Species ***Shewanella* *decolorationis***

Name: Shewanella decolorationis Xu et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: de.co.lo.ra.ti.o’nis. L. gen. fem. n. decolorationis, of a discoloring

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: s͡he-wa-NEL-la de-ko-lo-ra-ti-O-nis, feminine

Type strain: CCTCC M 203093; IAM 15094; JCM 21555; NBRC 103170; S12

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB681977 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Xu M, Guo J, Cen Y, Zhong X, Cao W, Sun G. Shewanella decolorationis sp. nov., a dye-decolorizing bacterium isolated from activated sludge of a waste-water treatment plant. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:363-368. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:987-991.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

Emendations:
- 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:
- 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.15684 (N = 1).
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 57 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Shewanella MacDonell and Colwell 1986

Assigned by: Xu M, Guo J, Cen Y, Zhong X, Cao W, Sun G. Shewanella decolorationis sp. nov., a dye-decolorizing bacterium isolated from activated sludge of a waste-water treatment plant. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:363-368. 🇨🇳

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Species Shewanella decolorationis

Species ***Shewanella* *decolorationis***