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VALIDATION LIST NO.88: Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSEM
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 1915-1916. [PDF]  

L. V. Dorofeeva, L. I. Evtushenko, V. I. Krausova, A. V. Karpov, S. A. Subbotin, and J. M. Tiedje

Rathayibacter caricis sp. nov. and Rathayibacter festucae sp. nov., isolated from the phyllosphere of Carex sp. and the leaf gall induced by the nematode Anguina graminis on Festuca rubra L., respectively
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 1917-1923. [Abstract] [PDF]  

E. Stackebrandt, P. Schumann, K. P. Schaal, and N. Weiss

Propionimicrobium gen. nov., a new genus to accommodate Propionibacterium lymphophilum (Torrey 1916) Johnson and Cummins 1972, 1057(AL) as Propionimicrobium lymphophilum comb. nov
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 1925-1927. [Abstract] [PDF]  

K. T. Finneran, H. M. Forbush, C. V. Gaw VanPraagh, and D. R. Lovley

Desulfitobacterium metallireducens sp. nov., an anaerobic bacterium that couples growth to the reduction of metals and humic acids as well as chlorinated compounds
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 1929-1935. [Abstract] [PDF]  

A. Wolf, A. Fritze, M. Hagemann, and G. Berg

Stenotrophomonas rhizophila sp. nov., a novel plant-associated bacterium with antifungal properties
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 1937-1944. [Abstract] [PDF] [Supplementary table]  

S. Sakata, M. Kitahara, M. Sakamoto, H. Hayashi, M. Fukuyama, and Y. Benno

Unification of Bifidobacterium infantis and Bifidobacterium suis as Bifidobacterium longum
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 1945-1951. [Abstract] [PDF]  

JJL. Cantera, H. Kawasaki, and T. Seki

Farnesyl diphosphate synthase gene of three phototrophic bacteria and its use as a phylogenetic marker
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 1953-1960. [Abstract] [PDF]  

T. G. Sokolova, N. A. Kostrikina, N. A. Chernyh, T. P. Tourova, T. V. Kolganova, and E. A. Bonch-Osmolovskaya

Carboxydocella thermautotrophica gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel anaerobic, CO-utilizing thermophile from a Kamchatkan hot spring
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 1961-1967. [Abstract] [PDF]  

G. Huys, R. Denys, and J. Swings

DNA--DNA reassociation and phenotypic data indicate synonymy between Aeromonas enteropelogenes Schubert et al. 1990 and Aeromonas trota Carnahan et al. 1991
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 1969-1972. [Abstract] [PDF]  

P. Munsch, T. Alatossava, N. Marttinen, J. M. Meyer, R. Christen, and L. Gardan

Pseudomonas costantinii sp. nov., another causal agent of brown blotch disease, isolated from cultivated mushroom sporophores in Finland
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 1973-1983. [Abstract] [PDF] [Supplementary table]  

N. A. Logan, L. Lebbe, A. Verhelst, J. Goris, G. Forsyth, M. Rodriguez-Diaz, M. Heyndrickx, and P. De Vos

Bacillus luciferensis sp. nov., from volcanic soil on Candlemas Island, South Sandwich archipelago
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 1985-1989. [Abstract] [PDF] [Supplementary table]  

E. Richter, S. Niemann, F. O. Gloeckner, G. E. Pfyffer, and S. Rusch-Gerdes

Mycobacterium holsaticum sp. nov
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 1991-1996. [Abstract] [PDF]  

A. A. Khan, S. J. Kim, D. D. Paine, and C. E. Cerniglia

Classification of a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-metabolizing bacterium, Mycobacterium sp. strain PYR-1, as Mycobacterium vanbaalenii sp. nov
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 1997-2002. [Abstract] [PDF] [Supplementary material]  

C. M. Dobson, H. Deneer, S. Lee, S. Hemmingsen, S. Glaze, and B. Ziola

Phylogenetic analysis of the genus Pediococcus, including Pediococcus claussenii sp. nov., a novel lactic acid bacterium isolated from beer
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 2003-2010. [Abstract] [PDF]  

S. B. Kim and M. Goodfellow

Streptomyces avermitilis sp. nov., nom. rev., a taxonomic home for the avermectin-producing streptomycetes
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 2011-2014. [Abstract] [PDF]  

