LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

R. J. Wallace, Jr., B. A. Brown, V. A. Steingrube, and R. W. Wilson

Request for Clarification of the Difference between M. mageritense sp. nov. and M. smegmatis
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997 47: 1277. [PDF]  

Maria J. Garcia, Tim J. Bull, and Pilar Domenech

Authors' Reply
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997 47: 1277-1278. [PDF]  

MATTERS RELATING TO THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE ON SYSTEMATIC BACTERIOLOGY:

J. P. Euzeby

Corrigenda to the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names and to the Amended Edition of the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997 47: 1271-1272. [Abstract] [PDF]  

J. Rocourt and J. McLauchlin

International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Listeria, Brochothrix, and Erysipelothrix: Minutes of the Closed Meeting, 20 August 1996, Jerusalem, Israel
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997 47: 1273. [PDF]  

Validation of the Publication of New Names and New Combinations Previously Effectively Published Outside the IJSB: List no. 63
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997 47: 1274. [PDF]  

Notification that New Names and New Combinations Have Appeared in Volume 47, No. 3, of the IJSB^a
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997 47: 1275-1276. [PDF]  

ORIGINAL PAPERS RELATING TO SYSTEMATIC BACTERIOLOGY:

Anne Le Fleche, Daniele Postic, Karine Girardet, Olivier Peter, and Guy Baranton

Characterization of Borrelia lusitaniae sp. nov. by 16S Ribosomal DNA Sequence Analysis
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997 47: 921-925. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Guiqing Wang, Alje P. Van Dam, Anne Le Fleche, Daniele Postic, Olivier Peter, Guy Baranton, Rob De Boer, Lodewijk Spanjaard, and Jacob Dankert

Genetic and Phenotypic Analysis of Borrelia valaisiana sp. nov. (Borrelia Genomic Groups VS116 and M19)
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997 47: 926-932. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jung-Hoon Yoon, Sung-Keun Rhee, Jung-Sook Lee, Yong-Ha Park, and Sung Taik Lee

Nocardioides pyridinolyticus sp. nov., a Pyridine-Degrading Bacterium Isolated from the Oxic Zone of an Oil Shale Column
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997 47: 933-938. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ana Cristina Ferreira, M. Fernanda Nobre, Fred A. Rainey, Manuel T. Silva, Robin Wait, Jutta Burghardt, Ana Paula Chung, and Milton S. Da Costa

Deinococcus geothermalis sp. nov. and Deinococcus murrayi sp. nov., Two Extremely Radiation-Resistant and Slightly Thermophilic Species from Hot Springs
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997 47: 939-947. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jie Liu, Ralph Berry, George Poinar, and Alison Moldenke

Phylogeny of Photorhabdus and Xenorhabdus Species and Strains as Determined by Comparison of Partial 16S rRNA Gene Sequences
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997 47: 948-951. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Guido Funke, Paul A. Lawson, and Matthew D. Collins

Corynebacterium mucifaciens sp. nov., an Unusual Species from Human Clinical Material
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997 47: 952-957. [Abstract] [PDF]  

S. J. Cutler, J. Moss, M. Fukunaga, D. J. M. Wright, D. Fekade, and D. Warrell

Borrelia recurrentis Characterization and Comparison with Relapsing-Fever, Lyme-Associated, and Other Borrelia spp.
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997 47: 958-968. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Alexander Slobodkin, Anna-Louise Reysenbach, Frank Mayer, and Juergen Wiegel

Isolation and Characterization of the Homoacetogenic Thermophilic Bacterium Moorella glycerini sp. nov.
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997 47: 969-974. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Katri Jalava, M. Kaartinen, M. Utriainen, I. Happonen, and M.-L. Hänninen

Helicobacter salomonis sp. nov., a Canine Gastric Helicobacter sp. Related to Helicobacter felis and Helicobacter bizzozeronii
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997 47: 975-982. [Abstract] [PDF]  

