ARTICLES:

VALIDATION LIST NO.85: Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSEM
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 685-690. [PDF]  

NOTIFICATION LIST: Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 2, of the IJSEM
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 691-692. [PDF]  

J. B. Messick, P. G. Walker, W. Raphael, L. Berent, and X. Shi

'Candidatus Mycoplasma haemodidelphidis' sp. nov., 'Candidatus Mycoplasma haemolamae' sp. nov. and Mycoplasma haemocanis comb. nov., haemotrophic parasites from a naturally infected opossum (Didelphis virginiana), alpaca (Lama pacos) and dog (Canis familiaris): phylogenetic and secondary structural relatedness of their 16S rRNA genes to other mycoplasmas
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 693-698. [Abstract] [PDF] [Secondary structure]  

T. H. Birkbeck, L. A. Laidler, A. N. Grant, and D. I. Cox

Pasteurella skyensis sp. nov., isolated from Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.)
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 699-704. [Abstract] [PDF]  

G. Huys, P. Kampfer, M. J. Albert, I. Kuhn, R. Denys, and J. Swings

Aeromonas hydrophila subsp. dhakensis subsp. nov., isolated from children with diarrhoea in Bangladesh, and extended description of Aeromonas hydrophila subsp. hydrophila (Chester 1901) Stanier 1943 (Approved Lists 1980)
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 705-712. [Abstract] [PDF]  

G. Q. Lan, Y. W. Ho, and N. Abdullah

Mitsuokella jalaludinii sp. nov., from the rumens of cattle in Malaysia
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 713-718. [Abstract] [PDF]  

K. Kashefi, J. M. Tor, D. E. Holmes, C. V. Gaw Van Praagh, A. L. Reysenbach, and D. R. Lovley

Geoglobus ahangari gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel hyperthermophilic archaeon capable of oxidizing organic acids and growing autotrophically on hydrogen with Fe(III) serving as the sole electron acceptor
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 719-728. [Abstract] [PDF]  

D. Asker and Y. Ohta

Haloferax alexandrinus sp. nov., an extremely halophilic canthaxanthin-producing archaeon from a solar saltern in Alexandria (Egypt)
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 729-738. [Abstract] [PDF]  

M. Satomi, B. Kimura, T. Hamada, S. Harayama, and T. Fujii

Phylogenetic study of the genus Oceanospirillum based on 16S rRNA and gyrB genes: emended description of the genus Oceanospirillum, description of Pseudospirillum gen. nov., Oceanobacter gen. nov. and Terasakiella gen. nov. and transfer of Oceanospirillum jannaschii and Pseudomonas stanieri to Marinobacterium as Marinobacterium jannaschii comb. nov. and Marinobacterium stanieri comb. nov
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 739-747. [Abstract] [PDF]  

M. Goodfellow, J. Chun, E. Stackebrandt, and R. M. Kroppenstedt

Transfer of Tsukamurella wratislaviensis Goodfellow et al. 1995 to the genus Rhodococcus as Rhodococcus wratislaviensis comb. nov
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 749-755. [Abstract] [PDF]  

R. Bonnet, A. Suau, J. Dore, G. R. Gibson, and M. D. Collins

Differences in rDNA libraries of faecal bacteria derived from 10- and 25-cycle PCRs
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 757-763. [Abstract] [PDF]  

C. Jeanthon, S. L'Haridon, V. Cueff, A. Banta, A. L. Reysenbach, and D. Prieur

Thermodesulfobacterium hydrogeniphilum sp. nov., a thermophilic, chemolithoautotrophic, sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent at Guaymas Basin, and emendation of the genus Thermodesulfobacterium
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 765-772. [Abstract] [PDF]  

N. V. Doronina, Y. A. Trotsenko, B. B. Kuznetsov, T. P. Tourova, and M. S. Salkinoja-Salonen

Methylobacterium suomiense sp. nov. and Methylobacterium lusitanum sp. nov., aerobic, pink-pigmented, facultatively methylotrophic bacteria
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 773-776. [Abstract] [PDF]  

