VALIDATION LIST:

NOTIFICATION LIST:

NEW TAXA: Archaea:

Olga V. Golyshina, Michail M. Yakimov, Heinrich Lünsdorf, Manuel Ferrer, Manfred Nimtz, Kenneth N. Timmis, Victor Wray, Brian J. Tindall, and Peter N. Golyshin

Acidiplasma aeolicum gen. nov., sp. nov., a euryarchaeon of the family Ferroplasmaceae isolated from a hydrothermal pool, and transfer of Ferroplasma cupricumulans to Acidiplasma cupricumulans comb. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2815-2823. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

G. B. Slobodkina, T. V. Kolganova, J. Querellou, E. A. Bonch-Osmolovskaya, and A. I. Slobodkin

Geoglobus acetivorans sp. nov., an iron(III)-reducing archaeon from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2880-2883. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEW TAXA: Actinobacteria:

Yi-Guang Chen, Yong-Xia Wang, Yu-Qin Zhang, Shu-Kun Tang, Zhi-Xiong Liu, Huai-Dong Xiao, Li-Hua Xu, Xiao-Long Cui, and Wen-Jun Li

Nocardiopsis litoralis sp. nov., a halophilic marine actinomycete isolated from a sea anemone
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2708-2713. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures S1 and S2]  

Myung Kyum Kim, Sathiyaraj Srinivasan, Min-Ju Park, Gayathri Sathiyaraj, Yeon-Ju Kim, and Deok-Chun Yang

Nocardioides humi sp. nov., a β-glucosidase-producing bacterium isolated from soil of a ginseng field
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2724-2728. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure and Table]  

A. F. Yassin, C. Spröer, H. Hupfer, C. Siering, and H.-P. Klenk

Nocardiopsis potens sp. nov., isolated from household waste
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2729-2733. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hee Joong Lee, Sung-Lim Cho, Min Young Jung, Thi Hai Van Nguyen, Yeon-Chang Jung, Hee Kuk Park, Van Phan Le, and Wonyong Kim

Corynebacterium doosanense sp. nov., isolated from activated sludge
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2734-2737. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sheng Qin, Guo-Zhen Zhao, Hans-Peter Klenk, Jie Li, Wen-Yong Zhu, Li-Hua Xu, and Wen-Jun Li

Nonomuraea antimicrobica sp. nov., an endophytic actinomycete isolated from a leaf of Maytenus austroyunnanensis
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2747-2751. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Paolo Monciardini, Linda Cavaletti, Anna Ranghetti, Peter Schumann, Manfred Rohde, Ruggiero Bamonte, Margherita Sosio, Alessandra Mezzelani, and Stefano Donadio

Novel members of the family Micromonosporaceae, Rugosimonospora acidiphila gen. nov., sp. nov. and Rugosimonospora africana sp. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2752-2758. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table]  

Fengping Wang, Yingbao Gai, Mingxia Chen, and Xiang Xiao

Arthrobacter psychrochitiniphilus sp. nov., a psychrotrophic bacterium isolated from Antarctica
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2759-2762. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wei Sun, Guo-Xia Dong, Yu-Qin Zhang, Yu-Zhen Wei, Qiu-Ping Li, Li-Yan Yu, Hans-Peter Klenk, and Yue-Qin Zhang

Actinoplanes sichuanensis sp. nov. and Actinoplanes xinjiangensis sp. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2763-2768. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Tables]  

Yong Bae Seo, Dong-Eun Kim, Gun-Do Kim, Hyun-Woo Kim, Soo-Wan Nam, Young Tae Kim, and Jae Hyung Lee

Kocuria gwangalliensis sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from seawater
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2769-2772. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures]  

Julia Downes and William G. Wade

Propionibacterium acidifaciens sp. nov., isolated from the human mouth
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2778-2781. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jakko van Ingen, Jerome A. Lindeboom, Nico G. Hartwig, Rina de Zwaan, Enrico Tortoli, P. N. Richard Dekhuijzen, Martin J. Boeree, and Dick van Soolingen

Mycobacterium mantenii sp. nov., a pathogenic, slowly growing, scotochromogenic species
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2782-2787. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures]  

Jung-Hoon Yoon, So-Jung Kang, Sooyeon Park, Wonyong Kim, and Tae-Kwang Oh

Nocardioides caeni sp. nov., isolated from wastewater
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2794-2797. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

Jung-Hoon Yoon, Sooyeon Park, So-Jung Kang, Yong-Taek Jung, and Wonyong Kim

Terrabacter terrigena sp. nov., isolated from soil
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2798-2802. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Iskandar Ben Salah, Caroline Cayrou, Didier Raoult, and Michel Drancourt

Mycobacterium marseillense sp. nov., Mycobacterium timonense sp. nov. and Mycobacterium bouchedurhonense sp. nov., members of the Mycobacterium avium complex
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2803-2808. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Moriyuki Hamada, Takao Iino, Tomohiko Tamura, Takahiro Iwami, Shigeaki Harayama, and Ken-ichiro Suzuki

