VALIDATION LIST NO. 95:

Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSEM
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1-2. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NOTIFICATION LIST:

Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 5, of the IJSEM
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 3-6. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEW TAXA: Archaea:

Mei-Chin Lai, Chih-Chien Lin, Ping-Hung Yu, Yi-Feng Huang, and Sheng-Chung Chen

Methanocalculus chunghsingensis sp. nov., isolated from an estuary and a marine fishpond in Taiwan
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 183-189. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Erratum]  

NEW TAXA: Gram-positive Bacteria:

Jeroen Heyrman, Bram Vanparys, Niall A. Logan, An Balcaen, Marina Rodríguez-Díaz, Andreas Felske, and Paul De Vos

Bacillus novalis sp. nov., Bacillus vireti sp. nov., Bacillus soli sp. nov., Bacillus bataviensis sp. nov. and Bacillus drentensis sp. nov., from the Drentse A grasslands
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 47-57. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Encarna Velázquez, Trinidad de Miguel, Margarita Poza, Raúl Rivas, Ramón Rosselló-Mora, and Tomás G. Villa

Paenibacillus favisporus sp. nov., a xylanolytic bacterium isolated from cow faeces
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 59-64. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Micrographs and full phylogenetic tree]  

Jung-Hoon Yoon, In-Gi Kim, Kook Hee Kang, Tae-Kwang Oh, and Yong-Ha Park

Nocardioides aquiterrae sp. nov., isolated from groundwater in Korea
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 71-75. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Koji Suzuki, Wataru Funahashi, Masahiro Koyanagi, and Hiroshi Yamashita

Lactobacillus paracollinoides sp. nov., isolated from brewery environments
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 115-117. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Akiko Kageyama, Natteewan Poonwan, Katsukiyo Yazawa, Yuzuru Mikami, and Kazuko Nishimura

Nocardia asiatica sp. nov., isolated from patients with nocardiosis in Japan and clinical specimens from Thailand
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 125-130. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Seung-Bong Lee, Stuart E. Strand, H. David Stensel, and Russell P. Herwig

Pseudonocardia chloroethenivorans sp. nov., a chloroethene-degrading actinomycete
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 131-139. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

James E. M. Stach, Luis A. Maldonado, Alan C. Ward, Alan T. Bull, and Michael Goodfellow

Williamsia maris sp. nov., a novel actinomycete isolated from the Sea of Japan
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 191-194. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Myron T. La Duc, Masataka Satomi, and Kasthuri Venkateswaran

Bacillus odysseyi sp. nov., a round-spore-forming bacillus isolated from the Mars Odyssey spacecraft
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 195-201. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Seung Bum Kim, Chi Nam Seong, Soo Jin Jeon, Kyung Sook Bae, and Michael Goodfellow

Taxonomic study of neutrotolerant acidophilic actinomycetes isolated from soil and description of Streptomyces yeochonensis sp. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 211-214. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Susanne Verbarg, Holger Rheims, Sabine Emus, Anja Frühling, Reiner M. Kroppenstedt, Erko Stackebrandt, and Peter Schumann

Erysipelothrix inopinata sp. nov., isolated in the course of sterile filtration of vegetable peptone broth, and description of Erysipelotrichaceae fam. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 221-225. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Table of fatty acid compositions]  

Joachim Wink, Julia Gandhi, Reiner M. Kroppenstedt, Gerhard Seibert, Bettina Sträubler, Peter Schumann, and Erko Stackebrandt

Amycolatopsis decaplanina sp. nov., a novel member of the genus with unusual morphology
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 235-239. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Terence R. Whitehead, Michael A. Cotta, Matthew D. Collins, and Paul A. Lawson

Hespellia stercorisuis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Hespellia porcina sp. nov., isolated from swine manure storage pits
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 241-245. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wael N. Hozzein, Wen-Jun Li, Mohammed Ibrahim A. Ali, Ola Hammouda, Ahmed S. Mousa, Li-Hua Xu, and Cheng-Lin Jiang

Nocardiopsis alkaliphila sp. nov., a novel alkaliphilic actinomycete isolated from desert soil in Egypt
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 247-252. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clara Urzì, Paola Salamone, Peter Schumann, Manfred Rohde, and Erko Stackebrandt

Blastococcus saxobsidens sp. nov., and emended descriptions of the genus Blastococcus Ahrens and Moll 1970 and Blastococcus aggregatus Ahrens and Moll 1970
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 253-259. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Detailed fatty acid compositions][Erratum]  

Erko Stackebrandt, Reiner M. Kroppenstedt, Joachim Wink, and Peter Schumann

Reclassification of Amycolatopsis orientalis subsp. lurida Lechevalier et al. 1986 as Amycolatopsis lurida sp. nov., comb. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 267-268. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEW TAXA: Proteobacteria:

Ken Takai, Kenneth H. Nealson, and Koki Horikoshi

Hydrogenimonas thermophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thermophilic, hydrogen-oxidizing chemolithoautotroph within the -Proteobacteria, isolated from a black smoker in a Central Indian Ridge hydrothermal field
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 25-32. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Growth curves]  

M. L. Miroshnichenko, S. L'Haridon, P. Schumann, S. Spring, E. A. Bonch-Osmolovskaya, C. Jeanthon, and E. Stackebrandt

Caminibacter profundus sp. nov., a novel thermophile of Nautiliales ord. nov. within the class ‘Epsilonproteobacteria’, isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 41-45. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cristiana Cravo-Laureau, Robert Matheron, Jean-Luc Cayol, Catherine Joulian, and Agnès Hirschler-Réa

