VALIDATION LIST:

Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 1-3. [PDF]  

NOTIFICATION LIST:

Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 48, part 4, of the IJSB
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 5-6. [PDF]  

NEW TAXA: Archaea:

Antonio Ventosa, M. Carmen Gutiérrez, Masahiro Kamekura, and Michael L. Dyall-Smith

Proposal to transfer Halococcus turkmenicus, Halobacterium trapanicum JCM 9743 and strain GSL-11 to Haloterrigena turkmenica gen. nov., comb. nov.
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 131-136. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Gerhard Zellner, David R. Boone, Jyoti Keswani, William B. Whitman, Carl R. Woese, Anja Hagelstein, B. J. Tindall, and Erko Stackebrandt

Reclassification of Methanogenium tationis and Methanogenium liminatans as Methanofollis tationis gen. nov., comb. nov. and Methanofollis liminatans comb. nov. and description of a new strain of Methanofollis liminatans
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 247-255. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Yi Xu, Peijin Zhou, and Xinyu Tian

Characterization of two novel haloalkaliphilic archaea Natronorubrum bangense gen. nov., sp. nov. and Natronorubrum tibetense gen. nov., sp. nov.
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 261-266. [Abstract] [PDF]  

NEW TAXA: Gram-positive Bacteria:

Bongcheol Kim, Nevzat Sahin, David E. Minnikin, Jolanta Zakrzewska-Czerwinska, Marian Mordarski, and Michael Goodfellow

Classification of thermophilic streptomycetes, including the description of Streptomyces thermoalcalitolerans sp. nov.
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 7-17. [Abstract] [PDF]  

R. Vuorio, M. A. Andersson, F. A. Rainey, R. M. Kroppenstedt, P. Kämpfer, H.-J. Busse, M. Viljanen, and M. Salkinoja-Salonen

A new rapidly growing mycobacterial species, Mycobacterium murale sp. nov., isolated from the indoor walls of a children's day care centre
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 25-35. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Gabor Kovács, Jutta Burghardt, Silke Pradella, Peter Schumann, Erko Stackebrandt, and Károly Màrialigeti

Kocuria palustris sp. nov. and Kocuria rhizophila sp. nov., isolated from the rhizoplane of the narrow-leaved cattail (Typha angustifolia)
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 167-173. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Peter Schumann, Frederick A. Rainey, Jutta Burghardt, Erko Stackebrandt, and Norbert Weiss

Reclassification of Brevibacterium oxydans (Chatelain and Second 1966) as Microbacterium oxydans comb. nov.
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 175-177. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Erko Stackebrandt, Peter Schumann, Jolantha Swiderski, and Norbert Weiss

Reclassification of Brevibacterium incertum (Breed 1953) as Desemzia incerta gen. nov., comb. nov.
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 185-188. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Enevold Falsen, Christina Pascual, Berit Sjödén, Maria Ohlén, and Matthew D. Collins

Phenotypic and phylogenetic characterization of a novel Lactobacillus species from human sources: description of Lactobacillus iners sp. nov.
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 217-221. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Mariko Takeuchi, Takeshi Sakane, Takuya Nihira, Yasuhiro Yamada, and Ko Imai

Corynebacterium terpenotabidum sp. nov., a bacterium capable of degrading squalene
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 223-229. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Marianna Tcherpakov, Eshel Ben-Jacob, and David L. Gutnick

Paenibacillus dendritiformis sp. nov., proposal for a new pattern-forming species and its localization within a phylogenetic cluster
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 239-246. [Abstract] [PDF]  

NEW TAXA: Proteobacteria:

Renaud Nalin, Pascal Simonet, Timothy M. Vogel, and Philippe Normand

Rhodanobacter lindaniclasticus gen. nov., sp. nov., a lindane-degrading bacterium
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 19-23. [Abstract] [PDF]  

