
Name DOI	10.1601/nm.2812
Name	Alteromonas colwelliana Weiner et al. 1988
Name Status	Validly Published
Current Authority	Weiner et al. 1988
Preferred Name	Shewanella colwelliana
Taxonomic Rank	species
Nomenclatural Type (designated strain)	Refer to the type exemplar.

Taxonomy	10.1601/tx.2812
Type Strain representative organism	LST-W^T (=ATCC 39565)


Proper Form	Alteromonas colwelliana Weiner et al. 1988
Nomenclatural History	The species Alteromonas colwelliana was originally described and validly published by Weiner et al. 1988. In 1989, Coyne et al. established Alteromonas colwelliana as the basonym of Shewanella colwelliana (Weiner et al. 1988) Coyne et al. 1990 .

Citation	When referring specifically to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier. Name Abstract for Alteromonas colwelliana Weiner et al. 1988.April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/nm.2812.
Source File	10.1601/nm.2812.xml

References

Weiner RM, Coyne VE, Brayton P, West P, Raiken SF. Alteromonas colwelliana sp. nov., an isolate from oyster habitats. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1988; 38:240-244. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-38-3-240.
Coyne VE, Pillidge CJ, Sledjeski DD, Hori H, Ortiz-Conde BA, Muir DG, Weiner RM, Colwell RR. Reclassification of Alteromonas colwelliana to the genus Shewanella by DNA-DNA hybridization, serolgy and 5S ribosomal RNA sequence data. Syst Appl Microbiol 1989; 12:275-279. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0723-2020(89)80074-8.