VALIDATION LIST:

Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 631. [PDF]  

NOTIFICATION LIST:

Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 48, part 2, of the IJSB
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 633-634. [PDF]  

OBITUARY:

Karel Kersters

In memoriam Jozef De Ley 1924-1997
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: ix. [PDF]  

INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE ON SYSTEMATIC BACTERIOLOGY:

J. P. Euzéby

Taxonomic note: necessary correction of specific and subspecific epithets according to Rules 12c and 13b of the International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria (1990 Revision)
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 1073-1075. [Abstract] [PDF]  

INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE ON SYSTEMATIC BACTERIOLOGY: REQUESTS FOR AN OPINION:

W. D. Grant, A. Oren, and A. Ventosa

Proposal of strain NCIMB 13488 as neotype of Halorubrum trapanicum. Request for an Opinion
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 1077-1078. [Abstract] [PDF]  

David R. Boone and Yoichi Kamagata

Rejection of the species Methanothrix soehngenii^VPand the genus Methanothrix^VPas nomina confusa, and transfer of Methanothrix thermophila^VPto the genus Methanosaeta^VPas Methanosaeta thermophila comb. nov. Request for an Opinion
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 1079-1080. [Abstract] [PDF]  

SYSTEMATIC BACTERIOLOGY:

Frederick A. Rainey, Naomi Ward-Rainey, Christian G. Gliesche, and Erko Stackebrandt

Phylogenetic analysis and intrageneric structure of the genus Hyphomicrobium and the related genus Filomicrobium
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 635-639. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jung-Hoon Yoon, Sung Taik Lee, and Yong-Ha Park

Genetic analyses of the genus Nocardioides and related taxa based on 16S-23S rDNA internally transcribed spacer sequences
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 641-650. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Andreas J. Probst, Christian Hertel, Lothar Richter, Lars Wassill, Wolfgang Ludwig, and Walter P. Hammes

Staphylococcus condimenti sp. nov., from soy sauce mash, and Staphylococcus carnosus (Schleifer and Fischer 1982) subsp. utilis subsp. nov.
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 651-658. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Darren J. Trott, Andrew S. J. Mikosza, Barry G. Combs, Sophy L. Oxberry, and David J. Hampson

Population genetic analysis of Serpulina pilosicoli and its molecular epidemiology in villages in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 659-668. [Abstract] [PDF]  

T. B. Stanton, D. Postic, and N. S. Jensen

Serpulina alvinipulli sp. nov., a new Serpulina species that is enteropathogenic for chickens
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 669-676. [Abstract] [PDF]  

M. Garriga, M. A. Ehrmann, J. Arnau, M. Hugas, and R. F. Vogel

Carnimonas nigrificans gen. nov., sp. nov., a bacterial causative agent for black spot formation on cured meat products
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 677-686. [Abstract] [PDF]  

E. T. Wang, P. van Berkum, D. Beyene, X. H. Sui, O. Dorado, W. X. Chen, and E. Martínez-Romero

Rhizobium huautlense sp. nov., a symbiont of Sesbania herbacea that has a close phylogenetic relationship with Rhizobium galegae
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 687-699. [Abstract] [PDF]  

S. L'Haridon, V. Cilia, P. Messner, G. Raguénès, A. Gambacorta, U. B. Sleytr, D. Prieur, and C. Jeanthon

Desulfurobacterium thermolithotrophum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel autotrophic, sulphur-reducing bacterium isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 701-711. [Abstract] [PDF]  

B. J. Paster, F. E. Dewhirst, B. C. Coleman, C. N. Lau, and R. L. Ericson

Phylogenetic analysis of cultivable oral treponemes from the Smibert collection
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 713-722. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Serge Riffard, François Lo Presti, Philippe Normand, Françoise Forey, Monique Reyrolle, Jerome Etienne, and François Vandenesch

Species identification of Legionella via intergenic 16S-23S ribosomal spacer PCR analysis
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 723-730. [Abstract] [PDF]  

