolentis
Binomial name
Psychrobacter cryohalolentis
Bakermans et al. 2007

Psychrobacter cryohalolentis is a Gram-negative, nonmotile species of bacteria. It was first isolated from Siberian permafrost. Its type strain is K5T (=DSM 17306T =VKM B-2378T).

Hypoacylated lipopolysaccharide (LPS) from P. cryohalolentis induces moderate TLR4-mediated inflammatory response in macrophages and such LPS bioactivity may potentially result in the failure of local and systemic bacterial clearance in patients.