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Appl Environ Microbiol. 1968 May; 16(5): 708-713
Copyright © 1968 American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Correlation of Taxonomic Criteria for a Collection of Marine Bacteria

Botany Department, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85281

ABSTRACT

Numerical taxonomy was done on 208 strains of marine bacteria. The collection was segregated into eight groups, seven of which contained Vibrio spp. Nucleic acid base ratio studies on a typical Vibrio sp. from each group and other genera were done. The phenotypically different Vibrio sp. had a narrow range of base ratios. The other genera had base ratios more similar to the base ratios reported for their genus than to each other as marine bacteria. The taxonomic groups are compared with generic classification and the strains' sources of isolations.

¹ Present address: Department of Microbiology, University of California at Los Angeles, Calif.

² Trainee on Public Health Service grant TT-A-1259. Present address: Department of Microbiology, Washington State University, Pullman, Wash.