Shewanella
| Shewanella | |
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| Shewanella oneidensis | |
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| Class: | Gamma Proteobacteria
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| Family: | Shewanellaceae Ivanova et al. 2004
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| Genus: | Shewanella MacDonell and Colwell 1985
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| Type species | |
| Shewanella putrefaciens | |
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S. abyssi | |
Shewanella is the sole genus included in the Shewanellaceae family of marine bacteria, some species within it were formerly classed as Alteromonas. Shewanella bacteria are a normal component of the surface flora of fish; and so are implicated in fish spoilage.[1]
Also see
Shewanella haliotis Kim et al., 2007 [2]
References
- ^ Adams and Moss, Food microbiology, third edition 2008, pp 26, 138, 140,
- ^ NEW TAXA - Proteobacteria: Duwoon Kim, Keun Sik Baik, Mi Sun Kim, Bok-Mi Jung, Tai-Sun Shin, Gyu-Hwa Chung, Moon Soo Rhee, and Chi Nam Seong Shewanella haliotis sp. nov., isolated from the gut microflora of abalone, Haliotis discus hannai Int J Syst Evol Microbiol December 2007 57:2926-2931; doi:10.1099/ijs.0.65257-0
External links
- List of bacterial genera named after personal names
- Shewanella Genome Projects (from Genomes OnLine Database)
- Comparative Analysis of Shewanella Genomes (at DOE's IMG system)
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