Evaluation of the Genus Listonella and Reassignment of Listonella damsela (Love et al.) MacDonell and Colwell to the Genus Photobacterium as Photobacterium damsela comb. nov. with an Emended Description

Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of Vibrio viscosus sp. nov. and Vibrio wodanis sp. nov. isolated from Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) with 'winter ulcer'.

“…V. wodanis is easily differentiated from all Vibrio and Vibrio-like species on the basis of DNA relatedness (Table 8). The polynucleotide sequence relationship between V. ordalii and V. anguillarum strains has been estimated by Schiewe et al (1981) Photobacterium present a problem that still has not been satisfactorily resolved (L. Baumann et al, 1980 ;Baumann et al, 1983 ;Gauthier et al, 1995 ;MacDonell & Colwell, 1985 ;Reichelt et al, 1976 ;Smith et al, 1991). There is agreement that the genus contains Photobacterium phosphoreum, Photobacterium angustum and Photobacterium leiognathi.…”

Numerical Taxonomy of Gram-Negative, Oxidase-Positive Rods from Carcharhinid Sharks

“…In addition, MacDonell and Colwell (18) previously used 5s rRNA sequence data to propose a new genus, Listonella, to which V. damsela and five additional species (Vibrio aestuarianus, V. anguillarum, Vibrio ordalii, Vibrio pelagius, and V. tubiashii) were assigned (18, 21, 22). Since Smith et al (25) did not employ either molecular methods or numerical analysis, the scientific validity of their proposal must be investigated further.…”

Biodiversity of Vibrios

“…The genus Shewanella is currently found within the family Alteromonadaceae, but the genus Listonella, which would encompass the species V. anguillarum, V. pelagius, and P. damselae, has not been recognized by many expert taxonomists in the field (11,246). Further phenotypic and phylogenetic studies clearly showed that these three species should be retained in their original genera (98,208,358). The use of 5S rRNA to reconstruct the phylogeny is clearly of limited use (312), probably due to its small size (ca.…”