Serinibacter salmoneus gen. nov., sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from the intestinal tract of a fish, and emended descriptions of the families Beutenbergiaceae and Bogoriellaceae
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2809-2814. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

B. Bouizgarne, B. Lanoot, S. Loqman, C. Spröer, H.-P. Klenk, J. Swings, and Y. Ouhdouch

Streptomyces marokkonensis sp. nov., isolated from rhizosphere soil of Argania spinosa L.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2857-2863. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table]  

Jan Jezbera, Adrian K. Sharma, Ulrike Brandt, W. Ford Doolittle, and Martin W. Hahn

‘Candidatus Planktophila limnetica’, an actinobacterium representing one of the most numerically important taxa in freshwater bacterioplankton
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2864-2869. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures and Table]  

Xin-Qing Zhao, Wen-Jun Li, Wen-Ce Jiao, Yan Li, Wen-Jie Yuan, Yu-Qin Zhang, Hans-Peter Klenk, Joo-Won Suh, and Feng-Wu Bai

Streptomyces xinghaiensis sp. nov., isolated from marine sediment
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2870-2874. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures and Table]  

D. P. Labeda, N. P. Price, R. M. Kroppenstedt, J. M. Donahue, N. M. Williams, and S. F. Sells

Streptomyces atriruber sp. nov. and Streptomyces silaceus sp. nov., two novel species of equine origin
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2899-2903. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure and Table]  

NEW TAXA: Firmicutes and Related Organisms:

Yuan-Yuan Hong, Yu-Chao Ma, Yu-Guang Zhou, Fei Gao, Hong-Can Liu, and San-Feng Chen

Paenibacillus sonchi sp. nov., a nitrogen-fixing species isolated from the rhizosphere of Sonchus oleraceus
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2656-2661. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

Tomohiro Irisawa and Sanae Okada

Lactobacillus sucicola sp. nov., a motile lactic acid bacterium isolated from oak tree (Quercus sp.) sap
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2662-2665. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Micrograph of a cell showing peritrichous flagella]  

Ancharida Akaracharanya, Wanlapa Lorliam, Somboon Tanasupawat, Keun Chul Lee, and Jung-Sook Lee

Paenibacillus cellulositrophicus sp. nov., a cellulolytic bacterium from Thai soil
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2680-2684. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures S1 and S2]  

Isaac D. Wagner, Sibtain Ahmed, Weidong Zhao, Chuanlun L. Zhang, Christopher S. Romanek, Manfred Rohde, and Juergen Wiegel

Caldanaerovirga acetigignens gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic xylanolytic, alkalithermophilic bacterium isolated from Trego Hot Spring, Nevada, USA
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2685-2691. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lili Niu, Lei Song, Xiaoli Liu, and Xiuzhu Dong

Tepidimicrobium xylanilyticum sp. nov., an anaerobic xylanolytic bacterium, and emended description of the genus Tepidimicrobium
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2698-2701. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yong-Jin Lee, Christopher S. Romanek, and Juergen Wiegel

Desulfosporosinus youngiae sp. nov., a spore-forming, sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from a constructed wetland treating acid mine drainage
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2743-2746. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jung-Hoon Yoon, So-Jung Kang, Ki-Hoon Oh, and Tae-Kwang Oh

Salimicrobium flavidum sp. nov., isolated from a marine solar saltern
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2839-2842. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christopher D. Ogg and Bharat K. C. Patel

Sporolituus thermophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a citrate-fermenting thermophilic anaerobic bacterium from geothermal waters of the Great Artesian Basin of Australia
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2848-2853. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yun Wang, Lan-Lan Cao, Shu-Kun Tang, Kai Lou, Pei-Hong Mao, Xiang Jin, Cheng-Lin Jiang, Li-Hua Xu, and Wen-Jun Li

Marinococcus luteus sp. nov., a halotolerant bacterium isolated from a salt lake, and emended description of the genus Marinococcus
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2875-2879. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEW TAXA: Proteobacteria:

Shu-Chen Chang, Ming-Chang Wu, Wen-Ming Chen, Yung-Hsing Tsai, and Tsong-Ming Lee

Chitinilyticum litopenaei sp. nov., isolated from a freshwater shrimp pond, and emended description of the genus Chitinilyticum
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2651-2655. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hai-Feng Li, Jian-Hang Qu, Jin-Shui Yang, Zhi-Jian Li, and Hong-Li Yuan

Paracoccus chinensis sp. nov., isolated from sediment of a reservoir
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2670-2674. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

Jung-Hoon Yoon, So-Jung Kang, Soo-Young Lee, Ki-Hoon Oh, and Tae-Kwang Oh

Seohaeicola saemankumensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a tidal flat
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2675-2679. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nadine Bruland, Stephan Bathe, Anne Willems, and Alexander Steinbüchel

