title: Reclassification of Aeromonas hydrophila subspecies anaerogenes.
abstract: Technological advances together with the continuous description of new taxa have led to frequent reclassifications in bacterial taxonomy. In this study, an extensive bibliographic revision, as well as a sequence analysis of nine housekeeping genes (cpn60, dnaJ, dnaX, gyrA, gyrB, mdh, recA, rpoB and rpoD) and a phenotypic identification of Aeromonas hydrophila subspecies anaerogenes were performed. All data obtained from previous physiological, phylogenetic, and DNA-DNA hybridization studies together with those presented in this study suggested that A. hydrophila subspecies anaerogenes belonged to the species Aeromonas caviae rather than A. hydrophila. Therefore, the inclusion of A. hydrophila subsp. anaerogenes in the species A. caviae is proposed.
authors.affiliation: Departament de Microbiologia i Parasitologia Sanitàries, Facultat de Farmàcia, Universitat de Barcelona, Av. Joan XXIII s/n, 08028 Barcelona, Spain. davidminyana@ub.edu
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Miñana-Galbis
authors.forename: Maribel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Farfán
authors.forename: Vicenta
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Albarral
authors.forename: Ariadna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sanglas
authors.forename: J Gaspar
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Lorén
authors.forename: M Carmen
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Fusté
mesh_terms: D057585:Aeromonas caviae / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D016980:Aeromonas hydrophila / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial