Whole-Genome Sequencing Redefines Shewanella Taxonomy

K Thorell, JP Meier-Kolthoff, Å Sjöling… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The genus Shewanella encompasses a diverse group of Gram negative, primarily aquatic
bacteria with a remarkable ecological relevance, an outstanding set of metabolic features …

Whole genome-based taxonomy of Shewanella and Parashewanella

AJ Martín-Rodríguez… - International Journal of …, 2022 - microbiologyresearch.org
The family Shewanellaceae currently comprises three genera, Shewanella, Parashewanella
and Psychrobium, the latter represented by a single species. From the second half of the …

Proposed nomenclature or classification changes for bacteria of medical importance: taxonomic update 5

JM Janda - Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, 2020 - Elsevier
A key aspect of medical, public health, and diagnostic microbiology laboratories is the
accurate identification and rapid reporting and communication to medical staff regarding …

Emerging Infections Due to Shewanella spp.: A Case Series of 128 Cases Over 10 Years

WWS Ng, HP Shum, KKW To, S Sridhar - Frontiers in Medicine, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background Shewanella species are emerging pathogens that can cause severe
hepatobiliary, skin and soft tissue, gastrointestinal, respiratory infections, and bacteremia …

Phylogenetic analysis of Shewanella spp. isolated from fish

E Paździor, A Bomba, K Tłuścik… - Journal of Fish …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Different species of Shewanella spp. widely inhabit freshwater and marine environments.
Some of them are opportunistic fish pathogens. The application of high‐throughput …

Comparative genomics of cyclic di-GMP metabolism and chemosensory pathways in Shewanella algae strains: novel bacterial sensory domains and functional …

AJ Martín-Rodríguez, SM Higdon, K Thorell… - Msystems, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Shewanella spp. play important ecological and biogeochemical roles, due in part to their
versatile metabolism and swift integration of stimuli. While Shewanella spp. are primarily …

FastMLST: a multi-core tool for multilocus sequence typing of draft genome assemblies

E Guerrero-Araya, M Muñoz… - … and Biology Insights, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Multilocus Sequence Typing (MLST) is a precise microbial typing approach at the intra-
species level for epidemiologic and evolutionary purposes. It operates by assigning a …

Reduction of alternative electron acceptors drives biofilm formation in Shewanella algae

AJ Martín-Rodríguez, JA Reyes-Darias… - NPJ biofilms and …, 2021 - nature.com
Shewanella spp. possess a broad respiratory versatility, which contributes to the occupation
of hypoxic and anoxic environmental or host-associated niches. Here, we observe a strain …

Genetic Environment Surrounding blaOXA-55-like in Clinical Isolates of Shewanella algae Clade and Enhanced Expression of blaOXA-55-like in a Carbapenem …

Y Ohama, K Aoki, S Harada, T Nagasawa, T Sawabe… - Msphere, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Although Shewanella spp. are most frequently isolated from marine environments; more
rarely, they have been implicated in human infections. Shewanella spp. are also recognized …

Regulation of colony morphology and biofilm formation in Shewanella algae

AJ Martín‐Rodríguez, K Villion… - Microbial …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Bacterial colony morphology can reflect different physiological stages such as virulence or
biofilm formation. In this work we used transposon mutagenesis to identify genes that alter …