VALIDATION LIST NO. 110:

List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1459-1460. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NOTIFICATION LIST:

Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 4, of the IJSEM
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1461-1462. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

LIST OF CHANGES IN TAXONOMIC OPINION NO. 4:

Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1463. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEW TAXA: Archaea:

Heng-Lin Cui, Dilbr Tohty, Jie Feng, Pei-Jin Zhou, and Shuang-Jiang Liu

Natronorubrum aibiense sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon isolated from Aibi salt lake in Xin-Jiang, China, and emended description of the genus Natronorubrum
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1515-1517. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

A. M. Castillo, M. C. Gutiérrez, M. Kamekura, Y. Xue, Y. Ma, D. A. Cowan, B. E. Jones, W. D. Grant, and A. Ventosa

Halostagnicola larsenii gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon from a saline lake in Inner Mongolia, China
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1519-1524. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

Melissa M. Kendall, Yitai Liu, Magdalena Sieprawska-Lupa, Karl O. Stetter, William B. Whitman, and David R. Boone

Methanococcus aeolicus sp. nov., a mesophilic, methanogenic archaeon from shallow and deep marine sediments
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1525-1529. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

Karima Kharroub, Teresa Quesada, Raquel Ferrer, Susana Fuentes, Margarita Aguilera, Abdrahmane Boulahrouf, Alberto Ramos-Cormenzana, and Mercedes Monteoliva-Sánchez

Halorubrum ezzemoulense sp. nov., a halophilic archaeon isolated from Ezzemoul sabkha, Algeria
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1583-1588. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Heng-Lin Cui, Dilbr Tohty, Pei-Jin Zhou, and Shuang-Jiang Liu

Halorubrum lipolyticum sp. nov. and Halorubrum aidingense sp. nov., isolated from two salt lakes in Xin-Jiang, China
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1631-1634. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

NEW TAXA: Actinobacteria:

Peter Kämpfer, Ulrike Kohlweyer, Barbara Thiemer, and Jan R. Andreesen

Pseudonocardia tetrahydrofuranoxydans sp. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1535-1538. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure and Table]  

S. Mayilraj, P. Saha, K. Suresh, and H. S. Saini

Ornithinimicrobium kibberense sp. nov., isolated from the Indian Himalayas
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1657-1661. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

S. Mayilraj, K. Suresh, R. M. Kroppenstedt, and H. S. Saini

Dietzia kunjamensis sp. nov., isolated from the Indian Himalayas
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1667-1671. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEW TAXA: Other Gram-positive Bacteria:

S. Shivaji, P. Chaturvedi, K. Suresh, G. S. N. Reddy, C. B. S. Dutt, M. Wainwright, J. V. Narlikar, and P. M. Bhargava

Bacillus aerius sp. nov., Bacillus aerophilus sp. nov., Bacillus stratosphericus sp. nov. and Bacillus altitudinis sp. nov., isolated from cryogenic tubes used for collecting air samples from high altitudes
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1465-1473. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table]  

Joshua W. Gatson, Bruce F. Benz, Chitra Chandrasekaran, Masataka Satomi, Kasthuri Venkateswaran, and Mark E. Hart

Bacillus tequilensis sp. nov., isolated from a 2000-year-old Mexican shaft-tomb, is closely related to Bacillus subtilis
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1475-1484. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table]  

Olga O. Glazunova, Didier Raoult, and Véronique Roux

Bacillus massiliensis sp. nov., isolated from cerebrospinal fluid
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1485-1488. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

Maria da Glória S. Carvalho, P. Lynn Shewmaker, Arnold G. Steigerwalt, Roger E. Morey, A. J. Sampson, Kevin Joyce, Timothy J. Barrett, Lucia M. Teixeira, and Richard R. Facklam

Enterococcus caccae sp. nov., isolated from human stools
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1505-1508. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shariff Osman, Masataka Satomi, and Kasthuri Venkateswaran

Paenibacillus pasadenensis sp. nov. and Paenibacillus barengoltzii sp. nov., isolated from a spacecraft assembly facility
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1509-1514. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reiji Tanaka, Satoshi Kawaichi, Hiroshi Nishimura, and Yoshihiko Sako

