NOTIFICATION LIST:

Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 9, of the IJSEM
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2725-2726. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

Gorazd Avgustin and Rok Kostanjsek

Comments on a recent paper introducing a non-phylogenetic approach to the establishment of relationships between higher taxa in Chlamydiae
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2727-2728. [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEW TAXA: Actinobacteria:

K. Bouchek-Mechiche, L. Gardan, D. Andrivon, and P. Normand

Streptomyces turgidiscabies and Streptomyces reticuliscabiei: one genomic species, two pathogenic groups
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2771-2776. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures]  

Jung-Hoon Yoon, Peter Schumann, So-Jung Kang, Seo-Youn Jung, and Tae-Kwang Oh

Isoptericola dokdonensis sp. nov., isolated from soil
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2893-2897. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEW TAXA: Other Gram-positive Bacteria:

S. Ramamoorthy, H. Sass, H. Langner, P. Schumann, R. M. Kroppenstedt, S. Spring, J. Overmann, and R. F. Rosenzweig

Desulfosporosinus lacus sp. nov., a sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from pristine freshwater lake sediments
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2729-2736. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures and Table]  

Preeti Chaturvedi and S. Shivaji

Exiguobacterium indicum sp. nov., a psychrophilic bacterium from the Hamta glacier of the Himalayan mountain ranges of India
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2765-2770. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure and Table]  

Raúl Rivas, Paula García-Fraile, Pedro F. Mateos, Eustoquio Martínez-Molina, and Encarna Velázquez

Paenibacillus cellulosilyticus sp. nov., a cellulolytic and xylanolytic bacterium isolated from the bract phyllosphere of Phoenix dactylifera
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2777-2781. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

Marie Bank Nielsen, Kasper Urup Kjeldsen, and Kjeld Ingvorsen

Desulfitibacter alkalitolerans gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, alkalitolerant, sulfite-reducing bacterium isolated from a district heating plant
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2831-2836. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yoshihide Matsuo, Atsuko Katsuta, Satoru Matsuda, Yoshikazu Shizuri, Akira Yokota, and Hiroaki Kasai

Mechercharimyces mesophilus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Mechercharimyces asporophorigenens sp. nov., antitumour substance-producing marine bacteria, and description of Thermoactinomycetaceae fam. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2837-2842. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  

Leonid N. Ten, Sang-Hoon Baek, Wan-Taek Im, Qing-Mei Liu, Zubair Aslam, and Sung-Taik Lee

Bacillus panaciterrae sp. nov., isolated from soil of a ginseng field
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2861-2866. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

Jee-Min Lim, Che Ok Jeon, and Chang-Jin Kim

Bacillus taeanensis sp. nov., a halophilic Gram-positive bacterium from a solar saltern in Korea
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2903-2908. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures]  

NEW TAXA: Proteobacteria:

Irene A. Davidova, Kathleen E. Duncan, Ok Kyoung Choi, and Joseph M. Suflita

Desulfoglaeba alkanexedens gen. nov., sp. nov., an n-alkane-degrading, sulfate-reducing bacterium
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2737-2742. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Leta O. Helsel, Dannie G. Hollis, Arnold G. Steigerwalt, and Paul N. Levett

Reclassification of Roseomonas fauriae Rihs et al. 1998 as a later heterotypic synonym of Azospirillum brasilense Tarrand et al. 1979
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2753-2755. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yi-Ju Chou, Shih-Yi Sheu, Der-Shyan Sheu, Jih-Terng Wang, and Wen-Ming Chen

Schlegelella aquatica sp. nov., a novel thermophilic bacterium isolated from a hot spring
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2793-2797. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table]  

Dong H. Choi and Byung C. Cho

Citreimonas salinaria gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the Roseobacter clade isolated from a solar saltern
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2799-2803. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Patrick Tailliez, Sylvie Pagès, Nadège Ginibre, and Noël Boemare

New insight into diversity in the genus Xenorhabdus, including the description of ten novel species
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2805-2818. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marina G. Kalyuzhnaya, Sarah Bowerman, Jimmie C. Lara, Mary E. Lidstrom, and Ludmila Chistoserdova

Methylotenera mobilis gen. nov., sp. nov., an obligately methylamine-utilizing bacterium within the family Methylophilaceae
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2819-2823. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

De-Chao Zhang, Yong Yu, Bo Chen, He-Xiang Wang, Hong-Can Liu, Xiu-Zhu Dong, and Pei-Jin Zhou

Glaciecola psychrophila sp. nov., a novel psychrophilic bacterium isolated from the Arctic
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2867-2869. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table]  

On On Lee, Stanley C. K. Lau, Mandy M. Y. Tsoi, Xiancui Li, Ioulia Plakhotnikova, Sergey Dobretsov, Madeline C. S. Wu, Po-Keung Wong, Markus Weinbauer, and Pei-Yuan Qian

Shewanella irciniae sp. nov., a novel member of the family Shewanellaceae, isolated from the marine sponge Ircinia dendroides in the Bay of Villefranche, Mediterranean Sea
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2871-2877. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

Sung-Hyun Yang, Kae Kyoung Kwon, Hee-Soon Lee, and Sang-Jin Kim

Shewanella spongiae sp. nov., isolated from a marine sponge
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2879-2882. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table]  

