Shewanella decolorationis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Proteobacteria |
Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
Order: | Alteromonadales |
Family: | Shewanellaceae |
Genus: | Shewanella |
Species: | S. decolorationis |
Binomial name | |
Shewanella decolorationis Xu et al. 2005 |
Shewanella decolorationis is a gram-negative, dye-decolorizing bacterium first isolated from activated sludge of a waste-water treatment plant. It is motile by means of a single polar flagellum. The type strain is S12T (=CCTCC M 203093T =IAM 15094T). Its genome has been sequenced.