VALIDATION LIST:

Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 627. [PDF]  

NOTIFICATION LIST:

Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 48, part 1, of the IJSB
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 629. [PDF]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

Petr Petrás

Staphylococcus pulvereri = Staphylococcus vitulus?
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 617-618. [PDF]  

INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE ON SYSTEMATIC BACTERIOLOGY:

J. P. Euzéby

International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology: NOTE: Proposal to amend Rule 61 of the International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria (1990 revision)
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 611-612. [Abstract] [PDF]  

J. P. Euzéby

NOTE: Necessary corrections according to Judicial Opinions 16, 48 and 52
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 613. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Hans G. Trüper and Lanfranco de' Clari

Taxonomic note: erratum and correction of further specific epithets formed as substantives (nouns) ‘in apposition’
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 615. [PDF]  

INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE ON SYSTEMATIC BACTERIOLOGY: MINUTES:

International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology: Minutes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Campylobacter and related bacteria: Minutes of the meetings, 18 and 19 September 1997, Cape Town, South Africa
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 619-620. [PDF]  

Barry Holmes

International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Flavobacterium and Cytophaga-like bacteria: Minutes of the closed meeting, 19 August 1996, Jerusalem, Israel
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 621. [PDF]  

International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology Subcommittee on Gram-negative anaerobic rods: Minutes of the meetings, 4 and 7 July 1994, Prague, Czech Republic
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 623-624. [PDF]  

International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology Subcommittee on Gram-negative anaerobic rods: Minutes of the meetings, 21 and 22 July 1996, Chicago, IL, USA
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 625-626. [PDF]  

SYSTEMATIC BACTERIOLOGY:

C. Tardy-Jacquenod, M. Magot, B. K. C. Patel, R. Matheron, and P. Caumette

Desulfotomaculum halophilum sp. nov., a halophilic sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from oil production facilities
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 333-338. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Michail M. Yakimov, Peter N. Golyshin, Siegmund Lang, Edward R. B. Moore, Wolf-Rainer Abraham, Heinrich Lnsdorf, and Kenneth N. Timmis

Alcanivorax borkumensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new, hydrocarbon-degrading and surfactant-producing marine bacterium
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 339-348. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Zewdu Terefework, Giselle Nick, Sini Suomalainen, Lars Paulin, and Kristina Lindström

Phylogeny of Rhizobium galegae with respect to other rhizobia and agrobacteria
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 349-356. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Svetlana Kotelnikova, Alberto J. L. Macario, and Karsten Pedersen

Methanobacterium subterraneum sp. nov., a new alkaliphilic, eurythermic and halotolerant methanogen isolated from deep granitic groundwater
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 357-367. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Philippe de Lajudie, Anne Willems, Giselle Nick, Fatima Moreira, Flore Molouba, Bart Hoste, Urbain Torck, Marc Neyra, Matthew D. Collins, Kristina Lindström, Bernard Dreyfus, and Monique Gillis

Characterization of tropical tree rhizobia and description of Mesorhizobium plurifarium sp. nov.
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 369-382. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Albane de Vaux, Gisele Laguerre, Charles Diviès, and Hervé Prévost

Enterococcus asini sp. nov. isolated from the caecum of donkeys (Equus asinus)
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 383-387. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Harold Neimark, Deborah Mitchelmore, and Ronald H. Leach

An approach to characterizing uncultivated prokaryotes: the Grey Lung agent and proposal of a Candidatus taxon for the organism, ‘Candidatus Mycoplasma ravipulmonis’
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 389-394. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Karen E. Rippere, Monique T. Tran, Allan A. Yousten, Khidir H. Hilu, and Michael G. Klein

Bacillus popilliae and Bacillus lentimorbus, bacteria causing milky disease in Japanese beetles and related scarab larvae
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 395-402. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Junko Sasaki, Masao Chijimatsu, and Ken-ichiro Suzuki

Taxonomic significance of 2,4-diaminobutyric acid isomers in the cell wall peptidoglycan of actinomycetes and reclassification of Clavibacter toxicus as Rathayibacter toxicus comb. nov.
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 403-410. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Zhenshui Zhang, Yue Wang, and Jisheng Ruan

Reclassification of Thermomonospora and Microtetraspora
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 411-422. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Xiao-Gang Hou, Yoshiaki Kawamura, Ferdousi Sultana, Shinei Shu, Kenji Hirose, Kiichi Goto, and Takayuki Ezaki

Description of Arthrobacter creatinolyticus sp. nov., isolated from human urine
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 423-429. [Abstract] [PDF]  

P. Vandamme, P. Segers, M. Ryll, J. Hommez, M. Vancanneyt, R. Coopman, R. De Baere, Y. Van De Peer, K. Kersters, R. De Wachter, and K. H. Hinz

Pelistega europaea gen. nov., sp. nov., a bacterium associated with respiratory disease in pigeons: taxonomic structure and phylogenetic allocation
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 431-440. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Katrin Reichert, André Lipski, Silke Pradella, Erko Stackebrandt, and Karlheinz Altendorf

Pseudonocardia asaccharolytica sp. nov. and Pseudonocardia sulfidoxydans sp. nov., two new dimethyl disulfide-degrading actinomycetes and emended description of the genus Pseudonocardia
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 441-449. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Norio Kurosawa, Yuko H. Itoh, Toshie Iwai, Akihiko Sugai, Ikuko Uda, Naohiro Kimura, Tadao Horiuchi, and Toshihiro Itoh

Sulfurisphaera ohwakuensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel extremely thermophilic acidophile of the order Sulfolobales
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 451-456. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Catherine Hélias, Marie Vazeille-Falcoz, Francette Le Goff, Marie-Louise Abalain-Colloc, Francois Rodhain, Patricia Carle, Robert F. Whitcomb, David L. Williamson, Joseph G. Tully, Joseph M. Bové, and Claude Chastel

