VALIDATION LIST NO. 94:

Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSEM
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 1701-1702. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NOTIFICATION LIST:

Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 4, of the IJSEM
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 1703-1705. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ISEP:

F. J. R. ‘Max’ Taylor

The collapse of the two-kingdom system, the rise of protistology and the founding of the International Society for Evolutionary Protistology (ISEP)
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 1707-1714. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Juan M. López-Bautista, Debra A. Waters, and Russell L. Chapman

Phragmoplastin, green algae and the evolution of cytokinesis
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 1715-1718. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Aurélien Tartar, Drion G. Boucias, James J. Becnel, and Byron J. Adams

Comparison of plastid 16S rRNA (rrn16) genes from Helicosporidium spp.: evidence supporting the reclassification of Helicosporidia as green algae (Chlorophyta)
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 1719-1723. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Robert B. Moore, Katherine M. Ferguson, William K. W. Loh, Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, and Dee A. Carter

Highly organized structure in the non-coding region of the psbA minicircle from clade C Symbiodinium
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 1725-1734. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary material]  

David Longet, John M. Archibald, Patrick J. Keeling, and Jan Pawlowski

Foraminifera and Cercozoa share a common origin according to RNA polymerase II phylogenies
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 1735-1739. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

T. Cavalier-Smith

The excavate protozoan phyla Metamonada Grassé emend. (Anaeromonadea, Parabasalia, Carpediemonas, Eopharyngia) and Loukozoa emend. (Jakobea, Malawimonas): their evolutionary affinities and new higher taxa
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 1741-1758. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alastair G. B. Simpson

Cytoskeletal organization, phylogenetic affinities and systematics in the contentious taxon Excavata (Eukaryota)
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 1759-1777. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEW TAXA: Archaea:

S. L'Haridon, A.-L. Reysenbach, A. Banta, P. Messner, P. Schumann, E. Stackebrandt, and C. Jeanthon

Methanocaldococcus indicus sp. nov., a novel hyperthermophilic methanogen isolated from the Central Indian Ridge
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 1931-1935. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEW TAXA: Gram-positive Bacteria:

Alicia Aranaz, Debby Cousins, Ana Mateos, and Lucas Domínguez

Elevation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis subsp. caprae Aranaz et al. 1999 to species rank as Mycobacterium caprae comb. nov., sp. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 1785-1789. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sofia N. Parshina, Robbert Kleerebezem, Jose Luis Sanz, Gatze Lettinga, Alla N. Nozhevnikova, Nadezhda A. Kostrikina, Anatoly M. Lysenko, and Alfons J. M. Stams

Soehngenia saccharolytica gen. nov., sp. nov. and Clostridium amygdalinum sp. nov., two novel anaerobic, benzaldehyde-converting bacteria
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 1791-1799. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary images]  

Virginie Storms, Luc A. Devriese, Renata Coopman, Peter Schumann, Frank Vyncke, and Monique Gillis

Arthrobacter gandavensis sp. nov., for strains of veterinary origin
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 1881-1884. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Matthew D. Collins, Roger A. Hutson, Natalia Nikolaitchouk, Anders Nyberg, and Enevold Falsen

Luteococcus sanguinis sp. nov., isolated from human blood
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 1889-1891. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alke Bruns, Helge Philipp, Heribert Cypionka, and Thorsten Brinkhoff

Aeromicrobium marinum sp. nov., an abundant pelagic bacterium isolated from the German Wadden Sea
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 1917-1923. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

Sandra Buczolits, Peter Schumann, Gerhard Weidler, Christian Radax, and Hans-Jürgen Busse

Brachybacterium muris sp. nov., isolated from the liver of a laboratory mouse strain
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 1955-1960. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [REP-PCR fingerprints][Erratum]  

Hiroshi Akasaka, Atsuko Ueki, Satoshi Hanada, Yoichi Kamagata, and Katsuji Ueki

Propionicimonas paludicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel facultatively anaerobic, Gram-positive, propionate-producing bacterium isolated from plant residue in irrigated rice-field soil
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 1991-1998. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary micrographs]  

Elke Lang, Reiner M. Kroppenstedt, Jolanthe Swiderski, Peter Schumann, Wolfgang Ludwig, Andreas Schmid, and Norbert Weiss

