Shewanella amazonensis

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A Microbial Biorealm page on the genus Shewanella amazonensis

Classification

Higher order taxa

Bacteria (Domain); Proteobacteria (Phylum); Gammaproteobacteria (Class); Alteromonadales (Order); Shewanellaceae (Family); Shewanella (Genus)

Species

NCBI: Taxonomy

Shewanella amazonensis

Description and significance

Shewanella amazonensis (strain ATC BAA-1098/SB2B) is a Gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, motile, polarly flagellated, rod-shaped eubacterium. It is exceptionally active in the anaerobic reduction of iron, manganese and sulfur compounds. It was isolated from shelf coastal muds, in intertidal sediments in the Amazon River delta, off the Amapa coast of Brazil.

Genome structure

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Ecology

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Pathology

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References

[Sample reference] Takai, K., Sugai, A., Itoh, T., and Horikoshi, K. "Palaeococcus ferrophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a barophilic, hyperthermophilic archaeon from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 2000. Volume 50. p. 489-500.