VALIDATION LIST NO. 92:

Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSEM
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 935-937. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NOTIFICATION LIST:

Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 2, of the IJSEM
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 939-940. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEW TAXA: Archaea:

T. Itoh, K. Suzuki, P. C. Sanchez, and T. Nakase

Caldisphaera lagunensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thermoacidophilic crenarchaeote isolated from a hot spring at Mt Maquiling, Philippines
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 1149-1154. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEW TAXA: Gram-Positive Bacteria:

R. J. Wallace, N. McKain, N. R. McEwan, E. Miyagawa, L. C. Chaudhary, T. P. King, N. D. Walker, J. H. A. Apajalahti, and C. J. Newbold

Eubacterium pyruvativorans sp. nov., a novel non-saccharolytic anaerobe from the rumen that ferments pyruvate and amino acids, forms caproate and utilizes acetate and propionate
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 965-970. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Xianhua Cao, Xiaoli Liu, and Xiuzhu Dong

Alkaliphilus crotonatoxidans sp. nov., a strictly anaerobic, crotonate-dismutating bacterium isolated from a methanogenic environment
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 971-975. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

G. S. N. Reddy, J. S. S. Prakash, R. Srinivas, G. I. Matsumoto, and S. Shivaji

Leifsonia rubra sp. nov. and Leifsonia aurea sp. nov., psychrophiles from a pond in Antarctica
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 977-984. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [UPGMA phenogram and 16S rDNA sequence comparison]  

Peter P. Sheridan, Jennifer Loveland-Curtze, Vanya I. Miteva, and Jean E. Brenchley

Rhodoglobus vestalii gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel psychrophilic organism isolated from an Antarctic Dry Valley lake
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 985-994. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jianli Zhang, Zhiheng Liu, and Michael Goodfellow

Nocardia caishijiensis sp. nov., a novel soil actinomycete
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 999-1004. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kyounghee Sohn, Soon Gyu Hong, Kyung Sook Bae, and Jongsik Chun

Transfer of Hongia koreensis Lee et al. 2000 to the genus Kribbella Park et al. 1999 as Kribbella koreensis comb. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 1005-1007. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. Goyache, C. Ballesteros, A. I. Vela, M. D. Collins, V. Briones, R. A. Hutson, J. Potti, P. García-Borboroglu, L. Domínguez, and J. F. Fernández-Garayzábal

Corynebacterium sphenisci sp. nov., isolated from wild penguins
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 1009-1012. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stefan Spring, Birgit Merkhoffer, Norbert Weiss, Reiner M. Kroppenstedt, Hans Hippe, and Erko Stackebrandt

Characterization of novel psychrophilic clostridia from an Antarctic microbial mat: description of Clostridium frigoris sp. nov., Clostridium lacusfryxellense sp. nov., Clostridium bowmanii sp. nov. and Clostridium psychrophilum sp. nov. and reclassification of Clostridium laramiense as Clostridium estertheticum subsp. laramiense subsp. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 1019-1029. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Ratkowsky-type plots of temperature dependence][Erratum]  

Nadège Brisbarre, Marie-Laure Fardeau, Valérie Cueff, Jean-Luc Cayol, Georges Barbier, Valérie Cilia, Gilles Ravot, Pierre Thomas, Jean-Louis Garcia, and Bernard Ollivier

Clostridium caminithermale sp. nov., a slightly halophilic and moderately thermophilic bacterium isolated from an Atlantic deep-sea hydrothermal chimney
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 1043-1049. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A. P. Uetanabaro, C. Wahrenburg, W. Hunger, R. Pukall, C. Spröer, E. Stackebrandt, V. P. de Canhos, D. Claus, and D. Fritze

Paenibacillus agarexedens sp. nov., nom. rev., and Paenibacillus agaridevorans sp. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 1051-1057. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary micrographs]  

M. A. Amoozegar, F. Malekzadeh, K. A. Malik, P. Schumann, and C. Spröer

Halobacillus karajensis sp. nov., a novel moderate halophile
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 1059-1063. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Val Hall, Matthew D. Collins, Roger A. Hutson, Paul A. Lawson, Enevold Falsen, and Brian I. Duerden

Corynebacterium atypicum sp. nov., from a human clinical source, does not contain corynomycolic acids
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 1065-1068. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