F. L. Thompson, B. Hoste, C. C. Thompson, J. Goris, B. Gomez-Gil, L. Huys, P. De Vos, and J. Swings

Enterovibrio norvegicus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the gut of turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) larvae: a new member of the family Vibrionaceae
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 2015-2022. [Abstract] [PDF] [Supplementary table]  

S. Van Oevelen, R. De Wachter, P. Vandamme, E. Robbrecht, and E. Prinsen

Identification of the bacterial endosymbionts in leaf galls of Psychotria (Rubiaceae, angiosperms) and proposal of 'Candidatus Burkholderia kirkii' sp. nov
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 2023-2027. [Abstract] [PDF]  

P. Kampfer, R. Witzenberger, EBM. Denner, H. J. Busse, and A. Neef

Sphingopyxis witflariensis sp. nov., isolated from activated sludge
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 2029-2034. [Abstract] [PDF]  

B. La Scola, S. Meconi, F. Fenollar, J. M. Rolain, V. Roux, and D. Raoult

Emended description of Rickettsia felis (Bouyer et al. 2001), a temperature-dependent cultured bacterium
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 2035-2041. [Abstract] [PDF]  

J. H. Yoon, K. H. Kang, and Y. H. Park

Lentibacillus salicampi gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from a salt field in Korea
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 2043-2048. [Abstract] [PDF]  

J. Heyrman, A. Balcaen, P. De Vos, and J. Swings

Halomonas muralis sp. nov., isolated from microbial biofilms colonizing the walls and murals of the Saint-Catherine chapel (Castle Herberstein, Austria)
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 2049-2054. [Abstract] [PDF]  

D. Zhang, H. Yang, Z. Huang, W. Zhang, and S. J. Liu

Rhodopseudomonas faecalis sp. nov., a phototrophic bacterium isolated from an anaerobic reactor that digests chicken faeces
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 2055-2060. [Abstract] [PDF]  

M. K. Chelius, J. A. Henn, and E. W. Triplett

Runella zeae sp. nov., a novel Gram-negative bacterium from the stems of surface-sterilized Zea mays
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 2061-2063. [Abstract] [PDF]  

L. Gardan, P. Bella, J. M. Meyer, R. Christen, P. Rott, W. Achouak, and R. Samson

Pseudomonas salomonii sp. nov., pathogenic on garlic, and Pseudomonas palleroniana sp. nov., isolated from rice
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 2065-2074. [Abstract] [PDF]  

C. Pitulle, C. Strehse, J. W. Brown, and E. B. Breitschwerdt

Investigation of the phylogenetic relationships within the genus Bartonella based on comparative sequence analysis of the rnpB gene, 16S rDNA and 23S rDNA
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 2075-2080. [Abstract] [PDF]  

R. Buonaurio, V. M. Stravato, Y. Kosako, N. Fujiwara, T. Naka, K. Kobayashi, C. Cappelli, and E. Yabuuchi

Sphingomonas melonis sp. nov., a novel pathogen that causes brown spots on yellow Spanish melon fruits
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 2081-2087. [Abstract] [PDF]  

A. R. Snyder, H. N. Williams, M. L. Baer, K. E. Walker, and O. C. Stine

16S rDNA sequence analysis of environmental Bdellovibrio-and-like organisms (BALO) reveals extensive diversity
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 2089-2094. [Abstract] [PDF]  

P. Altenburger, P. Kampfer, P. Schumann, R. Steiner, W. Lubitz, and H. J. Busse

Citricoccus muralis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel actinobacterium isolated from a medieval wall painting
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 2095-2100. [Abstract] [PDF]  

J. H. Skerratt, J. P. Bowman, and P. D. Nichols

Shewanella olleyana sp. nov., a marine species isolated from a temperate estuary which produces high levels of polyunsaturated fatty acids
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 2101-2106. [Abstract] [PDF]  

J. S. Lee, K. C. Lee, Y. H. Chang, S. G. Hong, H. W. Oh, Y. R. Pyun, and K. S. Bae

Paenibacillus daejeonensis sp. nov., a novel alkaliphilic bacterium from soil
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 2107-2111. [Abstract] [PDF]  

E. P. Ivanova, N. M. Gorshkova, T. Sawabe, K. Hayashi, N. I. Kalinovskaya, A. M. Lysenko, N. V. Zhukova, D. V. Nicolau, T. A. Kuznetsova, V. V. Mikhailov, and R. Christen

Pseudomonas extremorientalis sp. nov., isolated from a drinking water reservoir
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 2113-2120. [Abstract] [PDF] [Supplementary tree]  

