Shewanella gelidimarina

Shewanella gelidimarina is a species of bacteria, notable for being an Antarctic species with the ability to produce eicosapentaenoic acid. It grows anaerobically by dissimilatory Fe (III) reduction.[1][2] Its cells are motile and rod shaped. ACAM 456 is its type strain.

Shewanella gelidimarina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Proteobacteria
Class:
Gammaproteobacteria
Order:
Alteromonadales
Family:
Shewanellaceae
Genus:
Shewanella
Species:
Shewanella gelidimarina

Bowman et al., 1997

References
  1. Reyes-Ramirez, F.; Dobbin, P.; Sawers, G.; Richardson, D. J. (2003). "Characterization of Transcriptional Regulation of Shewanella frigidimarina Fe(III)-Induced Flavocytochrome c Reveals a Novel Iron-Responsive Gene Regulation System". Journal of Bacteriology. 185 (15): 4564–4571. doi:10.1128/JB.185.15.4564-4571.2003. ISSN 0021-9193. PMC 165765.
  2. Bowman, J. P.; McCammon, S. A.; Nichols, D. S.; Skerratt, J. H.; Rea, S. M.; Nichols, P. D.; McMeekin, T. A. (1997). "Shewanella gelidimarina sp. nov. and Shewanella frigidimarina sp. nov., Novel Antarctic Species with the Ability To Produce Eicosapentaenoic Acid (20:5 3) and Grow Anaerobically by Dissimilatory Fe(III) Reduction". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 47 (4): 1040–1047. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-4-1040. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 9336903.

Further reading
  • Stapleton Jr, R. D., and V. P. Singh, eds. Biotransformations: Bioremediation Technology for Health and Environmental Protection: Bioremediation Technology for Health and Environmental Protection. Vol. 36. Access Online via Elsevier, 2002.
  • Nichols, D. S.; Olley, J.; Garda, H.; Brenner, R. R.; McMeekin, T. A. (2000). "Effect of Temperature and Salinity Stress on Growth and Lipid Composition of Shewanella gelidimarina". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 66 (6): 2422–2429. doi:10.1128/AEM.66.6.2422-2429.2000. ISSN 0099-2240. PMC 110550.
  • Pakchung, Amalie A. H.; Soe, Cho Z.; Codd, Rachel (2008). "Studies of Iron-Uptake Mechanisms in Two Bacterial Species of theShewanellaGenus Adapted to Middle-Range (Shewanella putrefaciens) or Antarctic (Shewanella gelidimarina) Temperatures". Chemistry & Biodiversity. 5 (10): 2113–2123. doi:10.1002/cbdv.200890192. ISSN 1612-1872.
  • Nealson, Kenneth H.; Scott, James (2006). "Ecophysiology of the Genus Shewanella". The Prokaryotes: 1133–1151. doi:10.1007/0-387-30746-X_45.


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