Thermaerobacter litoralis sp. nov., a strictly aerobic and thermophilic bacterium isolated from a coastal hydrothermal field
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1531-1534. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marc Vancanneyt, Sabri M. Naser, Katrien Engelbeen, Marjan De Wachter, Roel Van der Meulen, Ilse Cleenwerck, Bart Hoste, Luc De Vuyst, and Jean Swings

Reclassification of Lactobacillus brevis strains LMG 11494 and LMG 11984 as Lactobacillus parabrevis sp. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1553-1557. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ing-Ming Lee, Kristi D. Bottner, Gary Secor, and Viviana Rivera-Varas

‘Candidatus Phytoplasma americanum’, a phytoplasma associated with a potato purple top wilt disease complex
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1593-1597. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yuji Sekiguchi, Hiroyuki Imachi, Ambar Susilorukmi, Mizuho Muramatsu, Akiyoshi Ohashi, Hideki Harada, Satoshi Hanada, and Yoichi Kamagata

Tepidanaerobacter syntrophicus gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, moderately thermophilic, syntrophic alcohol- and lactate-degrading bacterium isolated from thermophilic digested sludges
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1621-1629. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

Sabri M. Naser, Marc Vancanneyt, Bart Hoste, Cindy Snauwaert, and Jean Swings

Lactobacillus cypricasei Lawson et al. 2001 is a later heterotypic synonym of Lactobacillus acidipiscis Tanasupawat et al. 2000
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1681-1683. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ro Osawa, Tomohiko Fujisawa, and Rüdiger Pukall

Lactobacillus apodemi sp. nov., a tannase-producing species isolated from wild mouse faeces
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1693-1696. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEW TAXA: Proteobacteria:

Alejandro López-Cortés, Marie-Laure Fardeau, Guy Fauque, Catherine Joulian, and Bernard Ollivier

Reclassification of the sulfate- and nitrate-reducing bacterium Desulfovibrio vulgaris subsp. oxamicus as Desulfovibrio oxamicus sp. nov., comb. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1495-1499. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael Fahrbach, Jan Kuever, Ruth Meinke, Peter Kämpfer, and Juliane Hollender

Denitratisoma oestradiolicum gen. nov., sp. nov., a 17-oestradiol-degrading, denitrifying betaproteobacterium
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1547-1552. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

K. Van den Bulck, A. Decostere, M. Baele, P. Vandamme, J. Mast, R. Ducatelle, and F. Haesebrouck

Helicobacter cynogastricus sp. nov., isolated from the canine gastric mucosa
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1559-1564. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  

Masayuki Miyazaki, Yuichi Nogi, Ron Usami, and Koki Horikoshi

Shewanella surugensis sp. nov., Shewanella kaireitica sp. nov. and Shewanella abyssi sp. nov., isolated from deep-sea sediments of Suruga Bay, Japan
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1607-1613. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Myung Kyum Kim, Wan-Taek Im, Jun-Gyo In, Sung-Hoon Kim, and Deok-Chun Yang

Thermomonas koreensis sp. nov., a mesophilic bacterium isolated from a ginseng field
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1615-1619. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

T. N. R. Srinivas, P. Anil Kumar, Ch. Sasikala, Ch. V. Ramana, J. Süling, and J. F. Imhoff

Rhodovulum marinum sp. nov., a novel phototrophic purple non-sulfur alphaproteobacterium from marine tides of Visakhapatnam, India
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1651-1656. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wan-Taek Im, Seong-Hye Kim, Myung Kyum Kim, Leonid N. Ten, and Sung-Taik Lee

Pleomorphomonas koreensis sp. nov., a nitrogen-fixing species in the order Rhizobiales
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1663-1666. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pierre-Edouard Fournier, Nobuhiro Takada, Hiromi Fujita, and Didier Raoult

Rickettsia tamurae sp. nov., isolated from Amblyomma testudinarium ticks
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1673-1675. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anil K. Tripathi, Subhash C. Verma, Soumitra Paul Chowdhury, Michael Lebuhn, Andreas Gattinger, and Michael Schloter

