Shewanella chilikensis

{{Short description|Species of bacterium}}

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| genus = Shewanella

| species = chilikensis

| authority = Sucharita et al. 2009{{cite journal|last1=Parte|first1=A.C.|title=Shewanella|journal=LPSN|url=https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/shewanella}}

| type_strain = CCUG 57101, KCTC 22540, NBRC 105217, JC5T

| type_strain_ref = {{cite journal|title=Shewanella chilikensis|website=www.uniprot.org|url=https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/558541|language=en}}

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Shewanella chilikensis is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped, facultatively anaerobic and motile bacterium from the genus Shewanella which has been isolated from sediments from the Chilika Lagoon in India and marine sponges of Saint Martin's Island of the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh.{{cite journal|last1=Parker|first1=Charles Thomas|last2=Taylor|first2=Dorothea|last3=Garrity|first3=George M|editor1-first=Charles Thomas|editor1-last=Parker|editor2-first=George M|editor2-last=Garrity|title=Nomenclature Abstract for Shewanella chilikensis Sucharita et al. 2009.|journal=The NamesforLife Abstracts|year=2009|doi=10.1601/nm.14929|language=en}}{{cite journal|last1=Sucharita|first1=K|last2=Sasikala|first2=Ch|last3=Park|first3=SC|last4=Baik|first4=KS|last5=Seong|first5=CN|last6=Ramana|first6=ChV|title=Shewanella chilikensis sp. nov., a moderately alkaliphilic gammaproteobacterium isolated from a lagoon.|journal=International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology|date=December 2009|volume=59|issue=Pt 12|pages=3111–5|doi=10.1099/ijs.0.010918-0|pmid=19643885|doi-access=free}}{{Cite journal|date=2021-12-15|title=Identification of marine sponge-associated bacteria of the Saint Martin's island of the Bay of Bengal emphasizing on the prevention of motile Aeromonas septicemia in Labeo rohita|url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S004484862100819X|journal=Aquaculture|language=en|volume=545|pages=737156|doi=10.1016/j.aquaculture.2021.737156|issn=0044-8486|last1=Paul |first1=Sulav Indra |last2=Rahman |first2=Md. Mahbubur |last3=Salam |first3=Mohammad Abdus |last4=Khan |first4=Md. Arifur Rahman |last5=Islam |first5=Md. Tofazzal |bibcode=2021Aquac.54537156P |url-access=subscription }} Shewanella chilikensis are highly salt tolerant and commonly found in marine environment.