Shewanella
Sign in to saveShewanella is the sole genus included in the marine bacteria family Shewanellaceae. Some species within it were formerly classed as Alteromonas. Shewanella consists of facultatively anaerobic Gram-negative rods, most of which are found in extreme aquatic habitats where the temperature is very low and the pressure is very high. Shewanella bacteria are a normal component of the surface flora of fish and are implicated in fish spoilage. Shewanella chilikensis is a species of the genus Shewanella commonly found in the marine sponges of Saint Martin's Island of the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomBacteria
- PhylumProteobacteria
- ClassGammaproteobacteria
- OrderEnterobacterales
- FamilyShewanellaceae
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Research
4,878 papers- Shewanella infection in humans: Epidemiology, clinical features and pathogenicity.Virulence · 2022
- Shewanella biofilm development and engineering for environmental and bioenergy applications.Current opinion in chemical biology · 2020
- Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 as a bacterial platform for electro-biotechnology.Essays in biochemistry · 2021
- Shewanella spp. Bloodstream Infections in Queensland, Australia.Emerging infectious diseases · 2022
- Shewanella oneidensis: Biotechnological Application of Metal-Reducing Bacteria.Advances in biochemical engineering/biotechnology · 2025
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- Biochemical characteristics of ''Shewanella'' species
- Metabolism
- Applications
- Significance
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Shewanella is the sole genus included in the marine bacteria family Shewanellaceae. Some species within it were formerly classed as Alteromonas. Shewanella consists of facultatively anaerobic Gram-negative rods, most of which are found in extreme aquatic habitats where the temperature is very low and the pressure is very high. Shewanella bacteria are a normal component of the surface flora of fish and are implicated in fish spoilage. Shewanella chilikensis is a species of the genus Shewanella commonly found in the marine sponges of Saint Martin's Island of the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh.
Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 is a widely used laboratory model to study anaerobic respiration of metals and other anaerobic extracellular electron acceptors, and for teaching about microbial electrogenesis and microbial fuel cells.