Emended description of Janibacter terrae, including ten dibenzofuran-degrading strains and Janibacter brevis as its later heterotypic synonym
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 1999-2005. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joachim Spergser, Monika Wieser, Martin Täubel, Ramon A. Rosselló-Mora, Renate Rosengarten, and Hans-Jürgen Busse

Staphylococcus nepalensis sp. nov., isolated from goats of the Himalayan region
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 2007-2011. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [SDS-PAGE of whole-cell lysates]  

Jung-Hoon Yoon, Norbert Weiss, Kook Hee Kang, Tae-Kwang Oh, and Yong-Ha Park

Planococcus maritimus sp. nov., isolated from sea water of a tidal flat in Korea
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 2013-2017. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [DNA-DNA hybridization results]  

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

Corynebacterium suicordis sp. nov., from pigs
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 2027-2031. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Full phylogenetic tree]  

Ingrid Groth, Barbara Schütze, Theresa Boettcher, Christian B. Pullen, Carlos Rodriguez, Eckhard Leistner, and Michael Goodfellow

Kitasatospora putterlickiae sp. nov., isolated from rhizosphere soil, transfer of Streptomyces kifunensis to the genus Kitasatospora as Kitasatospora kifunensis comb. nov., and emended description of Streptomyces aureofaciens Duggar 1948
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 2033-2040. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peter Schumann, Undine Behrendt, Andreas Ulrich, and Ken-ichiro Suzuki

Reclassification of Subtercola pratensis Behrendt et al. 2002 as Agreia pratensis comb. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 2041-2044. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Duck Hwan Park, Jeom Soon Kim, Soon Wo Kwon, Calum Wilson, Yong Man Yu, Jang Hyun Hur, and Chun Keun Lim

Streptomyces luridiscabiei sp. nov., Streptomyces puniciscabiei sp. nov. and Streptomyces niveiscabiei sp. nov., which cause potato common scab disease in Korea
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 2049-2054. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Takao Mukai, Keizo Arihara, Ami Ikeda, Kazuhito Nomura, Fumihiko Suzuki, and Hitoshi Ohori

Lactobacillus kitasatonis sp. nov., from chicken intestine
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 2055-2059. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [SDS-PAGE protein profiles]  

Suk Kyun Han, Olga I. Nedashkovskaya, Valery V. Mikhailov, Seung Bum Kim, and Kyung Sook Bae

Salinibacterium amurskyense gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel genus of the family Microbacteriaceae from the marine environment
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 2061-2066. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEW TAXA: Proteobacteria:

Dimitry Yu. Sorokin, Tat'yana P. Tourova, Klaas A. Sjollema, and J. Gijs Kuenen

Thialkalivibrio nitratireducens sp. nov., a nitrate-reducing member of an autotrophic denitrifying consortium from a soda lake
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 1779-1783. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fumio Inagaki, Ken Takai, Hideki Kobayashi, Kenneth H. Nealson, and Koki Horikoshi

Sulfurimonas autotrophica gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel sulfur-oxidizing -proteobacterium isolated from hydrothermal sediments in the Mid-Okinawa Trough
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 1801-1805. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Electron micrographs]  

Takeshi Kobayashi, Chiaki Imada, Akira Hiraishi, Hiroshi Tsujibo, Katsushiro Miyamoto, Yoshihiko Inamori, Naoko Hamada, and Etsuo Watanabe

Pseudoalteromonas sagamiensis sp. nov., a marine bacterium that produces protease inhibitors
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 1807-1811. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Phylogenetic tree]  

Karin Hayashi, Jun Moriwaki, Tomoo Sawabe, Fabiano L. Thompson, Jean Swings, Nicholas Gudkovs, Richard Christen, and Yoshio Ezura

Vibrio superstes sp. nov., isolated from the gut of Australian abalones Haliotis laevigata and Haliotis rubra
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 1813-1817. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Full phylogenetic tree and micrograph]  

Tom Coenye, Marc Vancanneyt, Enevold Falsen, Jean Swings, and Peter Vandamme

Achromobacter insolitus sp. nov. and Achromobacter spanius sp. nov., from human clinical samples
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 1819-1824. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Protein profiles, fatty acid data and MIC values]  

Tom Coenye, Marc Vancanneyt, Margo C. Cnockaert, Enevold Falsen, Jean Swings, and Peter Vandamme

