VALIDATION LIST:

Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 935-936. [PDF]  

NOTIFICATION LIST:

Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 2, of the IJSB
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 937-939. [PDF]  

NEW TAXA: Archaea:

Aharon Oren, Antonio Ventosa, M. Carmen Gutiérrez, and Masahiro Kamekura

Haloarcula quadrata sp. nov., a square, motile archaeon isolated from a brine pool in Sinai (Egypt)
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 1149-1155. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Takashi Itoh, Ken-ichiro Suzuki, Priscilla C. Sanchez, and Takashi Nakase

Caldivirga maquilingensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new genus of rod-shaped crenarchaeote isolated from a hot spring in the Philippines
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 1157-1163. [Abstract] [PDF]  

NEW TAXA: Gram-positive Bacteria:

Vishvesh K. Bhupathiraju, Michael J. McInerney, Carl R. Woese, and Ralph S. Tanner

Haloanaerobium kushneri sp. nov., an obligately halophilic, anaerobic bacterium from an oil brine
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 953-960. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Sandra Baena, Marie-Laure Fardeau, T. H. S. Woo, Bernard Ollivier, Marc Labat, and Bharat K. C. Patel

Phylogenetic relationships of three amino-acid-utilizing anaerobes, Selenomonas acidaminovorans, ‘Selenomonas acidaminophila’ and Eubacterium acidaminophilum, as inferred from partial 16S rDNA nucleotide sequences and proposal of Thermanaerovibrio acidaminovorans gen. nov., comb. nov. and Anaeromusa acidaminophila gen. nov., comb. nov.
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 969-974. [Abstract] [PDF]  

S. Baena, M.-L. Fardeau, B. Ollivier, M. Labat, P. Thomas, J.-L. Garcia, and B. K. C. Patel

Aminomonas paucivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a mesophilic, anaerobic, amino-acid-utilizing bacterium
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 975-982. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Peter H. Janssen and Katrina A. O'Farrell

Succinispira mobilis gen. nov., sp. nov., a succinate-decarboxylating anaerobic bacterium
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 1009-1013. [Abstract] [PDF]  

A. Nikki Padden, Vivian M. Dillon, John Edmonds, M. David Collins, Nerea Alvarez, and Philip John

An indigo-reducing moderate thermophile from a woad vat, Clostridium isatidis sp. nov.
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 1025-1031. [Abstract] [PDF]  

M. Heyndrickx, L. Lebbe, K. Kersters, B. Hoste, R. De Wachter, P. De Vos, G. Forsyth, and N. A. Logan

Proposal of Virgibacillus proomii sp. nov. and emended description of Virgibacillus pantothenticus (Proom and Knight 1950) Heyndrickx et al. 1998
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 1083-1090. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Matthew D. Collins, Mar Rodriguez Jovita, Roger A. Hutson, Maria Ohlén, and Enevold Falsen

Note: Aerococcus christensenii sp. nov., from the human vagina
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 1125-1128. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Gilles Ravot, Michel Magot, Marie-Laure Fardeau, Bharat K. C. Patel, Pierre Thomas, Jean-Louis Garcia, and Bernard Ollivier

Fusibacter paucivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, thiosulfate-reducing bacterium from an oil-producing well
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 1141-1147. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Monika Wieser, Peter Schumann, Karin Martin, Petra Altenburger, Jutta Burghardt, Werner Lubitz, and Hans-Jürgen Busse

Agrococcus citreus sp. nov., isolated from a medieval wall painting of the chapel of Castle Herberstein (Austria)
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 1165-1170. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Futoshi Nakazawa, Sergio E. Poco, Tetsuro Ikeda, Michiko Sato, Sotos Kalfas, Göran Sundqvist, and Etsuro Hoshino

Cryptobacterium curtum gen. nov., sp. nov., a new genus of Gram-positive anaerobic rod isolated from human oral cavities
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 1193-1200. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Tahar Mechichi, Marc Labat, Bharat K. C. Patel, Tony H. S. Woo, Pierre Thomas, and Jean-Louis Garcia

Clostridium methoxybenzovorans sp. nov., a new aromatic o-demethylating homoacetogen from an olive mill wastewater treatment digester
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 1201-1209. [Abstract] [PDF]  

L. K. Nakamura, Michael S. Roberts, and Frederick M. Cohan

Note: Relationship of Bacillus subtilis clades associated with strains 168 and W23: A proposal for Bacillus subtilis subsp. subtilis subsp. nov. and Bacillus subtilis subsp. spizizenii subsp. nov.
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 1211-1215. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Carlos R. Osorio, Juan L. Barja, Roger A. Hutson, and Matthew D. Collins

