Shewanella frigidimarina

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Shewanella frigidimarina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Alteromonadales
Family: Shewanellaceae
Genus: Shewanella
Species: Shewanella frigidimarina
Bowman et al., 1997

Shewanella frigidimarina 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] Its cells are motile and rod shaped. ACAM 591 is its type strain.

References

  1. 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. 

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.
  • 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. pp. 1133–1151. doi:10.1007/0-387-30746-X_45. 
  • Fitzgerald, Lisa A.; Petersen, Emily R.; Leary, Dagmar H.; Nadeau, Lloyd J.; Soto, Carissa M.; Ray, Richard I.; Little, Brenda J.; Ringeisen, Bradley R.; Johnson, Glenn R.; Vora, Gary J.; Biffinger, Justin C. (2013). "Shewanella frigidimarina microbial fuel cells and the influence of divalent cations on current output". Biosensors and Bioelectronics 40 (1): 102–109. doi:10.1016/j.bios.2012.06.039. ISSN 0956-5663. 
  • Frolova, G. M.; Gumerova, P. A.; Romanenko, L. A.; Mikhailov, V. V. (2011). "Characterization of the lipids of psychrophilic bacteria Shewanella frigidimarina isolated from sea ice of the Sea of Japan". Microbiology 80 (1): 30–36. doi:10.1134/S0026261711010073. ISSN 0026-2617. 

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.