RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Segers, P. A1 Vancanneyt, M. A1 Pot, B. A1 Torck, U. A1 Hoste, B. A1 Dewettinck, D. A1 Falsen, E. A1 Kersters, K. A1 De Vos, P.YR 1994 T1 Classification of Pseudomonas diminuta Leifson and Hugh 1954 and Pseudomonas vesicularis Büsing, Döll, and Freytag 1953 in Brevundimonas gen. nov. as Brevundimonas diminuta comb. nov. and Brevundimonas vesicularis comb, nov., Respectively JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 44 IS 3 SP 499 OP 510 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-44-3-499 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB Abstract The taxonomic positions of strains previously assigned to Pseudomonas diminuta and Pseudomonas vesicularis were investigated by a polyphasic approach. The results of DNA-rRNA hybridization studies indicated that these two species belong to a separate genus in the a subclass (rRNA superfamily IV) of the Proteobacteria, for which the name Brevundimonas is proposed. Genus delineation and species delineation were determined by comparing the results of numerical analyses of whole-cell protein patterns, fatty acid compositions, and phenotypic characteristics and by measuring DNA base ratios and degrees of DNA relatedness. Taxonomic characteristics of Brevundimonas diminuta and Brevundimonas vesicularis strains were compared with characteristics of reference strains belonging to the following phylogenetically related taxa: a group of organisms gathered in Enevold Falsen group 21, the genera Sphingomonas and Rhizomonas, and the generically misclassified organisms [Pseudomonas] echinoides and “[Pseudomonas] riboflavina.”, UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-44-3-499