E. M. De Graef, L. A. Devriese, M. Vancanneyt, M. Baele, M. D. Collins, K. Lefebvre, J. Swings, and F. Haesebrouck

Description of Enterococcus canis sp. nov. from dogs and reclassification of Enterococcus porcinus Teixeira et al. 2001 as a junior synonym of Enterococcus villorum Vancanneyt et al. 2001
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 1069-1074. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Erratum]  

Naoki Tsuruoka, Yuri Isono, Osamu Shida, Hisashi Hemmi, Toru Nakayama, and Tokuzo Nishino

Alicyclobacillus sendaiensis sp. nov., a novel acidophilic, slightly thermophilic species isolated from soil in Sendai, Japan
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 1081-1084. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Huichun Tong, Xuejun Gao, and Xiuzhu Dong

Streptococcus oligofermentans sp. nov., a novel oral isolate from caries-free humans
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 1101-1104. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Biochemical characteristics and DNA-DNA relatedness]  

Bongjoon Kim, Jongho Lee, Jichan Jang, Jeongho Kim, and Hongui Han

Leuconostoc inhae sp. nov., a lactic acid bacterium isolated from kimchi
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 1123-1126. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A. I. Slobodkin, T. P. Tourova, N. A. Kostrikina, N. A. Chernyh, E. A. Bonch-Osmolovskaya, C. Jeanthon, and B. E. Jones

Tepidibacter thalassicus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel moderately thermophilic, anaerobic, fermentative bacterium from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 1131-1134. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. F. Fernández-Garayzábal, R. Egido, A. I. Vela, V. Briones, M. D. Collins, A. Mateos, R. A. Hutson, L. Domínguez, and J. Goyache

Isolation of Corynebacterium falsenii and description of Corynebacterium aquilae sp. nov., from eagles
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 1135-1138. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEW TAXA: Proteobacteria:

Emma L. Carr, Peter Kämpfer, Bharat K. C. Patel, Volker Gürtler, and Robert J. Seviour

Seven novel species of Acinetobacter isolated from activated sludge
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 953-963. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hana Yi, Young-Hyo Chang, Hyun Woo Oh, Kyung Sook Bae, and Jongsik Chun

Zooshikella ganghwensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from tidal flat sediments
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 1013-1018. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jang-Cheon Cho and Stephen J. Giovannoni

Parvularcula bermudensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium that forms a deep branch in the -Proteobacteria
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 1031-1036. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tom Coenye, Johan Goris, Paul De Vos, Peter Vandamme, and John J. LiPuma

Classification of Ralstonia pickettii-like isolates from the environment and clinical samples as Ralstonia insidiosa sp. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 1075-1080. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Whole-cell protein and PCR profiles]  

Silvana Tarlera and Ewald B. M. Denner

Sterolibacterium denitrificans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel cholesterol-oxidizing, denitrifying member of the -Proteobacteria
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 1085-1091. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Núria Bozal, M. Jesús Montes, Encarna Tudela, and Jesús Guinea

Characterization of several Psychrobacter strains isolated from Antarctic environments and description of Psychrobacter luti sp. nov. and Psychrobacter fozii sp. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 1093-1100. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Tables and Figure]  

Lyudmila A. Romanenko, Natalia V. Zhukova, Anatoly M. Lysenko, Valery V. Mikhailov, and Erko Stackebrandt

Assignment of ‘Alteromonas marinoglutinosa’ NCIMB 1770 to Pseudoalteromonas mariniglutinosa sp. nov., nom. rev., comb. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 1105-1109. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Demin Zhang, Huifang Yang, Wei Zhang, Zhiyong Huang, and Shuang-Jiang Liu

Rhodocista pekingensis sp. nov., a cyst-forming phototrophic bacterium from a municipal wastewater treatment plant
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 1111-1114. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ewald B. M. Denner, Garriet W. Smith, Hans-Jürgen Busse, Peter Schumann, Thomas Narzt, Shawn W. Polson, Werner Lubitz, and Laurie L. Richardson

Aurantimonas coralicida gen. nov., sp. nov., the causative agent of white plague type II on Caribbean scleractinian corals
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 1115-1122. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hans Hippe, Mikhail Vainshtein, G. I. Gogotova, and Erko Stackebrandt

