The recently proposed species Aeromonas sharmana sp. nov., isolate GPTSA-6T, is not a member of the genus Aeromonas

Authors

  • Antonio J. Martínez-Murcia Molecular Diagnostics Center (MDC), Biomolecular Technologies SL, and Miguel Hernández University, Orihuela, Alicante, Spain
  • María J. Figueras Microbiology Unit, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Rovira i Virgili University, Reus, Spain
  • María J. Saavedra Molecular Diagnostics Center (MDC), Biomolecular Technologies SL, and Miguel Hernández University, Orihuela, Alicante, Spain Department of Veterinary Sciences, CECAV-University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal
  • Erko Stackebrandt DSMZDeutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH, Braunschweig, Germany

Keywords:

Aeromonas sharmana, Aeromonas, phylogenetic analysis, phenotypic characterization

Abstract

A new species of the genus Aeromonas, Aeromonas sharmana sp. nov., was recently described on the basis of a single isolate, strain GPTSA-6T, obtained from a warm spring in India. The description of this new species included biochemical characterization, antibiotic susceptibility, cellular fatty-acid profiles, and 16S rRNA gene sequencing, but not DNADNA hybridization data. In the present article, phylogenetic analysis (branch distances in the tree and nucleotide signatures) of the 16S rRNA of isolate GPTSA-6T, together with certain phenotypic characteristics of the isolate reported in the earlier description, clearly indicate that this microorganism does not belong to the genus Aeromonas as known to date, although it falls within the radiation of the family Aeromonadaceae. Emendation from the List of Prokaryotic Names with Standing in Nomenclature is consequently proposed. [Int Microbiol 2007; 10(1):61-64]

Author Biographies

Antonio J. Martínez-Murcia, Molecular Diagnostics Center (MDC), Biomolecular Technologies SL, and Miguel Hernández University, Orihuela, Alicante, Spain

Molecular Diagnostics Center (MDC), Biomolecular Technologies SL, and Miguel Hernández University, Orihuela, Alicante, Spain

María J. Figueras, Microbiology Unit, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Rovira i Virgili University, Reus, Spain

Microbiology Unit, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Rovira i Virgili University, Reus, Spain

María J. Saavedra, Molecular Diagnostics Center (MDC), Biomolecular Technologies SL, and Miguel Hernández University, Orihuela, Alicante, Spain Department of Veterinary Sciences, CECAV-University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal

Molecular Diagnostics Center (MDC), Biomolecular Technologies SL, and Miguel Hernández University, Orihuela, Alicante, Spain Department of Veterinary Sciences, CECAV-University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal

Erko Stackebrandt, DSMZDeutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH, Braunschweig, Germany

DSMZDeutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH, Braunschweig, Germany

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2010-01-27

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Research Notes