VALIDATION LIST NO. 89:

Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSEM
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 1-2. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NOTIFICATION LIST:

Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 5, of the IJSEM
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 3-5. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEW TAXA: Gram-Positive Bacteria:

Matthias A. Ehrmann, Martin R. A. Müller, and Rudi F. Vogel

Molecular analysis of sourdough reveals Lactobacillus mindensis sp. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 7-13. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Erika V. S. Albuquerque de Barros, Gilson P. Manfio, Valéria Ribeiro Maitan, Luiz A. Mendes Bataus, Seung Bum Kim, Luis A. Maldonado, and Michael Goodfellow

Nocardia cerradoensis sp. nov., a novel isolate from Cerrado soil in Brazil
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 29-33. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. Goyache, A. I. Vela, M. D. Collins, C. Ballesteros, V. Briones, J. Moreno, P. Yorio, L. Domínguez, R. Hutson, and J. F. Fernández-Garayzábal

Corynebacterium spheniscorum sp. nov., isolated from the cloacae of wild penguins
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 43-46. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Raúl Rivas, Manuel Sánchez, Martha E. Trujillo, José Luis Zurdo-Piñeiro, Pedro F. Mateos, Eustoquis Martínez-Molina, and Encarna Velázquez

Xylanimonas cellulosilytica gen. nov., sp. nov., a xylanolytic bacterium isolated from a decayed tree (Ulmus nigra)
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 99-103. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Margo Baele, Marc Vancanneyt, Luc A. Devriese, Karen Lefebvre, Jean Swings, and Freddy Haesebrouck

Lactobacillus ingluviei sp. nov., isolated from the intestinal tract of pigeons
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 133-136. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary figure]  

Zhitang Lu, Liming Wang, Yamei Zhang, Yanlin Shi, Zhiheng Liu, Erika T. Quintana, and Michael Goodfellow

Actinomadura catellatispora sp. nov. and Actinomadura glauciflava sp. nov., from a sewage ditch and soil in southern China
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 137-142. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Margo Baele, Luc A. Devriese, Marc Vancanneyt, Mario Vaneechoutte, Cindy Snauwaert, Jean Swings, and Freddy Haesebrouck

Emended description of Streptococcus ferus isolated from pigs and rats
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 143-146. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary figure]  

Kasthuri Venkateswaran, Michael Kempf, Fei Chen, Masataka Satomi, Wayne Nicholson, and Roger Kern

Bacillus nealsonii sp. nov., isolated from a spacecraft-assembly facility, whose spores are -radiation resistant
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 165-172. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Spacecraft Assembly Facility]  

Gundlapally S. N. Reddy, Jogadhenu S. S. Prakash, Vadivel Prabahar, Genki I. Matsumoto, Erko Stackebrandt, and Sisinthy Shivaji

Kocuria polaris sp. nov., an orange-pigmented psychrophilic bacterium isolated from an Antarctic cyanobacterial mat sample
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 183-187. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Pigment data]  

R. M. Giblin-Davis, D. S. Williams, S. Bekal, D. W. Dickson, J. A. Brito, J. O. Becker, and J. F. Preston

‘Candidatus Pasteuria usgae’ sp. nov., an obligate endoparasite of the phytoparasitic nematode Belonolaimus longicaudatus
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 197-200. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jan Kopecny, Masa Zorec, Jakub Mrázek, Yasuo Kobayashi, and Romana Marinsek-Logar

Butyrivibrio hungatei sp. nov. and Pseudobutyrivibrio xylanivorans sp. nov., butyrate-producing bacteria from the rumen
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 201-209. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Qi Zhang, Wen-Jun Li, Xiao-Long Cui, Ming-Gang Li, Li-Hua Xu, and Cheng-Lin Jiang

Streptomyces yunnanensis sp. nov., a mesophile from soils in Yunnan, China
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 217-221. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hazel L. Greetham, Glenn R. Gibson, Catriona Giffard, Hans Hippe, Birgit Merkhoffer, Ulrike Steiner, Enevold Falsen, and Matthew D. Collins

