International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, Vol 52, 1043-1047, Copyright © 2002 by Society for General Microbiology

Report of the ad hoc committee for the re-evaluation of the species definition in bacteriology

E. Stackebrandt, W. Frederiksen, G. M. Garrity, PAD. Grimont, P. Kampfer, MCJ. Maiden, X. Nesme, R. Rossello-Mora, J. Swings, H. G. Truper, L. Vauterin, A. C. Ward and W. B. Whitman
DSMZ--Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH, D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany

An ad hoc committee for the re-evaluation of the species definition in bacteriology met in Gent, Belgium, in February 2002. The committee made various recommendations regarding the species definition in the light of developments in methodologies available to systematists.

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				J. M. Young and D.-C. Park Probable synonymy of the nitrogen-fixing genus Azotobacter and the genus Pseudomonas Int J Syst Evol Microbiol, December 1, 2007; 57(12): 2894 - 2901. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				E.-A. Cho, J.-S. Lee, K. C. Lee, H.-C. Jung, J.-G. Pan, and Y.-R. Pyun Cohnella laeviribosi sp. nov., isolated from a volcanic pond Int J Syst Evol Microbiol, December 1, 2007; 57(12): 2902 - 2907. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				K. De Bruyne, U. Schillinger, L. Caroline, B. Boehringer, I. Cleenwerck, M. Vancanneyt, L. De Vuyst, C. M. A. P. Franz, and P. Vandamme Leuconostoc holzapfelii sp. nov., isolated from Ethiopian coffee fermentation and assessment of sequence analysis of housekeeping genes for delineation of Leuconostoc species Int J Syst Evol Microbiol, December 1, 2007; 57(12): 2952 - 2959. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				S. Lu, J. R. Lee, S. H. Ryu, B. S. Chung, W.-S. Choe, and C. O. Jeon Runella defluvii sp. nov., isolated from a domestic wastewater treatment plant Int J Syst Evol Microbiol, November 1, 2007; 57(11): 2600 - 2603. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				G. Foster, B. S. Osterman, J. Godfroid, I. Jacques, and A. Cloeckaert Brucella ceti sp. nov. and Brucella pinnipedialis sp. nov. for Brucella strains with cetaceans and seals as their preferred hosts Int J Syst Evol Microbiol, November 1, 2007; 57(11): 2688 - 2693. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				D. R. Brown, R. F. Whitcomb, and J. M. Bradbury Revised minimal standards for description of new species of the class Mollicutes (division Tenericutes) Int J Syst Evol Microbiol, November 1, 2007; 57(11): 2703 - 2719. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				N. R. kumar and S. Nair Vibrio rhizosphaerae sp. nov., a red-pigmented bacterium that antagonizes phytopathogenic bacteria Int J Syst Evol Microbiol, October 1, 2007; 57(10): 2241 - 2246. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				C. Sanchez-Porro, H. Tokunaga, M. Tokunaga, and A. Ventosa Chromohalobacter japonicus sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from a Japanese salty food Int J Syst Evol Microbiol, October 1, 2007; 57(10): 2262 - 2266. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				D. R. Arahal, R. H. Vreeland, C. D. Litchfield, M. R. Mormile, B. J. Tindall, A. Oren, V. Bejar, E. Quesada, and A. Ventosa Recommended minimal standards for describing new taxa of the family Halomonadaceae Int J Syst Evol Microbiol, October 1, 2007; 57(10): 2436 - 2446. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				S. Ichimura, M. Nagano, N. Ito, M. Shimojima, T. Egashira, C. Miyamoto, K. Ohkusu, and T. Ezaki Evaluation of the Invader Assay with the BACTEC MGIT 960 System for Prompt Isolation and Identification of Mycobacterial Species from Clinical Specimens J. Clin. Microbiol., October 1, 2007; 45(10): 3316 - 3322. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				J. Mikalsen, A. B. Olsen, T. Tengs, and D. J. Colquhoun Francisella philomiragia subsp. noatunensis subsp. nov., isolated from farmed Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L.) Int J Syst Evol Microbiol, September 1, 2007; 57(9): 1960 - 1965. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				K. K. Peak, K. E. Duncan, W. Veguilla, V. A. Luna, D. S. King, L. Heller, L. Heberlein-Larson, F. Reeves, A. C. Cannons, P. Amuso, et al. Bacillus acidiceler sp. nov., isolated from a forensic specimen, containing Bacillus anthracis pX02 genes Int J Syst Evol Microbiol, September 1, 2007; 57(9): 2031 - 2036. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				I. J. Carrasco, M. C. Marquez, Y. Xue, Y. Ma, D. A. Cowan, B. E. Jones, W. D. Grant, and A. Ventosa Bacillus chagannorensis sp. nov., a moderate halophile from a soda lake in Inner Mongolia, China Int J Syst Evol Microbiol, September 1, 2007; 57(9): 2084 - 2088. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				G. E. Felis and F. Dellaglio On species descriptions based on a single strain: proposal to introduce the status species proponenda (sp. pr.) Int J Syst Evol Microbiol, September 1, 2007; 57(9): 2185 - 2187. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				M. Ventura, C. Canchaya, A. Tauch, G. Chandra, G. F. Fitzgerald, K. F. Chater, and D. van Sinderen Genomics of Actinobacteria: Tracing the Evolutionary History of an Ancient Phylum Microbiol. Mol. Biol. Rev., September 1, 2007; 71(3): 495 - 548. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				Q. Wang, G. M. Garrity, J. M. Tiedje, and J. R. Cole Naive Bayesian Classifier for Rapid Assignment of rRNA Sequences into the New Bacterial Taxonomy Appl. Envir. Microbiol., August 15, 2007; 73(16): 5261 - 5267. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				L.-T. Wang, F.-L. Lee, C.-J. Tai, and H. Kasai Comparison of gyrB gene sequences, 16S rRNA gene sequences and DNA DNA hybridization in the Bacillus subtilis group Int J Syst Evol Microbiol, August 1, 2007; 57(8): 1846 - 1850. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				S.-Y. An, T. Haga, H. Kasai, K. Goto, and A. Yokota Sporosarcina saromensis sp. nov., an aerobic endospore-forming bacterium Int J Syst Evol Microbiol, August 1, 2007; 57(8): 1868 - 1871. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				A. Kurata, M. Miyazaki, T. Kobayashi, Y. Nogi, and K. Horikoshi Alkalimonas collagenimarina sp. nov., a psychrotolerant, obligate alkaliphile isolated from deep-sea sediment Int J Syst Evol Microbiol, July 1, 2007; 57(7): 1549 - 1553. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				B. Ndoye, I. Cleenwerck, K. Engelbeen, R. Dubois-Dauphin, A. T. Guiro, S. Van Trappen, A. Willems, and P. Thonart Acetobacter senegalensis sp. nov., a thermotolerant acetic acid bacterium isolated in Senegal (sub-Saharan Africa) from mango fruit (Mangifera indica L.) Int J Syst Evol Microbiol, July 1, 2007; 57(7): 1576 - 1581. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				S.-Y. An, M. Asahara, K. Goto, H. Kasai, and A. Yokota Virgibacillus halophilus sp. nov., spore-forming bacteria isolated from soil in Japan Int J Syst Evol Microbiol, July 1, 2007; 57(7): 1607 - 1611. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]