Thirty-four strains of nonfermentative, respiratory, luminous bacteria were isolated from samples of squid
ink and seawater from depths of 200 to 300 m in the Alboran Sea. Although these strains had a few properties
similar to properties of Shewanella (Alteromonas) hanedai, they did not cluster phenotypically with any previously
described bacterium. The nucleotide sequence of a 740-bp segment of luxA was not homologous with other
known luxA sequences but clustered with the luxA sequences of Shewanella hanedai, Vibrio logei, Vibrio fischeri,
and Photobacterium species. The 16S RNA gene from two strains was sequenced and was found to be most
closely related to the S. hanedai 16S RNA gene. Based on the differences observed, we describe the new isolates
as members of a new species, Shewanella woodyi sp. nov. Strain ATCC 51908 ( = MS32) is the type strain of this
new species.
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Thirty-four strains of nonfermentative, respiratory, luminous bacteria were isolated from samples of squid
ink and seawater from depths of 200 to 300 m in the Alboran Sea. Although these strains had a few properties
similar to properties of Shewanella (Alteromonas) hanedai, they did not cluster phenotypically with any previously
described bacterium. The nucleotide sequence of a 740-bp segment of luxA was not homologous with other
known luxA sequences but clustered with the luxA sequences of Shewanella hanedai, Vibrio logei, Vibrio fischeri,
and Photobacterium species. The 16S RNA gene from two strains was sequenced and was found to be most
closely related to the S. hanedai 16S RNA gene. Based on the differences observed, we describe the new isolates
as members of a new species, Shewanella woodyi sp. nov. Strain ATCC 51908 ( = MS32) is the type strain of this
new species.
ink and seawater from depths of 200 to 300 m in the Alboran Sea. Although these strains had a few properties
similar to properties of Shewanella (Alteromonas) hanedai, they did not cluster phenotypically with any previously
described bacterium. The nucleotide sequence of a 740-bp segment of luxA was not homologous with other
known luxA sequences but clustered with the luxA sequences of Shewanella hanedai, Vibrio logei, Vibrio fischeri,
and Photobacterium species. The 16S RNA gene from two strains was sequenced and was found to be most
closely related to the S. hanedai 16S RNA gene. Based on the differences observed, we describe the new isolates
as members of a new species, Shewanella woodyi sp. nov. Strain ATCC 51908 ( = MS32) is the type strain of this
new species.
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with the final publication available and may be cited as. Makemson, J. C., Fulayfil, N. R., Landry, W.,
Van Ert, L. M., Wimpee, C. F., Widder, E. A., & Case, J. F. (1997). Shewanella woodyi sp. nov., an
exclusively respiratory luminous bacterium isolated from the Alboran Sea. International Journal of
Systematic Bacteriology, 47(4), 1034-1039.
with the final publication available and may be cited as. Makemson, J. C., Fulayfil, N. R., Landry, W.,
Van Ert, L. M., Wimpee, C. F., Widder, E. A., & Case, J. F. (1997). Shewanella woodyi sp. nov., an
exclusively respiratory luminous bacterium isolated from the Alboran Sea. International Journal of
Systematic Bacteriology, 47(4), 1034-1039.
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Shewanella woodyi sp. nov., anexclusively respiratory luminous bacterium isolated from the Alboran Sea
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International Union of Microbiological Societies.
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Shewanella woodyi sp. nov., anexclusively respiratory luminous bacterium isolated from the Alboran Sea
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Shewanella woodyi sp. nov., anexclusively respiratory luminous bacterium isolated from the Alboran Sea