A. F. Yassin, F. A. Rainey, J. Burghardt, D. Gierth, J. Ungerechts, I. Lux, P. Seifert, C. Bal, and K. P. Schaal

Description of Nocardiopsis synnemataformans sp. nov., Elevation of Nocardiopsis alba subsp. prasina to Nocardiopsis prasina comb. nov., and Designation of Nocardiopsis antarctica and Nocardiopsis alborubida as Later Subjective Synonyms of Nocardiopsis dassonvillei
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997 47: 983-988. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Gérard Raguénès, Richard Christen, Jean Guezennec, Patricia Pignet, and Georges Barbier

Vibrio diabolicus sp. nov., a New Polysaccharide-Secreting Organism Isolated from a Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Polychaete Annelid, Alvinella pompejana
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997 47: 989-995. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Noëlle Amarger, Valérie Macheret, and Gisèle Laguerre

Rhizobium gallicum sp. nov. and Rhizobium giardinii sp. nov., from Phaseolus vulgaris Nodules
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997 47: 996-1006. [Abstract] [PDF]  

T. B. Stanton, E. Fournié-Amazouz, D. Postic, D. J. Trott, P. A. D. Grimont, G. Baranton, D. J. Hampson, and I. Saint Girons

Recognition of Two New Species of Intestinal Spirochetes: Serpulina intermedia sp. nov. and Serpulina murdochii sp. nov.
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997 47: 1007-1012. [Abstract] [PDF]  

M.-L. Fardeau, B. Ollivier, B. K. C. Patel, M. Magot, P. Thomas, A. Rimbault, F. Rocchiccioli, and J.-L. Garcia

Thermotoga hypogea sp. nov., a Xylanolytic, Thermophilic Bacterium from an Oil-Producing Well
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997 47: 1013-1019. [Abstract] [PDF]  

L. Sutra, F. Siverio, M. M. Lopez, G. Hunault, C. Bollet, and L. Gardan

Taxonomy of Pseudomonas Strains Isolated from Tomato Pith Necrosis: Emended Description of Pseudomonas corrugata and Proposal of Three Unnamed Fluorescent Pseudomonas Genomospecies
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997 47: 1020-1033. [Abstract] [PDF]  

John C. Makemson, Nada R. Fulayfil, Warren Landry, Lisa M. Van Ert, Charles F. Wimpee, Edith A. Widder, and James F. Case

Shewanella woodyi sp. nov., an Exclusively Respiratory Luminous Bacterium Isolated from the Alboran Sea
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997 47: 1034-1039. [Abstract] [PDF]  

John P. Bowman, Sharee A. McCammon, David S. Nichols, Jenny H. Skerratt, Suzanne M. Rea, Peter D. Nichols, and Tom A. McMeekin

Shewanella gelidimarina sp. nov. and Shewanella frigidimarina sp. nov., Novel Antarctic Species with the Ability To Produce Eicosapentaenoic Acid (20:53) and Grow Anaerobically by Dissimilatory Fe(III) Reduction
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997 47: 1040-1047. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Zhenshui Zhang, Yue Wang, and Jisheng Ruan

A Proposal To Revive the Genus Kitasatospora (Omura, Takahashi, Iwai, and Tanaka 1982)
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997 47: 1048-1054. [Abstract] [PDF]  

P. Vandamme, L.-J. Van Doorn, S. T. Al Rashid, W. G. V. Quint, J. Van Der Plas, V. L. Chan, and S. L. W. On

Campylobacter hyoilei Alderton et al. 1995 and Campylobacter coli Véron and Chatelain 1973 Are Subjective Synonyms
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997 47: 1055-1060. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Soon-Wo Kwon, Seung-Joo Go, Hee-Wan Kang, Jin-Chang Ryu, and Jin-Ki Jo

Phylogenetic Analysis of Erwinia Species Based on 16S rRNA Gene Sequences
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997 47: 1061-1067. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Peter D. Franzmann, Yitai Liu, David L. Balkwill, Henry C. Aldrich, Everly Conway De Macario, and David R. Boone