Kerstersia gyiorum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel Alcaligenes faecalis-like organism isolated from human clinical samples, and reclassification of Alcaligenes denitrificans Rüger and Tan 1983 as Achromobacter denitrificans comb. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 1825-1831. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure and Tables]  

Jang-Cheon Cho and Stephen J. Giovannoni

Fulvimarina pelagi gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium that forms a deep evolutionary lineage of descent in the order ‘Rhizobiales’
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 1853-1859. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary table]  

Stuart P. Donachie, Shaobin Hou, Todd S. Gregory, Alexander Malahoff, and Maqsudul Alam

Idiomarina loihiensis sp. nov., a halophilic -Proteobacterium from the L‘ihi submarine volcano, Hawai‘i
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 1873-1879. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Growth curves and fatty acid data]  

L. A. Romanenko, P. Schumann, N. V. Zhukova, M. Rohde, V. V. Mikhailov, and E. Stackebrandt

Oceanisphaera litoralis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel halophilic bacterium from marine bottom sediments
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 1885-1888. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carsten Strömpl, Georgina L. Hold, Heinrich Lünsdorf, Jennifer Graham, Susan Gallacher, Wolf-Rainer Abraham, Edward R. B. Moore, and Kenneth N. Timmis

Oceanicaulis alexandrii gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel stalked bacterium isolated from a culture of the dinoflagellate Alexandrium tamarense (Lebour) Balech
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 1901-1906. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

Joris Mergaert, Margo C. Cnockaert, and Jean Swings

Thermomonas fusca sp. nov. and Thermomonas brevis sp. nov., two mesophilic species isolated from a denitrification reactor with poly(-caprolactone) plastic granules as fixed bed, and emended description of the genus Thermomonas
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 1961-1966. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lyudmila A. Romanenko, Masataka Uchino, Enevold Falsen, Natalia V. Zhukova, Valery V. Mikhailov, and Tai Uchimura

Rheinheimera pacifica sp. nov., a novel halotolerant bacterium isolated from deep sea water of the Pacific
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 1973-1977. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Angel Valverde, Encarna Velázquez, Carmen Gutiérrez, Emilio Cervantes, Antonio Ventosa, and José-Mariano Igual

Herbaspirillum lusitanum sp. nov., a novel nitrogen-fixing bacterium associated with root nodules of Phaseolus vulgaris
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 1979-1983. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures and Tables]  

Isao Yumoto, Kikue Hirota, Yoko Sogabe, Yoshinobu Nodasaka, Yuji Yokota, and Tamotsu Hoshino

Psychrobacter okhotskensis sp. nov., a lipase-producing facultative psychrophile isolated from the coast of the Okhotsk Sea
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 1985-1989. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [DNA–DNA relatedness and micrographs]  

Yuuji Ushiba, Yoshiharu Takahara, and Hiroyuki Ohta

Sphingobium amiense sp. nov., a novel nonylphenol-degrading bacterium isolated from a river sediment
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 2045-2048. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alvaro Peix, Raúl Rivas, Pedro F. Mateos, Eustoquio Martínez-Molina, Claudino Rodríguez-Barrueco, and Encarna Velázquez

Pseudomonas rhizosphaerae sp. nov., a novel species that actively solubilizes phosphate in vitro
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 2067-2072. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Full phylogenetic tree and micrographs]  

Nataliya M. Gorshkova, Elena P. Ivanova, Alexandr F. Sergeev, Natalia V. Zhukova, Yulia Alexeeva, Jonathan P. Wright, Dan V. Nicolau, Valery V. Mikhailov, and Richard Christen

Marinobacter excellens sp. nov., isolated from sediments of the Sea of Japan
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 2073-2078. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Fatty acid data and further AFM images]  

NEW TAXA: Other Bacteria:

Yuji Sekiguchi, Takeshi Yamada, Satoshi Hanada, Akiyoshi Ohashi, Hideki Harada, and Yoichi Kamagata

Anaerolinea thermophila gen. nov., sp. nov. and Caldilinea aerophila gen. nov., sp. nov., novel filamentous thermophiles that represent a previously uncultured lineage of the domain Bacteria at the subphylum level
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 1843-1851. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary phylogenetic tree][Erratum]  

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

‘Candidatus Phytoplasma oryzae’, a novel phytoplasma taxon associated with rice yellow dwarf disease
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 1925-1929. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. Downes, M. Munson, and W. G. Wade