M. A. Ragan and R. L. Charlebois

Distributional profiles of homologous open reading frames among bacterial phyla: implications for vertical and lateral transmission
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 777-787. [Abstract] [PDF] [Extended Tables 1-3]  

W. Zhang, Y. Xue, Y. Ma, P. Zhou, A. Ventosa, and W. D. Grant

Salinicoccus alkaliphilus sp. nov., a novel alkaliphile and moderate halophile from Baer Soda Lake in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 789-793. [Abstract] [PDF]  

M. D. Spanevello, H. Yamamoto, and BKC. Patel

Thermaerobacter subterraneus sp. nov., a novel aerobic bacterium from the Great Artesian Basin of Australia, and emendation of the genus Thermaerobacter
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 795-800. [Abstract] [PDF]  

A. Breitenstein, J. Wiegel, C. Haertig, N. Weiss, J. R. Andreesen, and U. Lechner

Reclassification of Clostridium hydroxybenzoicum as Sedimentibacter hydroxybenzoicus gen. nov., comb. nov., and description of Sedimentibacter saalensis sp. nov
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 801-807. [Abstract] [PDF]  

W. Jian and X. Dong

Transfer of Bifidobacterium inopinatum and Bifidobacterium denticolens to Scardovia inopinata gen. nov., comb. nov., and Parascardovia denticolens gen. nov., comb. nov., respectively
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 809-812. [Abstract] [PDF]  

P. Lisdiyanti, H. Kawasaki, Y. Widyastuti, S. Saono, T. Seki, Y. Yamada, T. Uchimura, and K. Komagata

Kozakia baliensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel acetic acid bacterium in the alpha-Proteobacteria
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 813-818. [Abstract] [PDF]  

T. L. Miller and C. Lin

Description of Methanobrevibacter gottschalkii sp. nov., Methanobrevibacter thaueri sp. nov., Methanobrevibacter woesei sp. nov. and Methanobrevibacter wolinii sp. nov
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 819-822. [Abstract] [PDF]  

B. Lanoot, M. Vancanneyt, I. Cleenwerck, L. Wang, W. Li, Z. Liu, and J. Swings

The search for synonyms among streptomycetes by using SDS-PAGE of whole-cell proteins. Emendation of the species Streptomyces aurantiacus, Streptomyces cacaoi subsp. cacaoi, Streptomyces caeruleus and Streptomyces violaceus
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 823-829. [Abstract] [PDF] [Erratum]  

J. Magnusson, H. Jonsson, J. Schnurer, and S. Roos

Weissella soli sp. nov., a lactic acid bacterium isolated from soil
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 831-834. [Abstract] [PDF] [SDS-PAGE dendrogram]  

P. Kampfer, A. Neef, M. S. Salkinoja-Salonen, and H. J. Busse

Chelatobacter heintzii (Auling et al. 1993) is a later subjective synonym of Aminobacter aminovorans (Urakami et al. 1992)
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 835-839. [Abstract] [PDF]  

M. Sakamoto, M. Suzuki, M. Umeda, I. Ishikawa, and Y. Benno

Reclassification of Bacteroides forsythus (Tanner et al. 1986) as Tannerella forsythensis corrig., gen. nov., comb. nov
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 841-849. [Abstract] [PDF]  

J. K. Schaefer, K. D. Goodwin, I. R. McDonald, J. C. Murrell, and R. S. Oremland

Leisingera methylohalidivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine methylotroph that grows on methyl bromide
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 851-859. [Abstract] [PDF]  

J. F. Manen and J. Falquet

The cpcB--cpcA locus as a tool for the genetic characterization of the genus Arthrospira (Cyanobacteria): evidence for horizontal transfer
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 861-867. [Abstract] [PDF] [Arthrospira morphologies]  

S. Kanso, A. C. Greene, and BKC. Patel

Bacillus subterraneus sp. nov., an iron- and manganese-reducing bacterium from a deep subsurface Australian thermal aquifer
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 869-874. [Abstract] [PDF]  