Methanogenium frigidum sp. nov., a Psychrophilic, H₂-Using Methanogen from Ace Lake, Antarctica
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997 47: 1068-1072. [Abstract] [PDF]  

L. A. Devriese, B. Pot, P. Vandamme, K. Kersters, M. D. Collins, N. Alvarez, F. Haesebrouck, and J. Hommez

Streptococcus hyovaginalis sp. nov. and Streptococcus thoraltensis sp. nov., from the Genital Tract of Sows
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997 47: 1073-1077. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Frank E. French, Robert F. Whitcomb, Joseph G. Tully, Patricia Carle, Joseph M. Bové, Roberta B. Henegar, Jean R. Adams, Gail E. Gasparich, and David L. Williamson

Spiroplasma lineolae sp. nov., from the Horsefly Tabanus lineola (Diptera: Tabanidae)
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997 47: 1078-1081. [Abstract] [PDF]  

J. F. Fernandez-Garayzabal, M. D. Collins, R. A. Hutson, E. Fernandez, R. Monasterio, J. Marco, and L. Dominguez

Corynebacterium mastitidis sp. nov., Isolated from Milk of Sheep with Subclinical Mastitis
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997 47: 1082-1085. [Abstract] [PDF]  

L. L. Barrera, M. E. Trujillo, M. Goodfellow, F. J. Garcia, I. Hernández-Lucas, G. Dávila, P. Van Berkum, and E. Martinez-Romero

Biodiversity of Bradyrhizobia Nodulating Lupinus spp.
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997 47: 1086-1091. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Philippe Riegel, Raymond Ruimy, François N. R. Renaud, Jean Freney, Gilles Prevost, Francois Jehl, Richard Christen, and Henri Monteil

Corynebacterium singulare sp. nov., a New Species for Urease-Positive Strains Related to Corynebacterium minutissimum
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997 47: 1092-1096. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Angela Sessitsch, Hugo Ramirez-Saad, Gudni Hardarson, Antoon D. L. Akkermans, and Willem M. De Vos

Classification of Austrian Rhizobia and the Mexican Isolate FL27 Obtained from Phaseolus vulgaris L. as Rhizobium gallicum
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997 47: 1097-1101. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Philippe Riegel, Remy Heller, Gilles Prevost, Francois Jehl, and Henri Monteil

Corynebacterium durum sp. nov., from Human Clinical Specimens
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997 47: 1107-1111. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Nuria Marti Ras, Danièle Postic, Marc Foretz, and Guy Baranton

Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Stricto, a Bacterial Species "Made in the U.S.A."?
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997 47: 1112-1117. [Abstract] [PDF]  

E. Antoine, V. Cilia, J. R. Meunier, J. Guezennec, F. Lesongeur, and G. Barbier

Thermosipho melanesiensis sp. nov., a New Thermophilic Anaerobic Bacterium Belonging to the Order Thermotogales, Isolated from Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents in the Southwestern Pacific Ocean
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997 47: 1118-1123. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Torleiv Lien and Janiche Beeder

Desulfobacter vibrioformis sp. nov., a Sulfate Reducer from a Water-Oil Separation System
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997 47: 1124-1128. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ingrid Groth, P. Schumann, F. A. Rainey, Karin Martin, Barbara Schuetze, and K. Augsten

Demetria terragena gen. nov., sp. nov., a New Genus of Actinomycetes Isolated from Compost Soil
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997 47: 1129-1133. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Erko Stackebrandt, Cathrin Sproer, Frederick A. Rainey, Jutta Burghardt, Orsola Päuker, and Hans Hippe

Phylogenetic Analysis of the Genus Desulfotomaculum: Evidence for the Misclassification of Desulfotomaculum guttoideum and Description of Desulfotomaculum orientis as Desulfosporosinus orientis gen. nov., comb. nov.
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997 47: 1134-1139. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Václav Hypsa and Colin Dale