L. I. Sly, M. Taghavit, and M. Fegan

Phylogenetic heterogeneity within the genus Herpetosiphon: transfer of the marine species Herpetosiphon cohaerens, Herpetosiphon nigricans and Herpetosiphon persicus to the genus Lewinella gen. nov. in the Flexibacter-Bacteroides-Cytophaga phylum
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 731-737. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Mariko Takeuchi and Kazunori Hatano

Union of the genera Microbacterium Orla-Jensen and Aureobacterium Collins et al. in a redefined genus Microbacterium
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 739-747. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Karl Pedersen, Linda Verdonck, Brian Austin, Dawn A. Austin, Anicet R. Blanch, Patrick A. D. Grimont, Joan Jofre, Stéphania Koblavi, Jens Laurits Larsen, Tarja Tiainen, Martine Vigneulle, and Jean Swings

Taxonomic evidence that Vibrio carchariae Grimes et al. 1985 is a junior synonym of Vibrio harveyi (Johnson and Shunk 1936) Baumann et al. 1981
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 749-758. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Julián Velasco, Conchi Romero, Ignacio López-Goñi, José Leiva, Ramón Díaz, and Ignacio Moriyón

Evaluation of the relatedness of Brucella spp. and Ochrobactrum anthropi and description of Ochrobactrum intermedium sp. nov., a new species with a closer relationship to Brucella spp.
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 759-768. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Tomoo Sawabe, Hideyuki Makino, Masahiro Tatsumi, Kazuaki Nakano, Kenichi Tajima, Mohammed Mahbub Iqbal, Isao Yumoto, Yoshio Ezura, and Richard Christen

Pseudoalteromonas bacteriolytica sp. nov., a marine bacterium that is the causative agent of red spot disease of Laminaria japonica
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 769-774. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Dominique Patureau, Jean-Jacques Godon, Patrick Dabert, Théodore Bouchez, Nicolas Bernet, Jean Philippe Delgenes, and René Moletta

Microvirgula aerodenitrificans gen. nov., sp. nov., a new Gram-negative bacterium exhibiting co-respiration of oxygen and nitrogen oxides up to oxygen-saturated conditions
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 775-782. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Abhijit S. Dighe, Yogesh S. Shouche, and Dilip R. Ranade

Selenomonas lipolytica sp. nov., an obligately anaerobic bacterium possessing lipolytic activity
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 783-791. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Johannes F. Imhoff, Ralf Petri, and Jörg Süling

Reclassification of species of the spiral-shaped phototrophic purple non-sulfur bacteria of the -Proteobacteria: description of the new genera Phaeospirillum gen. nov., Rhodovibrio gen. nov., Rhodothalassium gen. nov. and Roseospira gen. nov. as well as transfer of Rhodospirillum fulvum to Phaeospirillum fulvum comb. nov., of Rhodospirillum molischianum to Phaeospirillum molischianum comb. nov., of Rhodospirillum salinarum to Rhodovibrio salinarum comb, nov., of Rhodospirillum sodomense to Rhodovibrio sodomensis comb. nov., of Rhodospirillum salexigens to Rhodothalassium salexigens comb. nov. and of Rhodospirillum mediosalinum to Roseospira mediosalina comb. nov.
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 793-798. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Wesley E. Kloos, Carol G. George, Jennifer S. Olgiate, Linda Van Pelt, Mary L. McKinnon, Barbara L. Zimmer, Eugene Muller, Melvin P. Weinstein, and Stanley Mirrett

Staphylococcus hominis subsp. novobiosepticus subsp. nov., a novel trehalose- and N-acetyl-D-glucosamine-negative, novobiocin- and multiple-antibiotic-resistant subspecies isolated from human blood cultures
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 799-812. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Satoshi Yamamoto and Shigeaki Harayama

Phylogenetic relationships of Pseudomonas putida strains deduced from the nucleotide sequences of gyrB, rpoD and 16S rRNA genes
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 813-819. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Bernard Ollivier, Marie-Laure Fardeau, Jean-Luc Cayol, Michel Magot, Bharat K. C. Patel, Gérard Prensier, and Jean-Louis Garcia

Methanocalculus halotolerans gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from an oil-producing well
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 821-828. [Abstract] [PDF]  

