Species ***Shewanella* *violacea***

Name: Shewanella violacea Nogi et al. 1999

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: vi.o.la’ce.a. L. fem. adj. violacea, violet-colored, violet

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: s͡he-wa-NEL-la wi-o-LA-ke-a, feminine

Type strain: CIP 106290; DSS12; JCM 10179; LMG 19151

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: D21225 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Nogi Y, Kato C, Horikoshi K. Taxonomic studies of deep-sea barophilic Shewanella strains and description of Shewanella violacea sp. nov. Arch Microbiol 1998; 170:331-338. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 69. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:341-342.

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 0.03175 (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 49 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: Nogi Y, Kato C, Horikoshi K. Taxonomic studies of deep-sea barophilic Shewanella strains and description of Shewanella violacea sp. nov. Arch Microbiol 1998; 170:331-338. 🇯🇵

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Species Shewanella violacea

Species ***Shewanella* *violacea***