Shewanella putrefaciens is a acquatic Gramnegative bacterium that was originally isolated from the sediments
of Lake Oneida It has been isolated from marine environments. S.
putrefaciens is an important model organism for bioremediation
because of its diverse respiratory capabilities conferred by
multicompetents systems and besides that, also use branched
electron system. S. putrefaciens is a facultatively aerobe,
however the diverse respiratoy capacity such as anaerobic
conditions offer an ability and a advantage to reduce iron and
other oxidized metals metabolically by terminal electron acceptors
chain (in contrast to obligate aerobes which must use oxygen for
this purpose), these metals includes manganese and iron. The
bacterium have the capacity to thrive at low temperatures and the
Genome analysis predicts energy-generating pathways for many
fermentative end products (e.g., acetate, fumarate, pyruvate), that
analisis also shows the presence for metabolic pathways for
sugars and glycerol. In this way S. putrefaciens have several
biotechnological uses, so it can be widely applied in waste
containing high concentrations of metals such as waste frying oils
which bind to metals varied depending on the tool used.
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