Species ***Shewanella* *pealeana***

Name: Shewanella pealeana Leonardo et al. 1999

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pea’le.ana. N.L. fem. adj. pealeana, from peale or pealei, the species name of the squid Loligo paelei with which the bacterium is associated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ANG-SQ1; ATCC 700345; CIP 106450

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF011335 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Leonardo MR, Moser DP, Barbieri E, Brantner CA, MacGregor BJ, Paster BJ, Stackebrandt E, Nealson KH. Shewanella pealeana sp. nov., a member of the microbial community associated with the accessory nidamental gland of the squid Loligo pealei. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1341-1351. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 2000; 50:5-7.

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 0.03763 (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 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 9 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: Leonardo MR, Moser DP, Barbieri E, Brantner CA, MacGregor BJ, Paster BJ, Stackebrandt E, Nealson KH. Shewanella pealeana sp. nov., a member of the microbial community associated with the accessory nidamental gland of the squid Loligo pealei. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1341-1351. 🇺🇸

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Species Shewanella pealeana

Species ***Shewanella* *pealeana***