Note: Arthrobacter rhombi sp. nov., isolated from Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides)
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 1217-1220. [Abstract] [PDF]  

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

Streptococcus pluranimalium sp. nov., from cattle and other animals
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 1221-1226. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Kamil Isik, Jongsik Chun, Yung Chil Hah, and Michael Goodfellow

Nocardia uniformis nom. rev.
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 1227-1230. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Matthew D. Collins, Roger A. Hutson, Enevold Falsen, and Berit Sjöden

Note: Facklamia tabacinasalis sp. nov., from powdered tobacco
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 1247-1250. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Paul A. Lawson, Geoffrey Foster, Enevold Falsen, Maria Ohlén, and Matthew D. Collins

Note: Vagococcus lutrae sp. nov., isolated from the common otter (Lutra lutra)
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 1251-1254. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Alicia Aranaz, Ernesto Liébana, Enrique Gómez-Mampaso, Juan C. Galán, Debby Cousins, Arturo Ortega, Jesús Blázquez, Fernando Baquero, Ana Mateos, Guillermo Súarez, and Lucas Domínguez

Mycobacterium tuberculosis subsp. caprae subsp. nov.: A taxonomic study of a new member of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolated from goats in Spain
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 1263-1273. [Abstract] [PDF]  

NEW TAXA: Proteobacteria:

M. L. Miroshnichenko, F. A. Rainey, M. Rhode, and E. A. Bonch-Osmolovskaya

Hippea maritima gen. nov., sp. nov., a new genus of thermophilic, sulfur-reducing bacterium from submarine hot vents
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 1033-1038. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Wim G. Meijer, Manny E. Nienhuis-Kuiper, and Theo A. Hansen

Fermentative bacteria from estuarine mud: Phylogenetic position of Acidaminobacter hydrogenoformans and description of a new type of Gram-negative, propionigenic bacterium as Propionibacter pelophilus gen. nov., sp. nov.
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 1039-1044. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Edzard Scholten, Thomas Lukow, Georg Auling, Reiner M. Kroppenstedt, Fred A. Rainey, and Hans Diekmann

Thauera mechernichensis sp. nov., an aerobic denitrifier from a leachate treatment plant
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 1045-1051. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Wolf-Rainer Abraham, Carsten Strömpl, Holger Meyer, Sabine Lindholst, Edward R. B. Moore, Ruprecht Christ, Marc Vancanneyt, B. J. Tindall, Antonio Bennasar, John Smit, and Michael Tesar

Phylogeny and polyphasic taxonomy of Caulobacter species. Proposal of Maricaulis gen. nov. with Maricaulis maris (Poindexter) comb. nov. as the type species, and emended description of the genera Brevundimonas and Caulobacter
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 1053-1073. [Abstract] [PDF]  

F. Dabboussi, M. Hamze, M. Elomari, S. Verhille, N. Baida, D. Izard, and H. Leclerc

Pseudomonas libanensis sp. nov., a new specie isolated from Lebanese spring waters
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 1091-1101. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ewald B. M. Denner, Peter Kämpfer, Hans-Jürgen Busse, and Edward R. B. Moore

Note: Reclassification of Pseudomonas echinoide Heumann 1962, 343^AL, in the genus Sphingomonas as Sphingomonas echinoide comb. nov.
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 1103-1109. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Bongkeun Song, Max M. Häggblom, Jizhong Zhou, James M. Tiedje, and Norberto J. Palleroni

Taxonomic characterization of denitrifying bacteria that degrade aromatic compounds and description of Azoarcus toluvorans sp. nov. and Azoarcus toluclasticus sp. nov.
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 1129-1140. [Abstract] [PDF]  

John F. Stolz, Debra J. Ellis, Jodi Switzer Blum, Dianne Ahmann, Derek R. Lovley, and Ronald S. Oremland

Note: Sulfurospirillum barnesii sp. nov. and Sulfurospirillum arsenophilum sp. nov., new members of the Sulfurospirillum clade of the -Proteobacteria
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 1177-1180. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Francisco Solano and Antonio Sanchez-Amat

Note: Studies on the phylogenetic relationships of melanogenic marine bacteria: Proposal of Marinomonas mediterranea sp. nov.
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 1241-1246. [Abstract] [PDF]  

NEW TAXA: Other Bacteria:

Sylvia Bredholt, Jacob Sonne-Hansen, Preben Nielsen, Indra M. Mathrani, and Birgitte K. Ahring

Caldicellulosiruptor kristjanssonii sp. nov., a cellulolytic, extremely thermophilic, anaerobic bacterium
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 991-996. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jens E. Johansen, Preben Nielsen, and Carsten Sjøholm