David P. Labeda

DNA relatedness among the Streptomyces fulvissimus and Streptomyces griseoviridis phenotypic cluster groups
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 829-832. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jung-Hoon Yoon, Dong Koo Yim, Jung-Sook Lee, Kee-Sun Shin, Helia Harumi Sato, Sung Taik Lee, Yong Kun Park, and Yong-Ha Park

Paenibacillus campinasensis sp. nov., a cyclodextrin-producing bacterium isolated in Brazil
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 833-837. [Abstract] [PDF]  

P.-E. Fournier, V. Roux, and D. Raoult

Phylogenetic analysis of spotted fever group rickettsiae by study of the outer surface protein rOmpA
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 839-849. [Abstract] [PDF]  

P. Perolat, R. J. Chappel, B. Adler, G. Baranton, D. M. Bulach, M. L. Billinghurst, M. Letocart, F. Merien, and M. S. Serrano

Leptospira fainei sp. nov., isolated from pigs in Australia
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 851-858. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Wesley E. Kloos, Deborah N. Ballard, Carol G. George, John A. Webster, Romeo J. Hubner, Wolfgang Ludwig, Karl H. Schleifer, Franz Fiedler, and Karin Schubert

Delimiting the genus Staphylococcus through description of Macrococcus caseolyticus gen. nov., comb. nov. and Macrococcus equipercicus sp. nov., Macrococcus bovicus sp. nov. and Macrococcus carouselicus sp. nov.
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 859-877. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Takashi Itoh, Ken-ichiro Suzuki, and Takashi Nakase

Thermocladium modestius gen. nov., sp. nov., a new genus of rod-shaped, extremely thermophilic crenarchaeote
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 879-887. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Bongkeun Song, Lily Y. Young, and Norberto J. Palleroni

Identification of denitrifier strain T1 as Thauera aromatica and proposal for emendation of the genus Thauera definition
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 889-894. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Yong-Ha Park, Jung-Hoon Yoon, and Sung Taik Lee

Application of multiplex PCR using species-specific primers within the 16S rRNA gene for rapid identification of Nocardioides strains
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 895-900. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jongsik Chun, Chi-Nam Seong, Kyung Sook Bae, Kye-Joon Lee, Sa-Ouk Kang, Michael Goodfellow, and Yung Chil Hah

Nocardia flavorosea sp. nov.
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 901-905. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Mariko Takeuchi and Kazunori Hatano

Gordonia rhizosphera sp. nov. isolated from the mangrove rhizosphere
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 907-912. [Abstract] [PDF]  

C. Jeanthon, S. L'Haridon, A. L. Reysenbach, Marc Vernet, P. Messner, U. B. Sleytr, and D. Prieur

Methanococcus infernus sp. nov., a novel hyperthermophilic lithotrophic methanogen isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 913-919. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Yoshiaki Kawamura, Xiao-Gang Hou, Yuko Todome, Ferdousi Sultana, Kenji Hirose, Sin-Ei Shu, Takayuki Ezaki, and Hisashi Ohkuni

Streptococcus peroris sp. nov. and Streptococcus infantis sp. nov., new members of the Streptococcus mitis group, isolated from human clinical specimens
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 921-927. [Abstract] [PDF]  

G. Foster, H. M. Ross, I. A. P. Patterson, R. A. Hutson, and M. D. Collins

Actinobacillus scotiae sp. nov., a new member of the family Pasteurellaceae Pohl (1979) 1981 isolated from porpoises (Phocoena phocoena)
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 929-933. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Stephan J. Sokollek, Christian Hertel, and Walter P. Hammes

Description of Acetobacter oboediens sp. nov. and Acetobacter pomorum sp. nov., two new species isolated from industrial vinegar fermentations
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 935-940. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Daniel T. White, Linda L. Blackall, Paul T. Scott, and Kerry B. Walsh

Phylogenetic positions of phytoplasmas associated with dieback, yellow crinkle and mosaic diseases of papaya, and their proposed inclusion in ‘ Candidatus Phytoplasma australiense’ and a new taxon, ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma australasia’
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 941-951. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Nina Springer, Wolfgang Ludwig, Bodo Philipp, and Bernhard Schink