Clostridium colicanis sp. nov., from canine faeces
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 259-262. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Piyanuch Niamsup, I Nengah Sujaya, Michiko Tanaka, Teruo Sone, Satoshi Hanada, Yoichi Kamagata, Saisamorn Lumyong, Apinya Assavanig, Kozo Asano, Fusao Tomita, and Atsushi Yokota

Lactobacillus thermotolerans sp. nov., a novel thermotolerant species isolated from chicken faeces
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 263-268. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

Pavel Petrosyan, Martín García-Varela, Agustín Luz-Madrigal, Carlos Huitrón, and María Elena Flores

Streptomyces mexicanus sp. nov., a xylanolytic micro-organism isolated from soil
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 269-273. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary phylogenetic tree]  

Jung-Hoon Yoon, Hee-Mock Oh, Byung-Dae Yoon, Kook Hee Kang, and Yong-Ha Park

Paenibacillus kribbensis sp. nov. and Paenibacillus terrae sp. nov., bioflocculants for efficient harvesting of algal cells
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 295-301. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary phylogenetic tree]  

Wen-Jun Li, Li-Ping Zhang, Ping Xu, Xiao-Long Cui, Li-Hua Xu, Zhongse Zhang, Peter Schumann, Erko Stackebrandt, and Cheng-Lin Jiang

Agromyces aurantiacus sp. nov., isolated from a Chinese primeval forest
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 303-307. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ming-Gang Li, Wen-Jun Li, Ping Xu, Xiao-Long Cui, Li-Hua Xu, and Cheng-Lin Jiang

Nocardiopsis xinjiangensis sp. nov., a halophilic actinomycete isolated from a saline soil sample in China
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 317-321. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEW TAXA: Proteobacteria:

Bernard La Scola, Marie-Noëlle Mallet, Patrick A. D. Grimont, and Didier Raoult

Bosea eneae sp. nov., Bosea massiliensis sp. nov. and Bosea vestrisii sp. nov., isolated from hospital water supplies, and emendation of the genus Bosea (Das et al. 1996)
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 15-20. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

Soon Wo Kwon, Jong Shik Kim, In Cheol Park, Sang Hong Yoon, Duck Hwan Park, Chun Keun Lim, and Seung Joo Go

Pseudomonas koreensis sp. nov., Pseudomonas umsongensis sp. nov. and Pseudomonas jinjuensis sp. nov., novel species from farm soils in Korea
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 21-27. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary figure]  

Fred A. Rainey, Joana Silva, M. Fernanda Nobre, Manuel T. Silva, and Milton S. da Costa

Porphyrobacter cryptus sp. nov., a novel slightly thermophilic, aerobic, bacteriochlorophyll a-containing species
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 35-41. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary figure]  

Katsuhiko Fujii, Masataka Satomi, Naoki Morita, Taizo Motomura, Tadaharu Tanaka, and Shintaro Kikuchi

Novosphingobium tardaugens sp. nov., an oestradiol-degrading bacterium isolated from activated sludge of a sewage treatment plant in Tokyo
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 47-52. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jung-Hoon Yoon, In-Gi Kim, Dong-Yeon Shin, Kook Hee Kang, and Yong-Ha Park

Microbulbifer salipaludis sp. nov., a moderate halophile isolated from a Korean salt marsh
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 53-57. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mi-Yeoun Park, Kwan Soo Ko, Hae Kyung Lee, Man-Suk Park, and Yoon-Hoh Kook

Legionella busanensis sp. nov., isolated from cooling tower water in Korea
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 77-80. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary figure]  

Valeria Bianciotto, Erica Lumini, Paola Bonfante, and Peter Vandamme

‘Candidatus Glomeribacter gigasporarum’ gen. nov., sp. nov., an endosymbiont of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 121-124. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lyudmila A. Romanenko, Natalia V. Zhukova, Manfred Rohde, Anatoly M. Lysenko, Valery V. Mikhailov, and Erko Stackebrandt

Pseudoalteromonas agarivorans sp. nov., a novel marine agarolytic bacterium
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 125-131. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tahar Mechichi, Erko Stackebrandt, and Georg Fuchs