P. Altenburger, P. Kampfer, P. Schumann, D. Vybiral, W. Lubitz, and H. J. Busse

Georgenia muralis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel actinobacterium isolated from a medieval wall painting
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 875-881. [Abstract] [PDF]  

S. Hanada, W. T. Liu, T. Shintani, Y. Kamagata, and K. Nakamura

Tetrasphaera elongata sp. nov., a polyphosphate-accumulating bacterium isolated from activated sludge
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 883-887. [Abstract] [PDF]  

B. Kim, N. Sahin, GYA. Tan, J. Zakrzewska-Czerwinska, and M. Goodfellow

Amycolatopsis eurytherma sp. nov., a thermophilic actinomycete isolated from soil
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 889-894. [Abstract] [PDF]  

M. Takeda, Y. Kamagata, W. C. Ghiorse, S. Hanada, and J. Koizumi

Caldimonas manganoxidans gen. nov., sp. nov., a poly(3-hydroxybutyrate)-degrading, manganese-oxidizing thermophile
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 895-900. [Abstract] [PDF]  

P. N. Golyshin, T. N. Chernikova, W. R. Abraham, H. Lunsdorf, K. N. Timmis, and M. M. Yakimov

Oleiphilaceae fam. nov., to include Oleiphilus messinensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium that obligately utilizes hydrocarbons
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 901-911. [Abstract] [PDF]  

D. Y. Sorokin, V. M. Gorlenko, T. P. Tourova, A. I. Tsapin, K. H. Nealson, and G. J. Kuenen

Thioalkalimicrobium cyclicum sp. nov. and Thioalkalivibrio jannaschii sp. nov., novel species of haloalkaliphilic, obligately chemolithoautotrophic sulfur-oxidizing bacteria from hypersaline alkaline Mono Lake (California)
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 913-920. [Abstract] [PDF]  

PWJJ. van der Wielen, GMLL. Rovers, JMA. Scheepens, and S. Biesterveld

Clostridium lactatifermentans sp. nov., a lactate-fermenting anaerobe isolated from the caeca of a chicken
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 921-925. [Abstract] [PDF]  

J. J. Leisner, M. Vancanneyt, K. Lefebvre, K. Vandemeulebroecke, B. Hoste, N. Euras Vilalta, G. Rusul, and J. Swings

Lactobacillus durianis sp. nov., isolated from an acid-fermented condiment (tempoyak) in Malaysia
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 927-931. [Abstract] [PDF]  

R. W. Phillips, J. Wiegel, C. J. Berry, C. Fliermans, A. D. Peacock, D. C. White, and L. J. Shimkets

Kineococcus radiotolerans sp. nov., a radiation-resistant, Gram-positive bacterium
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 933-938. [Abstract] [PDF]  

M. Chamkha, BKC. Patel, A. Traore, J. L. Garcia, and M. Labat

Isolation from a shea cake digester of a tannin-degrading Streptococcus gallolyticus strain that decarboxylates protocatechuic and hydroxycinnamic acids, and emendation of the species
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 939-944. [Abstract] [PDF]  

P. L. Manachini, S. H. Flint, LJH. Ward, W. Kelly, M. G. Fortina, C. Parini, and D. Mora

Comparison between Streptococcus macedonicus and Streptococcus waius strains and reclassification of Streptococcus waius (Flint et al. 1999) as Streptococcus macedonicus (Tsakalidou et al. 1998)
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 945-951. [Abstract] [PDF]  

N. A. Logan, G. Forsyth, L. Lebbe, J. Goris, M. Heyndrickx, A. Balcaen, A. Verhelst, E. Falsen, A. Ljungh, H. B. Hansson, and P. De Vos

Polyphasic identification of Bacillus and Brevibacillus strains from clinical, dairy and industrial specimens and proposal of Brevibacillus invocatus sp. nov
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 953-966. [Abstract] [PDF] [Supplementary Table]  

S. D. Lee and Y. C. Hah

Proposal to transfer Catellatospora ferruginea and 'Catellatospora ishikariense' to Asanoa gen. nov. as Asanoa ferruginea comb. nov. and Asanoa ishikariensis sp. nov., with emended description of the genus Catellatospora
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 967-972. [Abstract] [PDF]  

