Species ***Shewanella* *oneidensis***

Name: Shewanella oneidensis Venkateswaran et al. 1999

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: o.nei.den’sis. N.L. fem. adj. oneidensis, named after Lake Oneida where the species was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: s͡he-wa-NEL-la o-ne͡i-DEN-sis, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 700550; CIP 106686; LMG 19005; MR-1

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF005251 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Venkateswaran K, Moser DP, Dollhopf ME, Lies DP, Saffarini DA, MacGregor BJ, Ringelberg DB, White DC, Nishijima M, Sano H, et al. Polyphasic taxonomy of the genus Shewanella and description of Shewanella oneidensis sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:705-724. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:937-939.

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 phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.14945 (N = 1).
- 😷 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 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 1740 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.
- 🧍 The type strain of the Shewanella oneidensis Venkateswaran et al. 1999 was previously designated as Shewanella putrefaciens strain MR-1. Publication: Macdonell MT, Colwell RR. Phylogeny of the Vibrionaceae, and recommendation for two new genera, Listonella and Shewanella. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1985; 6:171-182. 🇺🇸

Parent taxon: Shewanella MacDonell and Colwell 1986

Assigned by: Venkateswaran K, Moser DP, Dollhopf ME, Lies DP, Saffarini DA, MacGregor BJ, Ringelberg DB, White DC, Nishijima M, Sano H, et al. Polyphasic taxonomy of the genus Shewanella and description of Shewanella oneidensis sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:705-724. 🇺🇸

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Species Shewanella oneidensis

Species ***Shewanella* *oneidensis***