Hidetoshi Matsuyama, Toshikazu Hirabayashi, Hirokazu Kasahara, Hideki Minami, Tamotsu Hoshino, and Isao Yumoto

Glaciecola chathamensis sp. nov., a novel marine polysaccharide-producing bacterium
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2883-2886. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Byung-Yong Kim, Hang-Yeon Weon, Seung-Hee Yoo, Seon-Young Lee, Soon-Wo Kwon, Seung-Joo Go, and Erko Stackebrandt

Variovorax soli sp. nov., isolated from greenhouse soil
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2899-2901. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Olfa Haouari, Marie-Laure Fardeau, Laurence Casalot, Jean-Luc Tholozan, Moktar Hamdi, and Bernard Ollivier

Isolation of sulfate-reducing bacteria from Tunisian marine sediments and description of Desulfovibrio bizertensis sp. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2909-2913. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jung-Hoon Yoon, So-Jung Kang, Jung-Sook Lee, and Tae-Kwang Oh

Brevundimonas terrae sp. nov., isolated from an alkaline soil in Korea
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2915-2919. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Tables]  

Klaus Geider, Georg Auling, Zhiqiang Du, Vladimir Jakovljevic, Susanne Jock, and Beate Völksch

Erwinia tasmaniensis sp. nov., a non-phytopathogenic bacterium from apple and pear trees
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2937-2943. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures and Table]  

NEW TAXA: Bacteroidetes:

Seung Hyun Ryu, Thi Thu Hien Nguyen, Woojun Park, Chang-Jin Kim, and Che Ok Jeon

Runella limosa sp. nov., isolated from activated sludge
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2757-2760. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

Timofei A. Pankratov, Irina S. Kulichevskaya, Werner Liesack, and Svetlana N. Dedysh

Isolation of aerobic, gliding, xylanolytic and laminarinolytic bacteria from acidic Sphagnum peatlands and emended description of Chitinophaga arvensicola Kämpfer et al. 2006
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2761-2764. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table]  

Zhi-Pei Liu, Bao-Jun Wang, Xin Dai, Xing-Yu Liu, and Shuang-Jiang Liu

Zhouia amylolytica gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from sediment of the South China Sea
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2825-2829. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pham Thi Ngoc Lan, Mitsuo Sakamoto, Shinji Sakata, and Yoshimi Benno

Bacteroides barnesiae sp. nov., Bacteroides salanitronis sp. nov. and Bacteroides gallinarum sp. nov., isolated from chicken caecum
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2853-2859. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Tables]  

Mariane Schmidt, Anders Priemé, and Peter Stougaard

Rhodonellum psychrophilum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel psychrophilic and alkaliphilic bacterium of the phylum Bacteroidetes isolated from Greenland
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2887-2892. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  

De-Chao Zhang, He-Xiang Wang, Hong-Can Liu, Xiu-Zhu Dong, and Pei-Jin Zhou

Flavobacterium glaciei sp. nov., a novel psychrophilic bacterium isolated from the China No.1 glacier
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2921-2925. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table]  

Jiao-Yan Ying, Bao-Jun Wang, Su-Sheng Yang, and Shuang-Jiang Liu

Cyclobacterium lianum sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from sediment of an oilfield in the South China Sea, and emended description of the genus Cyclobacterium
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2927-2930. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures and Table]  

Shoichi Hosoya, Vullapa Arunpairojana, Chatrudee Suwannachart, Akkharawit Kanjana-Opas, and Akira Yokota

Aureispira marina gen. nov., sp. nov., a gliding, arachidonic acid-containing bacterium isolated from the southern coastline of Thailand
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2931-2935. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEW TAXA: Other Bacteria:

S. L'Haridon, A.-L. Reysenbach, B. J. Tindall, P. Schönheit, A. Banta, U. Johnsen, P. Schumann, A. Gambacorta, E. Stackebrandt, and C. Jeanthon

Desulfurobacterium atlanticum sp. nov., Desulfurobacterium pacificum sp. nov. and Thermovibrio guaymasensis sp. nov., three thermophilic members of the Desulfurobacteriaceae fam. nov., a deep branching lineage within the Bacteria
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2843-2852. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  

EVOLUTION, PHYLOGENY AND BIODIVERSITY:

Mara Küpfer, Peter Kuhnert, Bozena M. Korczak, Raffaele Peduzzi, and Antonella Demarta

Genetic relationships of Aeromonas strains inferred from 16S rRNA, gyrB and rpoB gene sequences
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2743-2751. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marco Ventura, Carlos Canchaya, Antonio Del Casale, Franco Dellaglio, Erasmo Neviani, Gerald F. Fitzgerald, and Douwe van Sinderen

Analysis of bifidobacterial evolution using a multilocus approach
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2783-2792. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures]  

INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE ON SYSTEMATICS OF PROKARYOTES: Taxonomic Notes:

Barry Holmes, Paul Segers, Tom Coenye, Marc Vancanneyt, and Peter Vandamme

Pannonibacter phragmitetus, described from a Hungarian soda lake in 2003, had been recognized several decades earlier from human blood cultures as Achromobacter groups B and E
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2945-2948. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table]  

INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE ON SYSTEMATICS OF PROKARYOTES: Minutes:

Jean-François Bernardet

International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes; Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Flavobacterium and Cytophaga-like bacteria: Minutes of the meetings, 26 July 2005, San Francisco, CA, USA
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2949-2951. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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