Herminiimonas glaciei

The bacteria are gram - negative, rod-shaped. They are about 0.5-0.9 to 0.3-0.4 microns in size. They have one or two large flagella ( flagella ) above and one to three sides. It is believed that the great scourges are used to the small body to move through the crevasses in the ice and collect enough energy so in the extremely nutrient-poor environment.

Their closest relatives are Herminiimonas saxobsidens ( 99.6 % similarity in the genome ), Herminiimonas arsenicoxydans ( 98.4 %), Herminiimonas aquatilis ( 97.6 %) and Herminiimonas fonticola ( 97.9 %).

The group led by Jennifer Loveland - Curtze could the bacteria only after a lengthy process to stimulate growth. They were grown first seven months at 2 ° C and then four and a half weeks at 5 ° C on a tryptone soya agar, glucose.