| description of shewanella glacialipiscicola sp. nov. and shewanella algidipiscicola sp. nov., isolated from marine fish of the danish baltic sea, and proposal that shewanella affinis is a later heterotypic synonym of shewanella colwelliana. | two novel species belonging to the genus shewanella are described on the basis of a polyphasic taxonomic approach. a total of 40 strains of gram-negative, psychrotolerant, h2s-producing bacteria were isolated from marine fish (cod and plaice) caught in the baltic sea off denmark. strains belonging to group 1 (seven strains) were a lactate-assimilating variant of shewanella morhuae with a g+c content of 44 mol%. the strains of group 2 (33 strains) utilized lactate, n-acetylglucosamine and malate ... | 2007 | 17267977 |