Shewanella oneidensis

Shewanella oneidensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Alteromonadales
Family: Shewanellaceae
Genus: Shewanella
Species:
S. oneidensis
Binomial name
Shewanella oneidensis
Venkateswaran et al. 1999

Shewanella oneidensis is a bacterium notable for its ability to reduce metal ions and live in environments with or without oxygen. This proteobacterium was first isolated from Lake Oneida, NY in 1988, hence its name.[1]

Shewanella oneidensis is a facultative bacterium, capable of surviving and proliferating in both aerobic and anaerobic conditions. The special interest in S. oneidensis MR-1 revolves around its behavior in an anaerobic environment contaminated by heavy metals such as iron, lead and uranium. Experiments suggest it may reduce ionic mercury to elemental mercury[2] and ionic silver to elemental silver.[3] Cellular respiration for these bacteria is not restricted to heavy metals though; the bacteria can also target sulfates, nitrates and chromates when grown anaerobically.

  1. ^ Venkateswaran, K.; Moser, D. P.; Dollhopf, M. E.; Lies, D. P.; Saffarini, D. A.; MacGregor, B. J.; Ringelberg, D. B.; White, D. C.; Nishijima, M.; Sano, H.; Burghardt, J.; Stackebrandt, E.; Nealson, K. H. (1999). "Polyphasic taxonomy of the genus Shewanella and description of Shewanella oneidensis sp. nov". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 49 (2): 705–724. doi:10.1099/00207713-49-2-705. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 10319494.
  2. ^ Wiatrowski HA; Ward PM; Barkay T. (2006). "Novel reduction of mercury (II) by mercury-sensitive dissimilatory metal reducing bacteria". Environmental Science and Technology. 40 (21): 6690–6696. Bibcode:2006EnST...40.6690W. doi:10.1021/es061046g. PMID 17144297.
  3. ^ Ng CK, Sivakumar K, Liu X, Madhaiyan M, Ji L, Yang L, Tang C, Song H, Kjelleberg S, Cao B (2013). "Influence of outer membrane c-type cytochromes on particle size and activity of extracellular nanoparticles produced by Shewanella oneidensis". Biotechnol. Bioeng. 110 (7): 1831–1837. doi:10.1002/bit.24856. PMID 23381725. S2CID 5903382.