J. Zhang, Y. Zhang, C. Xiao, Z. Liu, and M. Goodfellow

Rhodococcus maanshanensis sp. nov., a novel actinomycete from soil
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 2121-2126. [Abstract] [PDF]  

H. A. Abd El-Rahman, D. Fritze, C. Sproer, and D. Claus

Two novel psychrotolerant species, Bacillus psychrotolerans sp. nov. and Bacillus psychrodurans sp. nov., which contain ornithine in their cell walls
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 2127-2133. [Abstract] [PDF]  

C. Turenne, P. Chedore, J. Wolfe, F. Jamieson, G. Broukhanski, K. May, and A. Kabani

Mycobacterium lacus sp. nov., a novel slowly growing, non-chromogenic clinical isolate
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 2135-2140. [Abstract] [PDF]  

S. H. Duncan, G. L. Hold, HJM. Harmsen, C. S. Stewart, and H. J. Flint

Growth requirements and fermentation products of Fusobacterium prausnitzii, and a proposal to reclassify it as Faecalibacterium prausnitzii gen. nov., comb. nov
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 2141-2146. [Abstract] [PDF]  

I. von der Weid, G. Frois Duarte, J. D. van Elsas, and L. Seldin

Paenibacillus brasilensis sp. nov., a novel nitrogen-fixing species isolated from the maize rhizosphere in Brazil
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 2147-2153. [Abstract] [PDF] [Supplementary micrograph]  

M. Y. Chen, S. S. Tsay, K. Y. Chen, Y. C. Shi, Y. T. Lin, and G. H. Lin

Pseudoxanthomonas taiwanensis sp. nov., a novel thermophilic, N(2)O-producing species isolated from hot springs
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 2155-2161. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Y. Takahashi, A. Matsumoto, A. Seino, J. Ueno, Y. Iwai, and S. Omura

Streptomyces avermectinius sp. nov., an avermectin-producing strain
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 2163-2168. [Abstract] [PDF]  

J. M. Donahue, N. M. Williams, S. F. Sells, and D. P. Labeda

Crossiella equi sp. nov., isolated from equine placentas
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 2169-2173. [Abstract] [PDF]  

D. Y. Sorokin, T. P. Tourova, T. V. Kolganova, K. A. Sjollema, and J. G. Kuenen

Thioalkalispira microaerophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel lithoautotrophic, sulfur-oxidizing bacterium from a soda lake
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 2175-2182. [Abstract] [PDF] [Erratum]  

AFWM. Wolterink, A. B. Jonker, SWM. Kengen, and AJM. Stams

Pseudomonas chloritidismutans sp. nov., a non-denitrifying, chlorate-reducing bacterium
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 2183-2190. [Abstract] [PDF]  

W. R. Abraham, C. Strompl, A. Bennasar, M. Vancanneyt, C. Snauwaert, J. Swings, J. Smit, and ERB. Moore

Phylogeny of Maricaulis Abraham et al. 1999 and proposal of Maricaulis virginensis sp. nov., M. parjimensis sp. nov., M. washingtonensis sp. nov. and M. salignorans sp. nov
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 2191-2201. [Abstract] [PDF]  

C. M. Manaia and ERB. Moore

Pseudomonas thermotolerans sp. nov., a thermotolerant species of the genus Pseudomonas sensu stricto
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 2203-2209. [Abstract] [PDF] [Supplementary table]  

I. Brettar, R. Christen, and M. G. Hofle

Shewanella denitrificans sp. nov., a vigorously denitrifying bacterium isolated from the oxic--anoxic interface of the Gotland Deep in the central Baltic Sea
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 2211-2217. [Abstract] [PDF] [Supplementary table]  

Z. Y. Yao, F. L. Kan, E. T. Wang, G. H. Wei, and W. X. Chen

Characterization of rhizobia that nodulate legume species of the genus Lespedeza and description of Bradyrhizobium yuanmingense sp. nov
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 2219-2230. [Abstract] [PDF]  

G. H. Wei, E. T. Wang, Z. Y. Tan, M. E. Zhu, and W. X. Chen

Rhizobium indigoferae sp. nov. and Sinorhizobium kummerowiae sp. nov., respectively isolated from Indigofera spp. and Kummerowia stipulacea
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 2231-2239. [Abstract] [PDF] [Supplementary table]  

P. P. Bosshard, R. Zbinden, and M. Altwegg

Paenibacillus turicensis sp. nov., a novel bacterium harbouring heterogeneities between 16S rRNA genes
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 2241-2249. [Abstract] [PDF]  