Alicycliphilus denitrificans gen. nov., sp. nov., a cyclohexanol-degrading, nitrate-reducing -proteobacterium
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 147-152. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Agnès Hirschler-Réa, Robert Matheron, Christine Riffaud, Sophie Mouné, Claire Eatock, Rodney A. Herbert, John C. Willison, and Pierre Caumette

Isolation and characterization of spirilloid purple phototrophic bacteria forming red layers in microbial mats of Mediterranean salterns: description of Halorhodospira neutriphila sp. nov. and emendation of the genus Halorhodospira
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 153-163. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

D. Alazard, S. Dukan, A. Urios, F. Verhé, N. Bouabida, F. Morel, P. Thomas, J.-L. Garcia, and B. Ollivier

Desulfovibrio hydrothermalis sp. nov., a novel sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from hydrothermal vents
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 173-178. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nina V. Doronina and Yuri A. Trotsenko

Reclassification of ‘Blastobacter viscosus’ 7d and ‘Blastobacter aminooxidans’ 14a as Xanthobacter viscosus sp. nov. and Xanthobacter aminoxidans sp. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 179-182. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Takashi Iizuka, Yasuko Jojima, Ryosuke Fudou, Akira Hiraishi, Jong-Woong Ahn, and Shigeru Yamanaka

Plesiocystis pacifica gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine myxobacterium that contains dihydrogenated menaquinone, isolated from the Pacific coasts of Japan
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 189-195. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

Nina V. Doronina, Tsyregma D. Darmaeva, and Yuri A. Trotsenko

Methylophaga alcalica sp. nov., a novel alkaliphilic and moderately halophilic, obligately methylotrophic bacterium from an East Mongolian saline soda lake
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 223-229. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alan Berry, Danielle Janssens, Markus Hümbelin, Jan P. M. Jore, Bart Hoste, Ilse Cleenwerck, Marc Vancanneyt, Werner Bretzel, Anne F. Mayer, Rual Lopez-Ulibarri, Balajee Shanmugam, Jean Swings, and Luis Pasamontes

Paracoccus zeaxanthinifaciens sp. nov., a zeaxanthin-producing bacterium
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 231-238. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

B. Gomez-Gil, F. L. Thompson, C. C. Thompson, and J. Swings

Vibrio rotiferianus sp. nov., isolated from cultures of the rotifer Brachionus plicatilis
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 239-243. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

F. L. Thompson, Y. Li, B. Gomez-Gil, C. C. Thompson, B. Hoste, K. Vandemeulebroecke, G. S. Rupp, A. Pereira, M. M. De Bem, P. Sorgeloos, and J. Swings

Vibrio neptunius sp. nov., Vibrio brasiliensis sp. nov. and Vibrio xuii sp. nov., isolated from the marine aquaculture environment (bivalves, fish, rotifers and shrimps)
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 245-252. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary table]  

Bindu Ajithkumar, Vasudevan P. Ajithkumar, Ryozo Iriye, Yukio Doi, and Tadashi Sakai

Spore-forming Serratia marcescens subsp. sakuensis subsp. nov., isolated from a domestic wastewater treatment tank
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 253-258. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Henrik Christensen, Magne Bisgaard, Anders Miki Bojesen, Reinier Mutters, and John Elmerdahl Olsen

Genetic relationships among avian isolates classified as Pasteurella haemolytica, ‘Actinobacillus salpingitidis’ or Pasteurella anatis with proposal of Gallibacterium anatis gen. nov., comb. nov. and description of additional genomospecies within Gallibacterium gen. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 275-287. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary table]  

Y. Ben-Haim, F. L. Thompson, C. C. Thompson, M. C. Cnockaert, B. Hoste, J. Swings, and E. Rosenberg

Vibrio coralliilyticus sp. nov., a temperature-dependent pathogen of the coral Pocillopora damicornis
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 309-315. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Javier Fernández-Martínez, María J. Pujalte, Jesús García-Martínez, Manuel Mata, Esperanza Garay, and Francisco Rodríguez-Valera

