@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-49-2-405, author = "Coenye, Tom and Falsen, Enevold and Vancanneyt, Marc and Hoste, Bart and Govan, John R. W. and Kersters, Karel and Vandamme, Peter", title = "Classification of Alcaligenes faecalis-like isolates from the environment and human clinical samples as Ralstonia gilardii sp. nov.", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "1999", volume = "49", number = "2", pages = "405-413", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-49-2-405", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-49-2-405", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", keywords = "Ralstonia gilardii sp. nov.", keywords = "Ralstonia eutropha", keywords = "taxonomy", abstract = "A polyphasic taxonomic study that included DNA-DNA hybridizations, DNA base ratio determinations, 16S rDNA sequence analysis, whole-cell protein and fatty acid analyses, AFLP (amplified fragment length polymorphism) fingerprinting and an extensive biochemical characterization was performed on 10 strains provisionally identified as Alcaligenes faecalis-like bacteria. The six environmental and four human isolates belonged to the genus Ralstonia and were assigned to a new species for which the name Ralstonia gilardii sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is LMG 5886T.", }