Spiroplasma turonicum sp. nov. from Haematopota horse flies (Diptera: Tabanidae) in France
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 457-461. [Abstract] [PDF]  

J. F. Fernández-Garayzábal, M. D. Collins, R. A. Hutson, I. Gonzalez, E. Fernández, and L. Dominguez

Corynebacterium camporealensis sp. nov., associated with subclinical mastitis in sheep
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 463-468. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Torleiv Lien, Marit Madsen, Ida H. Steen, and Kjersti Gjerdevik

Desulfobulbus rhabdoformis sp. nov., a sulfate reducer from a water-oil separation system
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 469-474. [Abstract] [PDF]  

M. L. Miroshnichenko, F. A. Rainey, H. Hippe, N. A. Chernyh, N. A. Kostrikina, and E. A. Bonch-Osmolovskaya

Desulfurella kamchatkensis sp. nov. and Desulfurella propionica sp. nov., new sulfur-respiring thermophilic bacteria from Kamchatka thermal environments
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 475-479. [Abstract] [PDF]  

C. Lambert, J. L. Nicolas, V. Cilia, and S. Corre

Vibrio pectenicida sp. nov., a pathogen of scallop (Pecten maximus) larvae
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 481-487. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ortrud Zimmermann, Cathrin Spröer, Reiner M. Kroppenstedt, Erika Fuchs, Heinrich G. Köchel, and Guido Funke

Corynebacterium thomssenii sp. nov., a Corynebacterium with N/acetyl-β-glucosaminidase activity from human clinical specimens
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 489-494. [Abstract] [PDF]  

K. Miyajima, F. Tanaka, T. Takeuchi, and S. Kuninaga

Streptomyces turgidiscabies sp. nov.
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 495-502. [Abstract] [PDF]  

P. Vandamme, E. Falsen, M. Vancanneyt, M. Van Esbroeck, D. Van de Merwe, A. Bergmans, L. Schouls, and L. Sabbe

Characterization of Actinomyces turicensis and Actinomyces radingae strains from human clinical samples
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 503-510. [Abstract] [PDF]  

L. H. Lambert, T. Cox, K. Mitchell, R. A. Rosselló-Mora, C. Del Cueto, D. E. Dodge, P. Orkand, and R. J. Cano

Staphylococcus succinus sp. nov., isolated from Dominican amber
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 511-518. [Abstract] [PDF]  

E. Tsakalidou, E. Zoidou, B. Pot, L. Wassill, W. Ludwig, L. A. Devriese, G. Kalantzopoulos, K. H. Schleifer, and K. Kersters

Identification of streptococci from Greek Kasseri cheese and description of Streptococcus macedonicus sp. nov.
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 519-527. [Abstract] [PDF]  

André Lipski, Katrin Reichert, Britta Reuter, Cathrin Spröer, and Karlheinz Altendorf

Identification of bacterial isolates from biofilters as Paracoccus alkenifer sp. nov. and Paracoccus solventivorans with emended description of Paracoccus solventivorans
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 529-536. [Abstract] [PDF]  

C. Ruiz-Ponte, V. Cilia, C. Lambert, and J. L. Nicolas

Roseobacter gallaeciensis sp. nov., a new marine bacterium isolated from rearings and collectors of the scallop Pecten maximus
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 537-542. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Mark Harker, Joseph Hirschberg, and Aharon Oren

Paracoccus marcusii sp. nov., an orange Gram-negative coccus
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 543-548. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Véronique Viallard, Isabelle Poirier, Benoit Cournoyer, Jacqueline Haurat, Sue Wiebkin, Kathy Ophel-Keller, and Jacques Balandreau

Burkholderia graminis sp. nov., a rhizospheric Burkholderia species, and reassessment of [Pseudomonas] phenazinium, [Pseudomonas] pyrrocinia and [Pseudomonas] glathei as Burkholderia
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 549-563. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Isao Yumoto, Koji Yamazaki, Tomoo Sawabe, Kazuaki Nakano, Kosei Kawasaki, Yoshio Ezura, and Haruo Shinano

Bacillus horti sp. nov., a new Gram-negative alkaliphilic bacillus
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 565-571. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Tomoo Sawabe, Itsuro Sugimura, Miwa Ohtsuka, Kazuaki Nakano, Kenichi Tajima, Yoshio Ezura, and Richard Christen

Vibrio halioticoli sp. nov., a non-motile alginolytic marine bacterium isolated from the gut of the abalone Haliotis discus hannai
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 573-580. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Sonia Chatellier, Josée Harel, Ying Zhang, Marcelo Gottschalk, Robert Higgins, Luc A. Devriese, and Roland Brousseau

Phylogenetic diversity of Streptococcus suis strains of various serotypes as revealed by 16S rRNA gene sequence comparison
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 581-589. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Shinichi Kawamoto and Kozo Ochi

NOTE: Comparative ribosomal protein (L11 and L30) sequence analyses of several Streptomyces spp. commonly used in genetic studies
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 597-600. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Cristina Pascual, Geoffrey Foster, Nerea Alvarez, and Matthew D. Collins

NOTE: Corynebacterium phocae sp. nov., isolated from the common seal (Phoca vitulina)
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 601-604. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Henrik Christensen, Steen Nordentoft, and John Elmerdahl Olsen

NOTE: Phylogenetic relationships of Salmonella based on rRNA sequences
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 605-610. [Abstract] [PDF]  

SYSTEMATICS OF YEASTS:

Stephen A. James, Ian N. Roberts, and Matthew D. Collins

Phylogenetic heterogeneity of the genus Williopsis as revealed by 18S rRNA gene sequences
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 591-596. [Abstract] [PDF]  

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