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Shewanella

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Kingdom
  
Higher classification
  
Shewanellaceae

Phylum
  
Proteobacteria

Scientific name
  
Shewanella

Rank
  
Genus

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Family
  
ShewanellaceaeIvanova et al. 2004

Lower classifications
  
Shewanella oneidensis, Shewanella putrefaciens, Shewanella algae

Shewanella oneidensis


Shewanella is the sole genus included in the Shewanellaceae family of marine bacteria, some species within it were formerly classed as Alteromonas. Shewanella bacteria are a normal component of the surface flora of fish and are implicated in fish spoilage.

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Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 is a widely used laboratory model to study anaerobic respiration of metals and other anaerobic extracellular electron acceptors, and for teaching about microbial electrogenesis and microbial fuel cells.

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Shewanella donates electrons to a fuel cell anode


Diet

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Shewanella species respire a variety of electrons acceptors in anoxic conditions, many of which are located extracellularly. The mechanism for extracellular electron transfer involves c-type cytochromes that span the inner and outer membranes and "bacterial nanowires".

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References

Shewanella Wikipedia