RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 COLWELL, R. R. A1 MACDONELL, M. T. A1 DE LEY, J.YR 1986 T1 Proposal to Recognize the Family Aeromonadaceae fam. nov. JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 36 IS 3 SP 473 OP 477 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-36-3-473 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB The genus Aeromonas is currently allocated, primarily on the basis of phenotypic expression, to the eubacterial family Vibrionaceae. However, a sizeable collection of molecular genetic evidence, including 16S ribosomal ribonucleic acid catalog, 5S ribosomal ribonucleic acid sequence, and ribosomal ribonucleic acid-deoxyribonucleic acid hybridization data, indicates that Aeromonas spp. possess an evolutionary history sufficiently different from that of the Vibrionaceae to warrant removal from this family. The phylogenetic locus (i.e., intermediate between the families Enterobacteriaceae and Vibrionaceae) and phylogenetic depth of the genus Aeromonas suggest that Aeromonas spp. represent a discrete family of eubacteria, for which the name Aeromonadaceae fam. nov. is proposed., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-36-3-473