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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.

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Vinony's link graph records 63 inbound references to Shewanella, and connects out to Bangladesh, bacteria and International Standard Book Number.

Vinony files it under Alteromonadales and Bacteria genera.

Vinony links it to 12 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomBacteria
  2. PhylumProteobacteria
  3. ClassGammaproteobacteria
  4. OrderEnterobacterales
  5. FamilyShewanellaceae
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded53,584

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
22
Family
Shewanellaceae
Collections
CIAD
Recorded in
Mexico

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Shewanella
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Shewanella
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Encyclopedic overview

7 sections
Contents
  • Biochemical characteristics of ''Shewanella'' species
  • Metabolism
  • Applications
  • Significance
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shewanella” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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