Species ***Shewanella* *frigidimarina***

Name: Shewanella frigidimarina Bowman et al. 1997

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fri.gi.di.ma.ri’na. L. masc. adj. frigidus, cold; L. fem. adj. marina, of the sea; N.L. fem. adj. frigidimarina, of the cold sea

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: s͡he-wa-NEL-la fri-gi-di-ma-RI-na, feminine

Type strain: ACAM 591; ATCC 700753; CIP 105515

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16S rRNA gene: U85903 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Bowman JP, McCammon SA, Nichols DS, Skerratt JH, Rea SM, Nichols PD, McMeekin TA. Shewanella gelidimarina sp. nov. and Shewanella frigidimarina sp. nov., novel Antarctic species with the ability to produce eicosapentaenoic acid (20:5 omega 3) and grow anaerobically by dissimilatory Fe(III) reduction. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:1040-1047. 🇦🇺

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 47, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:329-330.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Shewanella arctica Kim et al. 2012	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

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:
- ⏰ According to Hwang et al. (2019), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Shewanella arctica Kim et al. 2012. Publication: Hwang YJ, Jang GI, Cho BC, Lee JI, Hwang CY. Shewanella psychromarinicola sp. nov., a psychrophilic bacterium isolated from pelagic sediment of the Ross Sea (Antarctica), and reclassification of Shewanella arctica Kim et al. 2012 as a later heterotypic synonym of Shewanella frigidimarina Bowman et al. 1997. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2415-2423. 🇰🇷
- 🏢 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 69, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:3315-3317.
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. 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 70 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: Bowman JP, McCammon SA, Nichols DS, Skerratt JH, Rea SM, Nichols PD, McMeekin TA. Shewanella gelidimarina sp. nov. and Shewanella frigidimarina sp. nov., novel Antarctic species with the ability to produce eicosapentaenoic acid (20:5 omega 3) and grow anaerobically by dissimilatory Fe(III) reduction. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:1040-1047. 🇦🇺

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Species Shewanella frigidimarina

Species ***Shewanella* *frigidimarina***