%0 Journal Article %A Weiner, R. M. %A Coyne, V. E. %A Brayton, P. %A West, P. %A Raiken, S. F. %T Alteromonas colwelliana sp. nov., an Isolate from Oyster Habitats %D 1988 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 38 %N 3 %P 240-244 %@ 1466-5034 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-38-3-240 %I Microbiology Society, %X A new species of Alteromonas, for which the name Alteromonas colwelliana is proposed, is described. This organism is a gram-negative, marine, aerobic, polarly flagellated rod-shaped bacterium that can grow as filamentous helices, synthesize melanin, and excrete acidic polysaccharide exopolymer. Its deoxyribonucleic acid has a guanine-plus-cytosine content of 46 mol% and less than 20% homology with the deoxyribonucleic acids of other phenotypically related species. The type strain is A. colwelliana LST-W (= ATCC 39565). %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-38-3-240