M. H. Sung, H. Kim, J. W. Bae, S. K. Rhee, C. O. Jeon, K. Kim, J. J. Kim, S. P. Hong, S. G. Lee, J. H. Yoon, Y. H. Park, and D. H. Baek

Geobacillus toebii sp. nov., a novel thermophilic bacterium isolated from hay compost
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 2251-2255. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Y. Fan, Z. Jin, J. Tong, W. Li, M. Pasciak, A. Gamian, Z. Liu, and Y. Huang

Rothia amarae sp. nov., from sludge of a foul water sewer
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 2257-2260. [Abstract] [PDF]  

D. L. Distel, W. Morrill, N. MacLaren-Toussaint, D. Franks, and J. Waterbury

Teredinibacter turnerae gen. nov., sp. nov., a dinitrogen-fixing, cellulolytic, endosymbiotic gamma-proteobacterium isolated from the gills of wood-boring molluscs (Bivalvia: Teredinidae)
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 2261-2269. [Abstract] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

F. F. Hezayen, B. J. Tindall, A. Steinbuchel, and BHA. Rehm

Characterization of a novel halophilic archaeon, Halobiforma haloterrestris gen. nov., sp. nov., and transfer of Natronobacterium nitratireducens to Halobiforma nitratireducens comb. nov
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 2271-2280. [Abstract] [PDF]  

K. E. Ashelford, J. C. Fry, M. J. Bailey, and M. J. Day

Characterization of Serratia isolates from soil, ecological implications and transfer of Serratia proteamaculans subsp. quinovora Grimont et al. 1983 to Serratia quinivorans corrig., sp. nov
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 2281-2289. [Abstract] [PDF] [Supplementary tables]  

A. Schippers, K. Bosecker, S. Willscher, C. Sproer, P. Schumann, and R. M. Kroppenstedt

Nocardiopsis metallicus sp. nov., a metal-leaching actinomycete isolated from an alkaline slag dump
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 2291-2295. [Abstract] [PDF]  

A. J. Ye and D. P. Romero

Phylogenetic relationships amongst tetrahymenine ciliates inferred by a comparison of telomerase RNAs
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 2297-2302. [Abstract] [PDF] [RNA sequence alignment]  

S. Thomas-Hall, K. Watson, and G. Scorzetti

Cryptococcus statzelliae sp. nov. and three novel strains of Cryptococcus victoriae, yeasts isolated from Antarctic soils
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 2303-2308. [Abstract] [PDF]  

F. Y. Bai, J. H. Zhao, M. Takashima, J. H. Jia, T. Boekhout, and T. Nakase

Reclassification of the Sporobolomyces roseus and Sporidiobolus pararoseus complexes, with the description of Sporobolomyces phaffii sp. nov
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 2309-2314. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Y. Nagatsuka, H. Kawasaki, S. Limtong, K. Mikata, and T. Seki

Citeromyces siamensis sp. nov., a novel halotolerant yeast isolated in Thailand
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 2315-2319. [Abstract] [PDF]  

J. P. Euzeby and B. J. Tindall

Necessary corrections to the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names according to Rule 40d (formerly Rule 46). Request for an Opinion
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 2321-2322. [Abstract] [PDF]  

D. P. Labeda

International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology: Subcommittee on the taxonomy of the Streptomycetaceae
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 2323. [PDF]  

D. P. Labeda

International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology: Subcommittee on the taxonomy of the Streptomycetaceae
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 2325. [PDF]  

D. P. Labeda and M. Goodfellow

International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology: Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Pseudonocardiaceae
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 2327. [PDF]  

P. De Vos and E. Yabuuchi

International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology: Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Pseudomonas and related organisms
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 2329. [PDF]  

G. B. Nair and B. Holmes

International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology: Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Vibrionaceae
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 2331-2333. [PDF]  

J. F. Imhoff and M. T. Madigan

International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes: Subcommittee on the taxonomy of phototrophic bacteria
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 2335-2336. [PDF]  

K. Lindstrom and M. E. Martinez-Romero

International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes: Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Agrobacterium and Rhizobium
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 2337. [PDF]  

SLW. On

International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes: Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Campylobacter and related bacteria
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 2339-2341. [PDF]  

A. Oren and A. Ventosa

International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes: Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Halobacteriaceae
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 52: 2343-2344. [PDF]  

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