Description of Alcanivorax venustensis sp. nov. and reclassification of Fundibacter jadensis DSM 12178^T (Bruns and Berthe-Corti 1999) as Alcanivorax jadensis comb. nov., members of the emended genus Alcanivorax
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 331-338. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEW TAXA: Other Bacteria:

Yoshihiko Sako, Satoshi Nakagawa, Ken Takai, and Koki Horikoshi

Marinithermus hydrothermalis gen. nov., sp. nov., a strictly aerobic, thermophilic bacterium from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 59-65. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Olga I. Nedashkovskaya, Makoto Suzuki, Mikhail V. Vysotskii, and Valery V. Mikhailov

Reichenbachia agariperforans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium in the phylum Cytophaga–Flavobacterium–Bacteroides
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 81-85. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peter Kämpfer, Ute Dreyer, Alexander Neef, Wolfgang Dott, and Hans-Jürgen Busse

Chryseobacterium defluvii sp. nov., isolated from wastewater
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 93-97. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Erwin G. Zoetendal, Caroline M. Plugge, Antoon D. L. Akkermans, and Willem M. de Vos

Victivallis vadensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a sugar-fermenting anaerobe from human faeces
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 211-215. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Margarita L. Miroshnichenko, Nadezhda A. Kostrikina, Nikolai A. Chernyh, Nikolai V Pimenov, Tatyana P. Tourova, Alexei N. Antipov, Stefan Spring, Erko Stackebrandt, and Elizaveta A. Bonch-Osmolovskaya

Caldithrix abyssi gen. nov., sp. nov., a nitrate-reducing, thermophilic, anaerobic bacterium isolated from a Mid-Atlantic Ridge hydrothermal vent, represents a novel bacterial lineage
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 323-329. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEW TAXA: Unicellular Eukaryotes:

Ana C. P. Teixeira, Marjorie M. Marini, Jacques R. Nicoli, Yasmine Antonini, Rogerio P. Martins, Marc-André Lachance, and Carlos A. Rosa

Starmerella meliponinorum sp. nov., a novel ascomycetous yeast species associated with stingless bees
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 339-343. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Soon Gyu Hong, Kyung Sook Bae, Michel Herzberg, Andreas Titze, and Marc-André Lachance

Candida kunwiensis sp. nov., a yeast associated with flowers and bumblebees
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 367-372. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

EVOLUTION, PHYLOGENY AND BIODIVERSITY:

Evelia Acedo-Félix and Gaspar Pérez-Martínez

Significant differences between Lactobacillus casei subsp. casei ATCC 393^T and a commonly used plasmid-cured derivative revealed by a polyphasic study
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 67-75. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anita Y. C. Kwok and Anthony W. Chow

Phylogenetic study of Staphylococcus and Macrococcus species based on partial hsp60 gene sequences
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 87-92. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Y. P. Duan, H. F. Castro, T. E. Hewlett, J. H. White, and A. V. Ogram

Detection and characterization of Pasteuria 16S rRNA gene sequences from nematodes and soils
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 105-112. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary table]  

Grigorii I. Karavaiko, Tat'yana P. Turova, Tamara F. Kondrat'eva, Anatoli M. Lysenko, Tat'yana V. Kolganova, Svetlana N. Ageeva, Lyudmila N. Muntyan, and Tat'yana A. Pivovarova

Phylogenetic heterogeneity of the species Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 113-119. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Philip Hugenholtz and Thomas Huber

Chimeric 16S rDNA sequences of diverse origin are accumulating in the public databases
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 289-293. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Brian S. Leander, Richard E. Clopton, and Patrick J. Keeling

Phylogeny of gregarines (Apicomplexa) as inferred from small-subunit rDNA and -tubulin
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 345-354. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Juan F. Saldarriaga, Michelle L. McEwan, Naomi M. Fast, F. J. R. Taylor, and Patrick J. Keeling

Multiple protein phylogenies show that Oxyrrhis marina and Perkinsus marinus are early branches of the dinoflagellate lineage
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 53: 355-365. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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