T. Coenye, B. Holmes, K. Kersters, J. R. W. Govan, and P. Vandamme

Burkholderia cocovenenans (van Damme et al. 1960) Gillis et al. 1995 and Burkholderia vandii Urakami et al. 1994 are junior synonyms of Burkholderia gladioli (Severini 1913) Yabuuchi et al. 1993 and Burkholderia plantarii (Azegami et al. 1987) Urakami et al. 1994, respectively
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 37-42. [Abstract] [PDF]  

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

Diversity of rhizobia associated with Amorpha fruticosa isolated from Chinese soils and description of Mesorhizobium amorphae sp. nov.
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 51-65. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Øystein Angen, Reinier Mutters, Dominique A. Caugant, John E. Olsen, and Magne Bisgaard

Taxonomic relationships of the [Pasteurella] haemolytica complex as evaluated by DNA-DNA hybridizations and 16S rRNA sequencing with proposal of Mannheimia haemolytica gen. nov., comb, nov., Mannheimia granulomatis comb. nov., Mannheimia glucosida sp. nov., Mannheimia ruminalis sp. nov. and Mannheimia varigena sp. nov.
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 67-86. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Matthew D. Collins, Paul A. Lawson, Rafael Monasterio, Enevold Falsen, Berit Sjödén, and Richard R. Facklam

Ignavigranum ruoffiae sp. nov., isolated from human clinical specimens
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 97-101. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Sophie Mouné, Nathalie Manac'h, AgnÈs Hirschler, Pierre Caumette, John C. Willison, and Robert Matheron

Haloanaerobacter salinarius sp. nov., a novel halophilic fermentative bacterium that reduces glycine-betaine to trimethylamine with hydrogen or serine as electron donors; emendation of the genus Haloanaerobacter
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 103-112. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Matthias Labrenz, M. David Collins, Paul A. Lawson, Brian J. Tindall, Peter Schumann, and Peter Hirsch

Roseovarius tolerans gen. nov., sp. nov., a budding bacterium with variable bacteriochlorophyll a production from hypersaline Ekho Lake
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 137-147. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Kristian K. Brandt, Bharat K. C. Patel, and Kjeld Ingvorsen

Desulfocella halophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic, fatty-acid-oxidizing, sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from sediments of the Great Salt Lake
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 193-200. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Tomonori Suzuki, Yasutaka Muroga, Manabu Takahama, Tsuneo Shiba, and Yukimasa Nishimura

Rubrimonas cliftonensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic bacteriochlorophyll-containing bacterium isolated from a saline lake
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 201-205. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Michael V. Guettler, Denise Rumler, and Mahendra K. Jain

Actinobacillus succinogenes sp. nov., a novel succinic-acid-producing strain from the bovine rumen
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 207-216. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Hidetoshi Urakawa, Kumiko Kita-Tsukamoto, and Kouichi Ohwada

Reassessment of the taxonomic position of Vibrio iliopiscarius (Onarheim et al. 1994) and proposal for Photobacterium iliopiscarium comb. nov.
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 257-260. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Colin Dale and Ian Maudlin

Sodalis gen. nov. and Sodalis glossinidius sp. nov., a microaerophilic secondary endosymbiont of the tsetse fly Glossina morsitans morsitans
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 267-275. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Akira Tsubokura, Hisashi Yoneda, and Haruyoshi Mizuta

Paracoccus carotinifaciens sp. nov., a new aerobic Gram-negative astaxanthin-producing bacterium
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 277-282. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Rémy Heller, Maryline Kubina, Philippe Mariet, Philippe Riegel, Gilles Delacour, Christoph Dehio, François Lamarque, Rick Kasten, Henri-Jean Boulouis, Henri Monteil, Bruno Chomel, and Yves Piémont

Bartonella alsatica sp. nov., a new Bartonella species isolated from the blood of wild rabbits
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 283-288. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Undine Behrendt, Andreas Ulrich, Peter Schumann, Wilfried Erler, Jutta Burghardt, and Wolfgang Seyfarth