Pseudorhodoferax soli gen. nov., sp. nov. and Pseudorhodoferax caeni sp. nov., two members of the class Betaproteobacteria belonging to the family Comamonadaceae
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2702-2707. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures S1, S2 and S3]  

Yong-Sik Oh, Hayung-Joon Lim, In-Tae Cha, Wan-Taek Im, Jae-Soo Yoo, Ui Gum Kang, Sung-Keun Rhee, and Dong-Hyun Roh

Roseovarius halotolerans sp. nov., isolated from deep seawater
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2718-2723. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

Jung-Hoon Yoon, Sooyeon Park, So-Jung Kang, Wonyong Kim, and Tae-Kwang Oh

Sphingomonas hankookensis sp. nov., isolated from wastewater
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2788-2793. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lyudmila A. Romanenko, Naoto Tanaka, and Galina M. Frolova

Marinomonas arenicola sp. nov., isolated from marine sediment
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2834-2838. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

Peter Kämpfer, Nicole Lodders, and Enevold Falsen

Luteibacter anthropi sp. nov., isolated from human blood, and reclassification of Dyella yeojuensis Kim et al. 2006 as Luteibacter yeojuensis comb. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2884-2887. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yi-Guang Chen, Yu-Qin Zhang, Heng-Yu Huang, Hans-Peter Klenk, Shu-Kun Tang, Ke Huang, Qi-Hui Chen, Xiao-Long Cui, and Wen-Jun Li

Halomonas zhanjiangensis sp. nov., a halophilic bacterium isolated from a sea urchin
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2888-2893. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Munusamy Madhaiyan, Selvaraj Poonguzhali, Soon-Wo Kwon, and Tong-Min Sa

Methylophilus rhizosphaerae sp. nov., a restricted facultative methylotroph isolated from rice rhizosphere soil
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2904-2908. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

NEW TAXA: Bacteroidetes:

Jian-Hang Qu, Hong-Li Yuan, Hai-Feng Li, and Chun-Ping Deng

Flavobacterium cauense sp. nov., isolated from sediment of a eutrophic lake
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2666-2669. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

A. B. Arun, Wen-Ming Chen, Wei-An Lai, Jiu-Hsing Chao, P. D. Rekha, Fo-Ting Shen, Satnam Singh, and Chiu-Chung Young

Muricauda lutaonensis sp. nov., a moderate thermophile isolated from a coastal hot spring
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2738-2742. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

Yu-Hua Xin, Zhi-Hong Liang, De-Chao Zhang, Hong-Can Liu, Jian-Li Zhang, Yong Yu, Ming-Shuang Xu, Pei-Jin Zhou, and Yu-Guang Zhou

Flavobacterium tiangeerense sp. nov., a cold-living bacterium isolated from a glacier
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2773-2777. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Seong Chan Park, Keun Sik Baik, Duwoon Kim, and Chi Nam Seong

Maritimimonas rapanae gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from gut microflora of the veined rapa whelk, Rapana venosa
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2824-2829. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures]  

Dong Wan Lee, Jeong-Eon Lee, and Soon Dong Lee

Chitinophaga rupis sp. nov., isolated from soil
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2830-2833. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table S1]  

Mitsuo Sakamoto, Natsuko Suzuki, Naohisa Matsunaga, Kimihito Koshihara, Masayasu Seki, Hideaki Komiya, and Yoshimi Benno

Parabacteroides gordonii sp. nov., isolated from human blood cultures
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2843-2847. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hao Wang, Yun Zeng Zhang, Chao Xin Man, Wen Feng Chen, Xin Hua Sui, Ying Li, Xiao Xia Zhang, and Wen Xin Chen

Niabella yanshanensis sp. nov., isolated from the soybean rhizosphere
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2854-2856. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chiu-Chung Young, Shi-Yao Lin, A. B. Arun, Fo-Ting Shen, Wen-Ming Chen, P. D. Rekha, Stefan Langer, Hans-Jürgen Busse, Yun-Hsuan Wu, and Peter Kämpfer

Algoriphagus olei sp. nov., isolated from oil-contaminated soil
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2909-2915. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEW TAXA: Other Bacteria:

William M. Moe, Jun Yan, M. Fernanda Nobre, Milton S. da Costa, and Fred A. Rainey

Dehalogenimonas lykanthroporepellens gen. nov., sp. nov., a reductively dehalogenating bacterium isolated from chlorinated solvent-contaminated groundwater
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2692-2697. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure and Table]  

Ravindranath Shashidhar and Jayant R. Bandekar

Deinococcus piscis sp. nov., a radiation-resistant bacterium isolated from a marine fish
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2714-2717. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures and Tables]  

Koji Mori, Kaoru Yamaguchi, Yayoi Sakiyama, Tetsuro Urabe, and Ken-ichiro Suzuki

Caldisericum exile gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, thermophilic, filamentous bacterium of a novel bacterial phylum, Caldiserica phyl. nov., originally called the candidate phylum OP5, and description of Caldisericaceae fam. nov., Caldisericales ord. nov. and Caldisericia classis nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2894-2898. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

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