%0 Journal Article %A Gavini, F. %A Ferragut, C. %A Izard, D. %A Trinel, P. A. %A Leclerc, H. %A Lefebvre, B. %A Mossel, D. A. A. %T Serratia fonticola, a New Species from Water %D 1979 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 29 %N 2 %P 92-101 %@ 1466-5034 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-29-2-92 %I Microbiology Society, %X Twenty strains of Enterobacteriaceae isolated from water are assigned to a new species in the genus Serratia on the basis of phenetic (numerical analysis) and genetic (deoxyribonucleic acid [DNA]-DNA hybridization) evidence. They are closely related to each other (75 to 91% DNA-DNA relatedness) and show 50% DNA relatedness with species of Serratia but only 20 to 30% relatedness with other members of the family Enterobacteriaceae. The strains are acetoin, gelatinase, and deoxyribonuclease negative, but lysine, ornithine decarboxylase, and Tween-esterase positive. They are metabolically very active, fermenting all the sugars and alcohols tested except melezitose, inulin and sorbose. The name Serratia fonticola is proposed for these strains. Strain 11 (= ATCC 29844) is the type strain of the species. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-29-2-92