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Shewanella
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Shewanella oneidensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Proteobacteria
Class:
Gamma Proteobacteria
Order:
Alteromonadales
Family:
Shewanellaceae

Ivanova et al. 2004
Genus:
Shewanella

MacDonell and Colwell 1985
Type species
Shewanella putrefaciens
Species

S. abyssi
S. algae
S. algidipiscicola
S. amazonensis
S. aquimarina
S. baltica
S. benthica
S. colwelliana
S. decolorationis
S. denitrificans
S. donghaensis
S. fidelis
S. frigidimarina
S. gaetbuli
S. gelidimarina
S. glacialipiscicola
S. hafniensis
S. halifaxensis
S. hanedai
S. irciniae
S. japonica
S. kaireitica
S. livingstonensis
S. loihica
S. marinintestina
S. marisflavi
S. morhuae
S. olleyana
S. oneidensis
S. pacifica
S. pealeana
S. piezotolerans
S. pneumatophori
S. profunda
S. psychrophila
S. putrefaciens
S. sairae
S. schegeliana
S. sediminis
S. spongiae
S. surugensis
S. violacea
S. waksmanii
S. woodyi

Shewanella is the only genus included in the Shewanellaceae family of marine bacteria. Shewanella is a marine bacterium capable of modifying (or converting to an altered state) metals so they are much less toxic and can break up in the environment.

See also

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