F. L. Thompson, B. Hoste, K. Vandemeulebroecke, K. Engelbeen, R. Denys, and J. Swings

Vibrio trachuri Iwamoto et al. 1995 is a junior synonym of Vibrio harveyi (Johnson and Shunk 1936) Baumann et al. 1981
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 973-976. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Y. Huang, L. Wang, Z. Lu, L. Hong, Z. Liu, GYA. Tan, and M. Goodfellow

Proposal to combine the genera Actinobispora and Pseudonocardia in an emended genus Pseudonocardia, and description of Pseudonocardia zijingensis sp. nov
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 977-982. [Abstract] [PDF]  

J. P. Carlier, H. Marchandin, E. Jumas-Bilak, V. Lorin, C. Henry, C. Carriere, and H. Jean-Pierre

Anaeroglobus geminatus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Veillonellaceae
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 983-986. [Abstract] [PDF]  

L. I. Evtushenko, L. V. Dorofeeva, V. I. Krausova, E. Y. Gavrish, S. G. Yashina, and M. Takeuchi

Okibacterium fritillariae gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel genus of the family Microbacteriaceae
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 987-993. [Abstract] [PDF]  

L. Hoyles, E. Inganas, E. Falsen, M. Drancourt, N. Weiss, A. L. McCartney, and M. D. Collins

Bifidobacterium scardovii sp. nov., from human sources
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 995-999. [Abstract] [PDF]  

A. F. Yassin, U. Steiner, and W. Ludwig

Corynebacterium aurimucosum sp. nov. and emended description of Corynebacterium minutissimum Collins and Jones (1983)
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 1001-1005. [Abstract] [PDF]  

M. Gugger, C. Lyra, I. Suominen, I. Tsitko, J. F. Humbert, M. S. Salkinoja-Salonen, and K. Sivonen

Cellular fatty acids as chemotaxonomic markers of the genera Anabaena, Aphanizomenon, Microcystis, Nostoc and Planktothrix (cyanobacteria)
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 1007-1015. [Abstract] [PDF]  

GSN. Reddy, JSS. Prakash, G. I. Matsumoto, E. Stackebrandt, and S. Shivaji

Arthrobacter roseus sp. nov., a psychrophilic bacterium isolated from an Antarctic cyanobacterial mat sample
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 1017-1021. [Abstract] [PDF]  

M. Hamamoto, V. N. Thanh, and T. Nakase

Bannoa hahajimensis gen. nov., sp. nov., and three related anamorphs, Sporobolomyces bischofiae sp. nov., Sporobolomyces ogasawarensis sp. nov. and Sporobolomyces syzygii sp. nov., yeasts isolated from plants in Japan
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 1023-1032. [Abstract] [PDF]  

S. Thomas-Hall and K. Watson

Cryptococcus nyarrowii sp. nov., a basidiomycetous yeast from Antarctica
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 1033-1038. [Abstract] [PDF]  

E. Yabuuchi

Correction of the connecting vowel and gender of the specific epithet in the name Sphingomonas macrogoltabidus Takeuchi et al. 1993 to Sphingomonas macrogolitabida
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 1039. [Abstract] [PDF]  

E. Yabuuchi

Bacillus dysentericus (sic) 1897 was the first rather than Bacillus dysenteriae 1898
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 1041. [Abstract] [PDF]  

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

Report of the ad hoc committee for the re-evaluation of the species definition in bacteriology
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 1043-1047. [Abstract] [PDF]  

J. F. Bernardet, Y. Nakagawa, and B. Holmes

Proposed minimal standards for describing new taxa of the family Flavobacteriaceae and emended description of the family
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 1049-1070. [Abstract] [PDF] [Errata]  

J. F. Bernardet

International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes: Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Flavobacterium and Cytophaga-like bacteria. Minutes of the meetings, 16 and 17 August 1999, Sydney, Australia
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 1071-1073. [PDF]  

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