Description of Cellulophaga baltica gen. nov., sp. nov. and Cellulophaga fucicola gen. nov., sp. nov. and reclassification of [Cytophaga] lytica to Cellulophaga lytica gen. nov., comb. nov.
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 1231-1240. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Toshimi Sawayanagi, Norio Horikoshi, Tsutomu Kanehira, Masayuki Shinohara, Assunta Bertaccini, M.-T. Cousin, Chuji Hiruki, and Shigetou Namba

‘Candidatus Phytoplasma japonicum’, a new phytoplasma taxon associated with Japanese Hydrangea phyllody
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 1275-1285. [Abstract] [PDF]  

EVOLUTION, PHYLOGENY AND BIODIVERSITY:

Roman Pantucek, Ivo Sedlácek, Jirí Doskar, and Stanislav Rosypal

Complex genomic and phenotypic characterization of the related species Staphylococcus carnosus and Staphylococcus piscifermentans
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 941-951. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Wafa Achouak, Philippe Normand, and Thierry Heulin

Comparative phylogeny of rrs and nifH genes in the Bacillaceae
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 961-967. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Johanna Björkroth, Hannu Korkeala, and Guido Funke

rRNA gene RFLP as an identification tool for Corynebacterium species
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 983-989. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Francoise Berthier and Stanislav D. Ehrlich

Genetic diversity within Lactobacillus sakei and Lactobacillus curvatus and design of PCR primers for its detection using randomly amplified polymorphic DNA
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 997-1007. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Eric L. Marston, John W. Sumner, and Russell L. Regnery

Evaluation of intraspecies genetic variation within the 60 kDa heat-shock protein gene (groEL) of Bartonella species
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 1015-1023. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Danièle Sohier, Joana Coulon, and Aline Lonvaud-Funel

Molecular identification of Lactobacillus hilgardii and genetic relatedness with Lactobacillus brevis
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 1075-1081. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Sara B. Feresu, Arnold G. Steigerwalt, and Don J. Brenner

DNA relatedness of Leptospira strains isolated from beef cattle in Zimbabwe
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 1111-1117. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Alexander V. Siunov, Dmitriy V. Nikitin, Natalia E. Suzina, Vladimir V. Dmitriev, Nickolay P. Kuzmin, and Vitaliy I. Duda

Note: Phylogenetic status of Anaerobacter polyendosporus, an anaerobic, polysporogenic bacterium
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 1119-1124. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Clare S. Harrington and Stephen L. W. On

Note: Extensive 16S rRNA gene sequence diversity in Campylobacter hyointestinalis strains: Taxonomic and applied implications
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 1171-1175. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Anita Y. C. Kwok, Shey-Chiang Su, Robert P. Reynolds, Sue J. Bay, Yossef Av-Gay, Norman J. Dovichi, and Anthony W. Chow

Species identification and phylogenetic relationships based on partial HSP60 gene sequences within the genus Staphylococcus
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 1181-1192. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Cathrin Spröer, Hans Reichenbach, and Erko Stackebrandt

The correlation between morphological and phylogenetic classification of myxobacteria
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 1255-1262. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Fabienne Midreuil, Jacques Guillot, Eveline Guého, François Renaud, Michèle Mallié, and Jean-Marie Bastide

Genetic diversity in the yeast species Malassezia pachydermatis analysed by multilocus enzyme electrophoresis
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 1287-1294. [Abstract] [PDF]  

INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE ON SYSTEMATIC BACTERIOLOGY:

B. J. Tindall

Taxonomic note: Transfer of Amoebobacter purpureus to the genus Pfennigia gen. nov., as Pfennigia purpurea comb. nov., on the basis of the illegitimate proposal to make Amoebobacter purpureus the type species of the genus Amoebobacter
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 1307-1308. [PDF]  

B. J. Tindall

Note: Proposals to update and make changes to the Bacteriological Code
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 1309-1312. [PDF]  

B. J. Tindall

Note: Misunderstanding the Bacteriological Code
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 1313-1316. [Abstract] [PDF]  

B. J. Tindall

Note: Proposal to change the Rule governing the designation of type strains deposited under culture collection numbers allocated for patent purposes
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 1317-1319. [PDF]  

B. J. Tindall

Note: Proposal to change Rule 18a, Rule 18f and Rule 30 to limit the retroactive consequences of changes accepted by the ICSB
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 1321-1322. [PDF]  

NEW TAXA - YEASTS:

Herman J. Phaff, William T. Starmer, and Cletus P. Kurtzman

Pichia lachancei sp. nov., associated with several Hawaiian plant species
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 1295-1299. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Wladyslav I. Golubev

Mastigobasidium, a new teleomorphic genus for the perfect state of ballistosporous yeast Bensingtonia intermedia
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 49: 1301-1305. [Abstract] [PDF]  

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