Ochrobactrum oryzae sp. nov., an endophytic bacterial species isolated from deep-water rice in India
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1677-1680. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lenin Maturrano, María Valens-Vadell, Ramon Rosselló-Mora, and Josefa Antón

Salicola marasensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely halophilic bacterium isolated from the Maras solar salterns in Peru
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1685-1691. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table]  

NEW TAXA: Bacteroidetes:

Jarone Pinhassi, John P. Bowman, Olga I. Nedashkovskaya, Itziar Lekunberri, Laura Gomez-Consarnau, and Carlos Pedrós-Alió

Leeuwenhoekiella blandensis sp. nov., a genome-sequenced marine member of the family Flavobacteriaceae
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1489-1493. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hang-Yeon Weon, Byung-Yong Kim, Seung-Hee Yoo, Soon-Wo Kwon, Yang-Hee Cho, Seung-Joo Go, and Erko Stackebrandt

Chryseobacterium wanjuense sp. nov., isolated from greenhouse soil in Korea
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1501-1504. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Seo-Youn Jung, Tae-Kwang Oh, and Jung-Hoon Yoon

Tenacibaculum aestuarii sp. nov., isolated from a tidal flat sediment in Korea
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1577-1581. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table]  

Virginia Gallego, Maria Teresa García, and Antonio Ventosa

Chryseobacterium hispanicum sp. nov., isolated from the drinking water distribution system of Sevilla, Spain
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1589-1592. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table]  

Mitsuo Sakamoto and Yoshimi Benno

Reclassification of Bacteroides distasonis, Bacteroides goldsteinii and Bacteroides merdae as Parabacteroides distasonis gen. nov., comb. nov., Parabacteroides goldsteinii comb. nov. and Parabacteroides merdae comb. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1599-1605. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Tables and Figure]  

Olga I. Nedashkovskaya, Seung Bum Kim, Jangryul Kwak, Valery V. Mikhailov, and Kyung Sook Bae

Mariniflexile gromovii gen. nov., sp. nov., a gliding bacterium isolated from the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus intermedius
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1635-1638. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mohammad Abdul Bakir, Mitsuo Sakamoto, Maki Kitahara, Mitsuharu Matsumoto, and Yoshimi Benno

Bacteroides dorei sp. nov., isolated from human faeces
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1639-1643. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  

Byung-Yong Kim, Hang-Yeon Weon, Sylvie Cousin, Seung-Hee Yoo, Soon-Wo Kwon, Seung-Joo Go, and Erko Stackebrandt

Flavobacterium daejeonense sp. nov. and Flavobacterium suncheonense sp. nov., isolated from greenhouse soils in Korea
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1645-1649. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table]  

Gregory R. Noel and Ndeme Atibalentja

‘Candidatus Paenicardinium endonii’, an endosymbiont of the plant-parasitic nematode Heterodera glycines (Nemata: Tylenchida), affiliated to the phylum Bacteroidetes
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1697-1702. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures]  

K. Suresh, S. Mayilraj, and T. Chakrabarti

Effluviibacter roseus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from muddy water, belonging to the family ‘Flexibacteraceae’
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1703-1707. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEW TAXA: Other Bacteria:

Håkon Dahle and Nils-Kåre Birkeland

Thermovirga lienii gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel moderately thermophilic, anaerobic, amino-acid-degrading bacterium isolated from a North Sea oil well
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1539-1545. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures]  

EVOLUTION, PHYLOGENY AND BIODIVERSITY:

Knut Rudi, Monika Zimonja, and Tormod Næs

Alignment-independent bilinear multivariate modelling (AIBIMM) for global analyses of 16S rRNA gene phylogeny
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1565-1575. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  

Juan M. López-Bautista, Fabio Rindi, and Michael D. Guiry

Molecular systematics of the subaerial green algal order Trentepohliales: an assessment based on morphological and molecular data
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1709-1715. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE ON SYSTEMATICS OF PROKARYOTES: Minutes:

R. M. Kroppenstedt and M. E. Trujillo

International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes; Subcommittee on the taxonomy of the suborder Pseudonocardineae: Minutes of the meeting, 26 July 2005, San Francisco, CA, USA
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1717. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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