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Species Shewanella waksmanii
Name: Shewanella waksmanii Ivanova et al. 2003
Etymology: waks.ma’ni.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. waksmanii, in honour of the 1952 Nobel Laureate in Physiology and Medicine, Selman A. Waksman, who isolated and characterized a number of microbial antibiotics and who made an important contribution to development of marine bacteriology
Pronunciation, gender: waks-MA-ni-i, feminine
Type strain: ATCC BAA-643; CIP 107701; KMM 3823
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AY170366
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FASTA
Valid publication:
Ivanova EP, Nedashkovskaya OI, Zhukova NV, Nicolau DV, Christen R, Mikhailov VV. Shewanella waksmanii sp. nov., isolated from a sipuncula (Phascolosoma japonicum). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1471-1477. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:3-6.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Emendations:
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Wang et al. 2016
Wang Y, Chen H, Liu Z, Ming H, Zhou C, Zhu X, Zhang P, Jing C, Feng H. Shewanella gelidii sp. nov., isolated from the red algae Gelidium amansii, and emended description of Shewanella waksmanii. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2899-2905.
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4306-4309.
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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.
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Wang et al. 2016
Wang Y, Chen H, Liu Z, Ming H, Zhou C, Zhu X, Zhang P, Jing C, Feng H. Shewanella gelidii sp. nov., isolated from the red algae Gelidium amansii, and emended description of Shewanella waksmanii. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2899-2905.
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Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.02968 (N = 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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 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.
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🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project.
Publication:
Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.
Parent taxon: Shewanella MacDonell and Colwell 1986
Assigned by:
Ivanova EP, Nedashkovskaya OI, Zhukova NV, Nicolau DV, Christen R, Mikhailov VV. Shewanella waksmanii sp. nov., isolated from a sipuncula (Phascolosoma japonicum). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1471-1477.
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Record number: 784905
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