In Vitro Culture and Phylogenetic Analysis of "Candidatus Arsenophonus triatominarum," an Intracellular Bacterium from the Triatomine Bug, Triatoma infestans
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997 47: 1140-1144. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Thomas Palys, L. K. Nakamura, and Frederick M. Cohan

Discovery and Classification of Ecological Diversity in the Bacterial World: The Role of DNA Sequence Data
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997 47: 1145-1156. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Geert Huys, Peter Kämpfer, Martin Altwegg, Renata Coopman, Paul Janssen, Monique Gillis, and Karel Kersters

Inclusion of Aeromonas DNA Hybridization Group 11 in Aeromonas encheleia and Extended Descriptions of the Species Aeromonas eucrenophila and A. encheleia
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997 47: 1157-1164. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Geert Huys, Peter Kámpfer, Martin Altwegg, Ilse Kersters, Andrew Lamb, Renata Coopman, Jacqueline Lüthy-Hottenstein, Marc Vancanneyt, Paul Janssen, and Karel Kersters

Aeromonas popoffii sp. nov., a Mesophilic Bacterium Isolated from Drinking Water Production Plants and Reservoirs
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997 47: 1165-1171. [Abstract] [PDF]  

V. Yurkov, E. Stackebrandt, O. Buss, A. Vermeglio, V. Gorlenko, and J. T. Beatty

Reorganization of the Genus Erythromicrobium: Description of "Erythromicrobium sibiricum" as Sandaracinobacter sibiricus gen. nov., sp. nov., and of "Erythromicrobium ursincola" as Erythromonas ursincola gen. nov., sp. nov.
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997 47: 1172-1178. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Paul Janssen, Kees Maquelin, Renata Coopman, Ingela Tjernberg, Philippe Bouvet, Karel Kersters, and Lenie Dijkshoorn

Discrimination of Acinetobacter Genomic Species by AFLP Fingerprinting
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997 47: 1179-1187. [Abstract] [PDF]  

P. Vandamme, B. Holmes, M. Vancanneyt, T. Coenye, B. Hoste, R. Coopman, H. Revets, S. Lauwers, M. Gillis, K. Kersters, and J. R. W. Govan

Occurrence of Multiple Genomovars of Burkholderia cepacia in Cystic Fibrosis Patients and Proposal of Burkholderia multivorans sp. nov.
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997 47: 1188-1200. [Abstract] [PDF]  

A. Willems, W. E. C. Moore, N. Weiss, and M. D. Collins

Phenotypic and Phylogenetic Characterization of Some Eubacterium-Like Isolates Containing a Novel Type B Wall Murein from Human Feces: Description of Holdemania filiformis gen. nov., sp. nov.
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997 47: 1201-1204. [Abstract] [PDF]  

H. Shojaei, M. Goodfellow, J. G. Magee, R. Freeman, F. K. Gould, and C. G. Brignall

Mycobacterium novocastrense sp. nov., a Rapidly Growing Photochromogenic Mycobacterium
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997 47: 1205-1207. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Hideki Kobayashi, Martin Runge, Rosemarie Schmidt, Masanori Kubo, Koshi Yamamoto, and Helga Kirchhoff

Mycoplasma lagogenitalium sp. nov., from the Preputial Smegma of Afghan Pikas (Ochotona rufescens rufescens)
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997 47: 1208-1211. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Kai Finster, Werner Liesack, and B. J. Tindall

Sulfurospirillum arcachonense sp. nov., a New Microaerophilic Sulfur-Reducing Bacterium
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997 47: 1212-1217. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Helmut Prauser, Peter Schumann, Frederick A. Rainey, Reiner M. Kroppenstedt, and Erko Stackebrandt

Terracoccus luteus gen. nov., sp. nov., an LL-Diaminopimelic Acid-Containing Coccoid Actinomycete from Soil
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997 47: 1218-1224. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ana Paula Chung, Fred Rainey, M. Fernanda Nobre, Jutta Burghardt, and Milton S. Da Costa

