RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Ziemke, Frank A1 Höfle, Manfred G. A1 Lalucat, Jorge A1 Rosselló-Mora, RamonYR 1998 T1 Reclassification of Shewanella putrefaciens Owen’s genomic group II as Shewanella baltica sp. nov. JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 48 IS 1 SP 179 OP 186 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-48-1-179 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB 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., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-48-1-179