Shewanella loihica
A Microbial Biorealm page on the genus Shewanella loihica
Classification
Higher order taxa
Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Gammaproteobacteria; Alteromonadales; Shewanellaceae; Shewanella; Shewanella loihica
Species
Shewanella loihica
Description and significance
PV-4T marine bacterial strain was isolated at the deep-sea, hydrothermal Naha Vent from iron-rich microbial mats on the South Rift of Loihi Seamount, Hawaii, in the Pacific Ocean. It is noted as orange, rodlike, gram-negative, motile through use of polar flagella, anaerobic, and psychrotolerant at temperatures between 0-42 degrees C.
Genome structure
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Cell structure and metabolism
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Ecology
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Pathology
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Application to Biotechnology
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Current Research
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References
Edited by Niru Sivakumar, a student of Rachel Larsen and Kit Pogliano