Species ***Shewanella* *algae***

Name: Shewanella algae corrig. Simidu et al. 1990

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al’gae. L. gen. fem. n. algae, of an alga

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 51192; CCUG 39064; CECT 5071; CIP 106454; DSM 9167; IAM 14159; JCM 21037; LMG 18393; NBRC 103173; NCIMB 13178; OK-1

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16S rRNA gene: AF005249 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Simidu U, Kita-Tsukamoto K, Yasumoto T, Yotsu M. Taxonomy of four marine bacterial strains that produce tetrodotoxin. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1990; 40:331-336.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Shewanella alga Simidu et al. 1990	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling
Shewanella haliotis Kim et al. 2007	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Emendations:
- Nozue et al. 1992 Nozue H, Hayashi T, Hashimoto Y, Ezaki T, Hamasaki K, Ohwada K, Terawaki Y. Isolation and characterization of Shewanella alga from human clinical specimens and emendation of the description of S. alga Simidu et al., 1990, 335. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:628-634. Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 42, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:189.
  Notes:
  - Listed as alga in the notification list.
- Szeinbaum et al. 2018 Szeinbaum N, Kellum CE, Glass JB, Janda JM, DiChristina TJ. Whole-genome sequencing reveals that Shewanella haliotis Kim et al. 2007 can be considered a later heterotypic synonym of Shewanella algae Simidu et al. 1990. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1356-1360. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2134-2136.
  Notes:
  - Emendation accompanied by a proposal regarding the synonymy of the species.
- Thorell et al. 2019 Thorell K, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Sjoling A, Martin-Rodriguez AJ. Whole-Genome Sequencing Redefines Shewanella Taxonomy. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:1861.
  Notes:
  - As of 2020-09-20 this emendation was not yet included in an IJSEM List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion.

Notes:
- According to Szeinbaum et al. (2018), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Shewanella haliotis Kim et al. 2007. Publication: Szeinbaum N, Kellum CE, Glass JB, Janda JM, DiChristina TJ. Whole-genome sequencing reveals that Shewanella haliotis Kim et al. 2007 can be considered a later heterotypic synonym of Shewanella algae Simidu et al. 1990. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1356-1360.
- Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2134-2136.
- The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.05122 (N = 1).
- According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.
- The original spelling of the specific epithet, alga (sic), has been corrected by Trüper and De' Clari 1997. Publication: Trüper HG, De' Clari L. Taxonomic note: Necessary correction of specific epithets formed as substantives (nouns) "in apposition". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:908-909.

Parent taxon: Shewanella MacDonell and Colwell 1986

Assigned by: Simidu U, Kita-Tsukamoto K, Yasumoto T, Yotsu M. Taxonomy of four marine bacterial strains that produce tetrodotoxin. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1990; 40:331-336.

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Species Shewanella algae

Species ***Shewanella* *algae***