Project name: Exiguobacterium sibiricum 255-15

Description: Exiguobacterium sibiricum 255-15. This organism was isolated from a 2-3 million-year permafrost core in Siberia, Russia and can survive and grow rapidly at low temperatures. Analysis of long-term survival of psychrophilic organisms such as this one may aid understanding of the potential growth of organisms in astrobiology.

Data type: Genome sequencing

Sample scope: Monoisolate

Release date: 2008-04-03

Last updated: 2004-03-17