Meiothermus cerbereus sp. nov., a New Slightly Thermophilic Species with High Levels of 3-Hydroxy Fatty Acids
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997 47: 1225-1230. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Rocío R. Mota, M. Carmen Márquez, David R. Arahal, Encarnaciôn Mellado, and Antonio Ventosa

Polyphasic Taxonomy of Nesterenkonia halobia
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997 47: 1231-1235. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Dick Van Soolingen, Theo Hoogenboezem, Petra E. W. De Haas, Peter W. M. Hermans, Marianne A. Koedam, Koos S. Teppema, Patrick J. Brennan, Gurdyal S. Besra, Francoise Portaels, Janetta Top, Leo M. Schouls, and Jan D. A. Van Embden

A Novel Pathogenic Taxon of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex, Canetti: Characterization of an Exceptional Isolate from Africa
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997 47: 1236-1245. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Michel Blanc, Laurent Marilley, Trello Beffa, and Michel Aragno

Notes: Rapid Identification of Heterotrophic, Thermophilic, Spore-Forming Bacteria Isolated from Hot Composts
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997 47: 1246-1248. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Akira Hiraishi, Yong Kook Shin, and Junta Sugiyama

Proposal To Reclassify Zoogloea ramigera IAM 12670 (P. R. Dugan 115) as Duganella zoogloeoides gen. nov., sp. nov.
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997 47: 1249-1252. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Hernan R. Chang, L. H. Loo, K. Jeyaseelan, L. Earnest, and E. Stackebrandt

Phylogenetic Relationships of Salmonella typhi and Salmonella typhimurium Based on 16S rRNA Sequence Analysis
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997 47: 1253-1254. [Abstract] [PDF]  

V. Roux, M. Bergoin, N. Lamaze, and D. Raoult

Reassessment of the Taxonomic Position of Rickettsiella grylli
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997 47: 1255-1257. [Abstract] [PDF]  

M. A. Elberson and K. R. Sowers

Isolation of an Aceticlastic Strain of Methanosarcina siciliae from Marine Canyon Sediments and Emendation of the Species Description for Methanosarcina siciliae
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997 47: 1258-1261. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Lee R. Krumholz

Desulfuromonas chloroethenica sp. nov. Uses Tetrachloroethylene and Trichloroethylene as Electron Acceptors
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997 47: 1262-1263. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Alexander V. Pinevich, Svetlana G. Averina, and Natalia V. Velichko

Another View on the Role of Photosynthetic Pigments in Taxonomy of Oxygenic-Phototrophic Bacteria: Proposed Rejection of the Order Prochlorales Florenzano, Balloni, and Materassi 1986 (Emend. Burger-Wiersma, Stal, and Mur 1989), the Family Prochloraceae Florenzano, Balloni, and Materassi 1986, and the Family Prochlorotrichaceae Burger-Wiersma, Stal, and Mur 1989
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997 47: 1264-1267. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Takuichi Sato, Michiko Sato, Junko Matsuyama, and Etsuro Hoshino

PCR-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis of Genes Coding for 16S rRNA in Veillonella spp.
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997 47: 1268-1270. [Abstract] [PDF]  

ORIGINAL PAPERS RELATING TO THE SYSTEMATICS OF YEASTS:

Yuji Oda, Mihe Yabuki, Kenzo Tonomura, and Masahito Fukunaga

Reexamination of Yeast Strains Classified as Torulaspora delbrueckii (Lindner)
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997 47: 1102-1106. [Abstract] [PDF]  

ERRATA:

Wesley E. Kloos, Deborah N. Ballard, John A. Webster, Romeo J. Hubner, Alexander Tomasz, Isabel Couto, Gary L. Sloan, Heather P. Dehart, Franz Fiedler, Karin Schubert, Herminia De Lencastre, Ilda Santos Sanches, Harry E. Heath, Paul A. Leblanc, and Åsa Ljungh

Ribotype Delineation and Description of Staphylococcus sciuri Subspecies and Their Potential as Reservoirs of Methicillin Resistance and Staphylolytic Enzyme Genes
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997 47: 1279. [PDF]  

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