@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-47-2-566, author = "SLY, L. I. and CAHILL, MARIAN M.", title = "Transfer of Blastobacter natatorius (Sly 1985) to the Genus Blastomonas gen. nov. as Blastomonas natatoria comb. nov.", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "1997", volume = "47", number = "2", pages = "566-568", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-47-2-566", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-47-2-566", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "The budding bacterium Blastobacter natatorius belongs to the alpha-4 group of the Proteobacteria and clusters phylogenetically on a deep branch with Sphingomonas capsulata, with which it shares 93.9% 16S rRNA sequence similarity. On phylogenetic, phenotypic, and chemotaxonomic grounds a proposal is made to transfer B. natatorius to the genus Blastomonas gen. nov. as Blastomonas natatoria comb. nov.", }