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Reevaluation of the taxonomy ofVibrio, beneckea, andPhotobacterium: Abolition of the genusBeneckea

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As a result of studies on the evolution of glutamine synthetase and superoxide dismutase, the genusBeneckea has been abolished and its constituent species, along withPhotobacterium fischeri andP. logei, assigned to the genusVibrio. The definitions ofVibrio andPhotobacterium have been modified accordingly.

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    Paul Baumann, Linda Baumann, Sookie S. Bang & Marilyn J. Woolkalis

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Baumann, P., Baumann, L., Bang, S.S. et al. Reevaluation of the taxonomy ofVibrio, beneckea, andPhotobacterium: Abolition of the genusBeneckea . Current Microbiology 4, 127–132 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02602814

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