Shewanella algae

Shewanella algae is a rod-shaped Gram-negative marine bacterium.

Shewanella algae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Proteobacteria
Class:
Gamma Proteobacteria
Order:
Alteromonadales
Family:
Shewanellaceae
Genus:
Shewanella
Species:
S. algae
Binomial name
Shewanella algae
Simidu et al. 1990[1]

Description

S. algae cells are rod-shaped and straight. They can grow on Salmonella-Shigella agar and form yellow-orange or brown colonies. They produce the toxin tetrodotoxin and can infected humans.[2]

Shewanella Algae Found in Humans

Shewanella Algae is found naturally in wildlife such as certain marine environments but can also exist as a pathogen in humans where they live in soft tissue and produce hemolytic substance or exotoxins. Humans with Shewanella Algae in their system can be immunocompromised.[3] The ingestion of this algae through raw seafood can cause it to grow in one's soft tissue and develop these neurotoxins which, if left untreated, can cause infections or disease.[4] Among the several dozen strains of Shewanella Algae, it is found that S. alga is the most commonly found strain in human illnesses.[5]

Metabolism

S. algae is a facultative anaerobe with the ability to reduce iron, uranium and plutonium metabolically. When no oxygen is available, it can use metal cations as the terminal electron acceptor in the electron transport chain.

S. algae is of great interest to the United States Department of Energy because of its ability to reduce the amount of radioactive waste in groundwater by making it less soluble. An example would be:

References
  1. Parte, A.C. "Shewanella". LPSN.
  2. Nozue, H; Hayashi, T; Hashimoto, Y; Ezaki, T; Hamasaki, K; Ohwada, K; Terawaki, Y (1992). "Isolation and Characterization of Shewanella alga from Human Clinical Specimens and Emendation of the Description of S. Alga Simidu et al., 1990, 335". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 42 (4): 628. doi:10.1099/00207713-42-4-628. PMID 1390113.
  3. Sumathi, B. G.; Kumarswamy, S. R.; Amritam, Usha; Arjunan, Ravi (2014). "Shewanella algae: First case report of the fast emerging marine pathogen from squamous cell carcinoma patient in India". South Asian Journal of Cancer. 3 (3): 188–189. doi:10.4103/2278-330X.136819. ISSN 2278-330X. PMC 4134617. PMID 25136533.
  4. Tseng, Shu-Ying; Liu, Po-Yu; Lee, Yi-Hsuan; Wu, Zong-Yen; Huang, Chiu-Chen; Cheng, Ching-Chang; Tung, Kwong-Chung (2018-09-27). "The Pathogenicity of Shewanella algae and Ability to Tolerate a Wide Range of Temperatures and Salinities". Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
  5. Khashe, Shideh; Janda, J. Michael (1998-03-01). "Biochemical and Pathogenic Properties ofShewanella alga and Shewanella putrefaciens". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 36 (3): 783–787. doi:10.1128/JCM.36.3.783-787.1998. ISSN 0095-1137. PMID 9508312.


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