Azoarcus anaerobius sp. nov., a resorcinol-degrading, strictly anaerobic, denitrifying bacterium
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 953-956. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Rémy Guyoneaud, Jörg Süling, Ralf Petri, Robert Matheron, Pierre Caumette, Norbert Pfennig, and Johannes F. Imhoff

Taxonomic rearrangements of the genera Thiocapsa and Amoebobacter on the basis of 16S rDNA sequence analyses, and description of Thiolamprovum gen. nov.
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 957-964. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Kasthuri Venkateswaran, Michael E. Dollhopf, Robert Aller, Erko Stackebrandt, and Kenneth H. Nealson

Shewanella amazonensis sp. nov., a novel metal-reducing facultative anaerobe from Amazonian shelf muds
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 965-972. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Mariko Takeuchi and Kazunori Hatano

Proposal of six new species in the genus Microbacterium and transfer of Flavobacterium marinotypicum ZoBell and Upham to the genus Microbacterium as Microbacterium maritypicum comb. nov.
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 973-982. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Claudia Harms, Andrea Schleicher, Matthew D. Collins, and Jan R. Andreesen

Tissierella creatinophila sp. nov., a Gram-positive, anaerobic, non-spore-forming, creatinine-fermenting organism
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 983-993. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Tomohiko Tamura, Masayuki Hayakawa, and Kazunori Hatano

A new genus of the order Actinomycetales, Cryptosporangium gen. nov., with descriptions of Cryptosporangium arvum sp. nov. and Cryptosporangium japonicum sp. nov.
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 995-1005. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Torleiv Lien, Marit Madsen, Fred A. Rainey, and Nils-Kåre Birkeland

Petrotoga mobilis sp. nov., from a North Sea oil-production well
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 1007-1013. [Abstract] [PDF]  

L. K. Nakamura

Bacillus pseudomycoides sp. nov.
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 1031-1035. [Abstract] [PDF]  

John P. Bowman

Pseudoalteromonas prydzensis sp. nov., a psychrotrophic, halotolerant bacterium from Antarctic sea ice
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 1037-1041. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Satoshi Saitoh, Tomonori Suzuki, and Yukimasa Nishimura

Proposal of Craurococcus roseus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Paracraurococcus ruber gen. nov., sp. nov., novel aerobic bacteriochlorophyll a-containing bacteria from soil
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 1043-1047. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Marcos Mendoza, Hélène Meugnier, Michèle Bes, Jerome Etienne, and Jean Freney

Identification of Staphylococcus species by 16S-23S rDNA intergenic spacer PCR analysis
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 1049-1055. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Kim Yrjälä, Sini Suomalainen, Eeva L. Suhonen, Sisko Kilpi, Lars Paulin, and Martin Romantschuk

Characterization and reclassification of an aromatic- and chloroaromatic-degrading Pseudomonas sp., strain HV3, as Sphingomonas sp. HV3
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 1057-1062. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Søren R. Rasmussen and Lars O. Andresen

16S rDNA sequence variations of some Streptococcus suis serotypes
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 1063-1065. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Tina Mygind, Svend Birkelund, and Gunna Christiansen

DNA sequencing reveals limited heterogeneity in the 16S rRNA gene from the rrnB operon among five Mycoplasma hominis isolates
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 1067-1071. [Abstract] [PDF]  

SYSTEMATICS OF YEASTS:

Jure Piskur, Sonja Smole, Casper Groth, Randi F. Petersen, and Mogens B. Pedersen

Structure and genetic stability of mitochondrial genomes vary among yeasts of the genus Saccharomyces
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 1015-1024. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Masako Takashima and Takashi Nakase

Bullera penniseticola sp. nov. and Kockovaella sacchari sp. nov., two new yeast species isolated from plants in Thailand
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 1025-1030. [Abstract] [PDF]  

ERRATA:

D. Daffonchio, S. Borin, G. Frova, P. L. Manachini, and C. Sorlini

PCR fingerprinting of whole genomes, the spacers between the 16S and 23S rRNA genes and of intergenic tRNA gene regions reveal a different intraspecific genomic variability of Bacillus cereus and Bacillus licheniformis
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 1081. [PDF]  

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