Shewanella putrefaciens (Lee et al. 1981) MacDonell and Colwell 1986 Alteromonas putrefaciens (ex Derby and Hammer 1931) Lee et al. 1981 List Editor Validation List no. 20. Validation of the publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. 1986 36 2 354 356 International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology Int J Syst Bacteriol 0020-7713 10.1099/00207713-36-2-354 Gauthier G. Gauthier M. Christen R. Phylogenetic analysis of the genera Alteromonas, Shewanella, and Moritella using genes coding for small-subunit rRNA sequences and division of the genus Alteromonas into two genera, Alteromonas (emended) and Pseudoalteromonas gen. nov., and proposal of twelve new species combinations. 1995 45 4 755 761 International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology Int J Syst Bacteriol 0020-7713 10.1099/00207713-45-4-755 7547295 GenBank erroneously lists LMG 26268 as the strain type for the 16S number X81623. This is a typo and BCCM/LMG confirms that LMG 2268 is equivalent to the type strain ATCC 8071