| Shewanella frigidimarina | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Alteromonadales |
| Family: | Shewanellaceae |
| Genus: | Shewanella |
| Species: | S. frigidimarina'
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| Binomial name | |
| Shewanella frigidimarina' Bowman et al., 1997
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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.
- ^ 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.