Shewanella benthica

{{Short description|Species of bacterium}}

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| genus = Shewanella

| species = benthica

| authority = MacDonell and Colwell 1986{{cite journal|last1=Parte|first1=A.C.|title=Shewanella|journal=LPSN|url=https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/shewanella}}

| type_strain = ATCC 43992, DSM 8812, UM 145, W 145

| type_strain_ref = {{cite journal|title=Shewanella benthica Taxon Passport - StrainInfo|website=www.straininfo.net|url=http://www.straininfo.net/taxa/7305|language=en}}

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Shewanella benthica is an obligately piezophilic bacterium from the genus Shewanella that has been isolated from the sea cucumber Psychropotes longicauda from the Walvis Ridge.{{cite journal|title=Shewanella benthica|website=www.uniprot.org|url=https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/43661|language=en}}{{cite journal|last1=Parker|first1=Charles Thomas|last2=Wigley|first2=Sarah|last3=Garrity|first3=George M|editor1-first=Charles Thomas|editor1-last=Parker|editor2-first=George M|editor2-last=Garrity|title=Nomenclature Abstract for Shewanella benthica MacDonell and Colwell 1986.|journal=The Names for Life Abstracts|year=2009|doi=10.1601/nm.2919|language=en}}{{cite journal|title=Details: DSM-8812|website=www.dsmz.de|url=https://www.dsmz.de/catalogues/details/culture/DSM-8812.html|language=en}}{{cite journal|last1=Lauro|first1=F. M.|last2=Chastain|first2=R. A.|last3=Ferriera|first3=S.|last4=Johnson|first4=J.|last5=Yayanos|first5=A. A.|last6=Bartlett|first6=D. H.|title=Draft Genome Sequence of the Deep-Sea Bacterium Shewanella benthica Strain KT99|journal=Genome Announcements|date=30 May 2013|volume=1|issue=3|pages=e00210-13–e00210-13|doi=10.1128/genomeA.00210-13|pmid=23723392|pmc=3668000}}{{cite book|last1=Barton|first1=Larry|title=Structural and Functional Relationships in Prokaryotes|url=https://archive.org/details/Structural_and_Functional_Relationships_in_Prokaryotes_by_Larry_Barton|date=2005|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=9780387207087|language=en}} It was discovered at a depth of 10,898 meters by Japan Marine Science and Technology Center scientists using the Kaikō ROV in 1996.{{cite journal |last1=Kato |first1=Chiaki |last2=Li |first2=Lina |last3=Nogi |first3=Yuichi |last4=Nakamura |first4=Yuka |last5=Tamaoka |first5=Jin |last6=Horikoshi |first6=Koki |title=Extremely Barophilic Bacteria Isolated from the Mariana Trench, Challenger Deep, at a Depth of 11,000 Meters |journal=Applied and Environmental Microbiology |date=April 1998 |volume=64 |issue=4 |pages=1510–1513 |doi=10.1128/AEM.64.4.1510-1513.1998 |pmid=9546187 |pmc=106178 |bibcode=1998ApEnM..64.1510K |issn=0099-2240}}