Stenotrophomonas africana Drancourt et al. 1997 is a later synonym of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia (Hugh 1981) Palleroni and Bradbury 1993.
Type and reference strains of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia and Stenotrophomonas africana were compared with each other and with the type strains of other Stenotrophomonas species, using SDS-PAGE of whole-cell proteins, DNA-DNA hybridization and extensive biochemical characterization. S. maltophilia LMG 958T and S. africana LMG 22072T had very similar whole-cell-protein patterns and were also biochemically very similar. A DNA-DNA binding level of 70% between both type strains confirmed that S. africana and S. maltophilia represent the same taxon. It is concluded that S. africana is a later synonym of S. maltophilia.
Laboratorium voor Microbiologie, Universiteit Gent, Gent, Belgium.
Tom
T
Coenye
Laboratorium voor Microbiologie, Universiteit Gent, Gent, Belgium.
Elke
E
Vanlaere
CCUG Culture Collection, University of Göteborg, Göteborg, Sweden.
Enevold
E
Falsen
Laboratorium voor Microbiologie, Universiteit Gent, Gent, Belgium.
Peter
P
Vandamme
D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010802:Phylogeny; D020543:Proteome; D020588:Stenotrophomonas / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D020543:Proteome