RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Coenye, Tom A1 Vanlaere, Elke A1 Falsen, Enevold A1 Vandamme, PeterYR 2004 T1 Stenotrophomonas africana Drancourt et al. 1997 is a later synonym of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia (Hugh 1981) Palleroni and Bradbury 1993 JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 54 IS 4 SP 1235 OP 1237 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.63093-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB Type and reference strains of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia and Stenotrophomonas africana were compared with each other and with the type strains of other Stenotrophomonas species, using SDS-PAGE of whole-cell proteins, DNA–DNA hybridization and extensive biochemical characterization. S. maltophilia LMG 958T and S. africana LMG 22072T had very similar whole-cell-protein patterns and were also biochemically very similar. A DNA–DNA binding level of 70 % between both type strains confirmed that S. africana and S. maltophilia represent the same taxon. It is concluded that S. africana is a later synonym of S. maltophilia., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.63093-0