A taxonomic study of bacteria isolated from grasses: a proposed new species Pseudomonas graminis sp. nov.
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 297-308. [Abstract] [PDF]  

NEW TAXA: Other Bacteria:

Kirstin Schrank, Bong-Kyu Choi, Siegfried Grund, Annette Moter, Klaus Heuner, Herbert Nattermann, and Ulf B. Göbel

Treponema brennaborense sp. nov., a novel spirochaete isolated from a dairy cow suffering from digital dermatitis
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 43-50. [Abstract] [PDF]  

M. Vancanneyt, P. Vandamme, P. Segers, U. Torck, R. Coopman, K. Kersters, and K.-H. Hinz

Riemerella columbina sp. nov., a bacterium associated with respiratory disease in pigeons
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 289-295. [Abstract] [PDF]  

EVOLUTION, PHYLOGENY AND BIODIVERSITY:

Satoshi Yamamoto, Philippe J. M. Bouvet, and Shigeaki Harayama

Phylogenetic structures of the genus Acinetobacter based on gyrB sequences: comparison with the grouping by DNA-DNA hybridization
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 87-95. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ågot Aakra, Janne B. Utåker, and Ingolf F. Nes

RFLP of rRNA genes and sequencing of the 16S-23S rDNA intergenic spacer region of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria: a phylogenetic approach
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 123-130. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Graeme A. Reid and Euan H. J. Gordon

Phylogeny of marine and freshwater Shewanella: reclassification of Shewanella putrefaciens NCIMB 400 as Shewanella frigidimarina
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 189-191. [Abstract] [PDF]  

M. Letocart, P. Boerlin, F. Boerlin-Petzold, J. Goudet, G. Baranton, and P. Perolat

Genetic structure of the genus Leptospira by multilocus enzyme electrophoresis
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 231-238. [Abstract] [PDF]  

METHODS:

Andreas Felske, Marc Vancanneyt, Karel Kersters, and Antoon D. L. Akkermans

Application of temperature-gradient gel electrophoresis in taxonomy of coryneform bacteria
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 113-121. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Raquel Morón, Ignacio González, and Olga Genilloud

New genus-specific primers for the PCR identification of members of the genera Pseudonocardia and Saccharopolyspora
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 149-162. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Masaru Nomura, Hiromi Kimoto, Yukio Someya, and Ichirou Suzuki

Novel characteristic for distinguishing Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis from subsp. cremoris
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 163-166. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Hans-Jürgen Busse and Peter Schumann

Polyamine profiles within genera of the class Actinobacteria with LL-diaminopimelic acid in the peptidoglycan
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 179-184. [Abstract] [PDF]  

B. Esteve-Zarzoso, C. Belloch, F. Uruburu, and A. Querol

Identification of yeasts by RFLP analysis of the 5.8S rRNA gene and the two ribosomal internal transcribed spacers
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 329-337. [Abstract] [PDF]  

INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE ON SYSTEMATIC BACTERIOLOGY: OPINIONS:

Rejection of Clostridium putrificum and conservation of Clostridium botulinum and Clostridium sporogenes - Opinion 69: Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 339. [Abstract] [PDF]  

NEW TAXA - YEASTS:

Carlos A. Rosa, Marc-André Lachance, William T. Starmer, J. Stuart F. Barker, Jane M. Bowles, and Birgit Schlag-Edler

Kodamaea nitidulidarum, Candida restingae and Kodamaea anthophila, three new related yeast species from ephemeral flowers
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 309-318. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Hazel Steels, Christopher J. Bond, Matthew D. Collins, Ian N. Roberts, Malcolm Stratford, and Stephen A. James

Zygosaccharomyces lentus sp. nov., a new member of the yeast genus Zygosaccharomyces Barker
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 319-327. [Abstract] [PDF]  

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