Dialister invisus sp. nov., isolated from the human oral cavity
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 1937-1940. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ken Takai, Satoshi Nakagawa, Yoshihiko Sako, and Koki Horikoshi

Balnearium lithotrophicum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thermophilic, strictly anaerobic, hydrogen-oxidizing chemolithoautotroph isolated from a black smoker chimney in the Suiyo Seamount hydrothermal system
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 1947-1954. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Growth curves]  

Olga I. Nedashkovskaya, Seung Bum Kim, Suk Kyun Han, Anatoly M. Lysenko, Manfred Rohde, Natalia V. Zhukova, Enevold Falsen, Galina M. Frolova, Valery V. Mikhailov, and Kyung Sook Bae

Mesonia algae gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from the green alga Acrosiphonia sonderi (Kütz) Kornm
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 1967-1971. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary micrograph]  

NEW TAXA: Unicellular Eukaryotes:

Matthias Sipiczki

Candida zemplinina sp. nov., an osmotolerant and psychrotolerant yeast that ferments sweet botrytized wines
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 2079-2083. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Qi-Ming Wang, Feng-Yan Bai, Jian-Hua Zhao, and Jian-Hua Jia

Bensingtonia changbaiensis sp. nov. and Bensingtonia sorbi sp. nov., novel ballistoconidium-forming yeast species from plant leaves
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 2085-2089. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Phylogenetic trees]  

Jian-Hua Zhao, Feng-Yan Bai, Qi-Ming Wang, and Jian-Hua Jia

Sporobolomyces bannaensis, a novel ballistoconidium-forming yeast species in the Sporidiobolus lineage
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 2091-2093. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [ITS-based neighbour-joining tree]  

Takahiko Nagahama, Makiko Hamamoto, Takashi Nakase, Yoshihiro Takaki, and Koki Horikoshi

Cryptococcus surugaensis sp. nov., a novel yeast species from sediment collected on the deep-sea floor of Suruga Bay
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 2095-2098. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

EVOLUTION, PHYLOGENY AND BIODIVERSITY:

Radhey S. Gupta, Mark Pereira, Charu Chandrasekera, and Vanessa Johari

Molecular signatures in protein sequences that are characteristic of cyanobacteria and plastid homologues
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 1833-1842. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Sequence alignments]  

Jenny Täpp, Mikael Thollesson, and Björn Herrmann

Phylogenetic relationships and genotyping of the genus Streptococcus by sequence determination of the RNase P RNA gene, rnpB
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 1861-1871. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Daniel R. Zeigler

Gene sequences useful for predicting relatedness of whole genomes in bacteria
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 1893-1900. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Sequence identity scores]  

Koji Kawata, Taichi Minakami, Yukari Mori, Masanori Katsumi, Yasushi Kataoka, Ayako Ezawa, Naoya Kikuchi, and Tatsuhumi Takahashi

rDNA sequence analyses of Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis isolates from pigs
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 1941-1946. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michele K. Nishiguchi and Vinod S. Nair

Evolution of symbiosis in the Vibrionaceae: a combined approach using molecules and physiology
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 2019-2026. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Biochemical and restriction digest dataset]  

Juan M. López-Bautista and Russell L. Chapman

Phylogenetic affinities of the Trentepohliales inferred from small-subunit rDNA
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 2099-2106. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

METHODS:

Andrew E. Cook and Paul R. Meyers

Rapid identification of filamentous actinomycetes to the genus level using genus-specific 16S rRNA gene restriction fragment patterns
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 1907-1915. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [PowerPoint presentation]  

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

J. M. Young

The genus name Ensifer Casida 1982 takes priority over Sinorhizobium Chen et al. 1988, and Sinorhizobium morelense Wang et al. 2002 is a later synonym of Ensifer adhaerens Casida 1982. Is the combination ‘Sinorhizobium adhaerens’ (Casida 1982) Willems et al. 2003 legitimate? Request for an Opinion
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 2107-2110. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. F. J. Maiden, P. Cohee, and A. C. R. Tanner

Proposal to conserve the adjectival form of the specific epithet in the reclassification of Bacteroides forsythus Tanner et al. 1986 to the genus Tannerella Sakamoto et al. 2002 as Tannerella forsythia corrig., gen. nov., comb. nov. Request for an Opinion
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 2111-2112. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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