Reclassification of Desulfobacterium macestii as Desulfomicrobium macestii comb. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 1127-1130. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Zhiyuan Tan and Barbara Reinhold-Hurek

Dechlorosoma suillum Achenbach et al. 2001 is a later subjective synonym of Azospira oryzae Reinhold-Hurek and Hurek 2000
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 1139-1142. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Khaled Elbanna, Tina Lütke-Eversloh, Stefanie Van Trappen, Joris Mergaert, Jean Swings, and Alexander Steinbüchel

Schlegelella thermodepolymerans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thermophilic bacterium that degrades poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-mercaptopropionate)
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 1165-1168. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jung-Hoon Yoon, Hongik Kim, In-Gi Kim, Kook Hee Kang, and Yong-Ha Park

Erythrobacter flavus sp. nov., a slight halophile from the East Sea in Korea
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 1169-1174. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEW TAXA: Other Bacteria:

Johannes F. Imhoff

Phylogenetic taxonomy of the family Chlorobiaceae on the basis of 16S rRNA and fmo (Fenna–Matthews–Olson protein) gene sequences
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 941-951. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hee-Young Jung, Toshimi Sawayanagi, Shigeyuki Kakizawa, Hisashi Nishigawa, Wei Wei, Kenro Oshima, Shin-ichi Miyata, Masashi Ugaki, Tadaaki Hibi, and Shigetou Namba

‘Candidatus Phytoplasma ziziphi’, a novel phytoplasma taxon associated with jujube witches'-broom disease
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 1037-1041. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. L. Miroshnichenko, S. L'Haridon, O. Nercessian, A. N. Antipov, N. A. Kostrikina, B. J. Tindall, P. Schumann, S. Spring, E. Stackebrandt, E. A. Bonch-Osmolovskaya, and C. Jeanthon

Vulcanithermus mediatlanticus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Thermaceae from a deep-sea hot vent
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 1143-1148. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hui Zhang, Yuji Sekiguchi, Satoshi Hanada, Philip Hugenholtz, Hongik Kim, Yoichi Kamagata, and Kazunori Nakamura

Gemmatimonas aurantiaca gen. nov., sp. nov., a Gram-negative, aerobic, polyphosphate-accumulating micro-organism, the first cultured representative of the new bacterial phylum Gemmatimonadetes phyl. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 1155-1163. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEW TAXA: Unicellular Eukaryotes:

Masako Takashima, Takashi Sugita, Takako Shinoda, and Takashi Nakase

Three new combinations from the Cryptococcus laurentii complex: Cryptococcus aureus, Cryptococcus carnescens and Cryptococcus peneaus
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 1187-1194. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Elizabeth K. Tomaszewski, Kathleen S. Logan, Karen F. Snowden, Cletus P. Kurtzman, and David N. Phalen

Phylogenetic analysis identifies the ‘megabacterium’ of birds as a novel anamorphic ascomycetous yeast, Macrorhabdus ornithogaster gen. nov., sp. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 1201-1205. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

EVOLUTION, PHYLOGENY AND BIODIVERSITY:

Jane S. Tang and Patrick M. Gillevet

Reclassification of ATCC 9341 from Micrococcus luteus to Kocuria rhizophila
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 995-997. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stacy Brosnan, Woongghi Shin, Karl M. Kjer, and Richard E. Triemer

Phylogeny of the photosynthetic euglenophytes inferred from the nuclear SSU and partial LSU rDNA
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 1175-1186. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures and Nexus files]  

Uwe Roesler, Holger Scholz, and Andreas Hensel

Emended phenotypic characterization of Prototheca zopfii: a proposal for three biotypes and standards for their identification
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 1195-1199. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE ON SYSTEMATICS OF PROKARYOTES: Request for an Opinion:

Anne Willems, Manuel Fernández-López, Estefania Muñoz-Adelantado, Johan Goris, Paul De Vos, Esperanza Martínez-Romero, Nicolas Toro, and Monique Gillis

Description of new Ensifer strains from nodules and proposal to transfer Ensifer adhaerens Casida 1982 to Sinorhizobium as Sinorhizobium adhaerens comb. nov. Request for an Opinion
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 1207-1217. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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