Species ***Shewanella* *indica***

Name: Shewanella indica Verma et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: in’di.ca. L. fem. adj. indica, of India, Indian

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: s͡he-wa-NEL-la IN-di-ka, feminine

Type strain: BCC 41031; DSM 23486; KCTC 23171; KJW27; NCIM 5388

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HM016084 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Verma P, Pandey PK, Gupta AK, Kim HJ, Baik KS, Seong CN, Patole MS, Shouche YS. Shewanella indica sp. nov., isolated from sediment of the Arabian Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2058-2064. 🇮🇳

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2797-2798.

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 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 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 13 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: Verma P, Pandey PK, Gupta AK, Kim HJ, Baik KS, Seong CN, Patole MS, Shouche YS. Shewanella indica sp. nov., isolated from sediment of the Arabian Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2058-2064. 🇮🇳

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Species Shewanella indica

Species ***Shewanella* *indica***