Species ***Shewanella* *vesiculosa***

Name: Shewanella vesiculosa Bozal et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ve.si.cu.lo’sa. L. fem. adj. vesiculosa, full of blisters, vesiculous

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: s͡he-wa-NEL-la we-si-ku-LO-sa, feminine

Type strain: CECT 7339; LMG 24424; M7

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KT184927 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Bozal N, Montes MJ, Minana-Galbis D, Manresa A, Mercade E. Shewanella vesiculosa sp. nov., a psychrotolerant bacterium isolated from an Antarctic coastal area. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:336-340. 🇪🇸

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:926-927.

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 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 19 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, Minana-Galbis D, Manresa A, Mercade E. Shewanella vesiculosa sp. nov., a psychrotolerant bacterium isolated from an Antarctic coastal area. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:336-340. 🇪🇸

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Species Shewanella vesiculosa

Species ***Shewanella* *vesiculosa***