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Exceeding expectations out in the cold with Colwellia

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Jody Deming recounts a career spent studying the cold-loving bacterial genus Colwellia.

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Fig. 1: A snapshot of the diverse ecological niches of Colwellia, a cold-adapted and cosmopolitan bacterial genus.

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Deming, J.W. Exceeding expectations out in the cold with Colwellia. Nat Microbiol (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-024-01675-0

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