@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-48-1-179, author = "Ziemke, Frank and Höfle, Manfred G. and Lalucat, Jorge and Rosselló-Mora, Ramon", title = "Reclassification of Shewanella putrefaciens Owen’s genomic group II as Shewanella baltica sp. nov.", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "1998", volume = "48", number = "1", pages = "179-186", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-48-1-179", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-48-1-179", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", keywords = "16S rRNA gene sequencing", keywords = "DNA-DNA hybridization", keywords = "Shewanella putrefaciens", keywords = "Shewanella baltica", abstract = "The taxonomic relationship between several Shewanella putrefaciens isolates from the Baltic Sea and reference strains of this species is presented in this study. Results from DNA-DNA hybridization using a newly developed nonradioactive detection system and from 165 rRNA gene sequencing demonstrated that S. putrefaciens is a heterogeneous species containing more than a single genomic group. The genomic group II was phylogenetically, genotypically and phenotypically distant enough from the species type strain to be classified as a single species within the genus Shewanella. Therefore, we propose to reclassify Owen’s genomic group II as Shewanella baltica sp. nov. with the type strain NCTC 10735.", }