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Species Shewanella livingstonensis

Classification: 

Bacteria Pseudomonadati Pseudomonadota Gammaproteobacteria Alteromonadales Shewanellaceae Shewanella Shewanella livingstonensis

Name: Shewanella livingstonensis Bozal et al. 2002

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: li.vings.to.nen’sis. N.L. fem. adj. livingstonensis, pertaining to Livingston Island, Antarctica, where the organism was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: s͡he-wa-NEL-la li-win͡gs-to-NEN-sis, feminine

Type strain: CECT 5933; LMG 19866; NF22

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16S rRNA gene: MK131328 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Bozal N, Montes MJ, Tudela E, Jimenez F, Guinea J. Shewanella frigidimarina and Shewanella livingstonensis sp. nov. isolated from Antarctic coastal areas. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:195-205. 🇪🇸

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:293-295.

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 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 38 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: Bozal N, Montes MJ, Tudela E, Jimenez F, Guinea J. Shewanella frigidimarina and Shewanella livingstonensis sp. nov. isolated from Antarctic coastal areas. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:195-205. 🇪🇸

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Record number: 784893

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