%0 Journal Article %A Ziemke, Frank %A Höfle, Manfred G. %A Lalucat, Jorge %A Rosselló-Mora, Ramon %T Reclassification of Shewanella putrefaciens Owen’s genomic group II as Shewanella baltica sp. nov. %D 1998 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 48 %N 1 %P 179-186 %@ 1466-5034 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-48-1-179 %K 16S rRNA gene sequencing %K DNA-DNA hybridization %K Shewanella putrefaciens %K Shewanella baltica %I Microbiology Society, %X 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. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-48-1-179