Desulfatibacillum aliphaticivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., an n-alkane- and n-alkene-degrading, sulfate-reducing bacterium
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 77-83. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Che Ok Jeon, Woojun Park, William C. Ghiorse, and Eugene L. Madsen

Polaromonas naphthalenivorans sp. nov., a naphthalene-degrading bacterium from naphthalene-contaminated sediment
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 93-97. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures and Table]  

Stefan Spring, Udo Jäckel, Michael Wagner, and Peter Kämpfer

Ottowia thiooxydans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel facultatively anaerobic, N₂O-producing bacterium isolated from activated sludge, and transfer of Aquaspirillum gracile to Hylemonella gracilis gen. nov., comb. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 99-106. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Expanded 16S-based phylogenetic tree and differentiating characteristics]  

Louis Gardan, Richard Christen, Wafa Achouak, and Philippe Prior

Erwinia papayae sp. nov., a pathogen of papaya (Carica papaya)
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 107-113. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Full phylogenetic tree]  

Michail M. Yakimov, Laura Giuliano, Renata Denaro, Ermanno Crisafi, Tatiana N. Chernikova, Wolf-Rainer Abraham, Heinrich Luensdorf, Kenneth N. Timmis, and Peter N. Golyshin

Thalassolituus oleivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium that obligately utilizes hydrocarbons
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 141-148. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. M. Young

Renaming of Agrobacterium larrymoorei Bouzar and Jones 2001 as Rhizobium larrymoorei (Bouzar and Jones 2001) comb. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 149. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Svetlana N. Dedysh, Yulia Y. Berestovskaya, Lina V. Vasylieva, Svetlana E. Belova, Valentina N. Khmelenina, Natalia E. Suzina, Yuri A. Trotsenko, Werner Liesack, and George A. Zavarzin

Methylocella tundrae sp. nov., a novel methanotrophic bacterium from acidic tundra peatlands
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 151-156. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. Satomi, B. Kimura, M. Hayashi, M. Okuzumi, and T. Fujii

Marinospirillum insulare sp. nov., a novel halophilic helical bacterium isolated from kusaya gravy
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 163-167. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary tree and tables]  

Renaud Maillard, Philippe Riegel, Francine Barrat, Corinne Bouillin, Danielle Thibault, Christelle Gandoin, Lénaig Halos, Christine Demanche, Annie Alliot, Jacques Guillot, Yves Piémont, Henri-Jean Boulouis, and Muriel Vayssier-Taussat

Bartonella chomelii sp. nov., isolated from French domestic cattle (Bos taurus)
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 215-220. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

B. Gomez-Gil, F. L. Thompson, C. C. Thompson, A. Garcia-Gasca, A. Roque, and J. Swings

Vibrio hispanicus sp. nov., isolated from Artemia sp. and sea water in Spain
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 261-265. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary graph][Erratum]  

Normand Labbé, Serge Parent, and Richard Villemur

Nitratireductor aquibiodomus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel -proteobacterium from the marine denitrification system of the Montreal Biodome (Canada)
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 269-273. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEW TAXA: Other Bacteria:

P. Aguiar, T. J. Beveridge, and A.-L. Reysenbach

Sulfurihydrogenibium azorense, sp. nov., a thermophilic hydrogen-oxidizing microaerophile from terrestrial hot springs in the Azores
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 33-39. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ingrid Brettar, Richard Christen, and Manfred G. Höfle

Belliella baltica gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium of the Cytophaga–Flavobacterium–Bacteroides group isolated from surface water of the central Baltic Sea
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 65-70. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary tables and micrograph]  

Stefanie Van Trappen, Ilse Vandecandelaere, Joris Mergaert, and Jean Swings

Flavobacterium degerlachei sp. nov., Flavobacterium frigoris sp. nov. and Flavobacterium micromati sp. nov., novel psychrophilic bacteria isolated from microbial mats in Antarctic lakes
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 85-92. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary figure and table]  

Olga I. Nedashkovskaya, Seung Bum Kim, Suk Kyun Han, Moon Soo Rhee, Anatoly M. Lysenko, Enevold Falsen, Galina M. Frolova, Valery V. Mikhailov, and Kyung Sook Bae

Ulvibacter litoralis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from the green alga Ulva fenestrata
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 119-123. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hana Yi and Jongsik Chun

Hongiella mannitolivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., Hongiella halophila sp. nov. and Hongiella ornithinivorans sp. nov., isolated from tidal flat sediment
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 157-162. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Elizabeth Miranda-Tello, Marie-Laure Fardeau, Pierre Thomas, Florina Ramirez, Laurence Casalot, Jean-Luc Cayol, Jean-Louis Garcia, and Bernard Ollivier

Petrotoga mexicana sp. nov., a novel thermophilic, anaerobic and xylanolytic bacterium isolated from an oil-producing well in the Gulf of Mexico
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 169-174. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Costantino Vetriani, Mark D. Speck, Susan V. Ellor, Richard A. Lutz, and Valentin Starovoytov

Thermovibrio ammonificans sp. nov., a thermophilic, chemolithotrophic, nitrate-ammonifying bacterium from deep-sea hydrothermal vents
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 175-181. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary graphs]  

H. Moussard, S. L'Haridon, B. J. Tindall, A. Banta, P. Schumann, E. Stackebrandt, A.-L. Reysenbach, and C. Jeanthon

Thermodesulfatator indicus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thermophilic chemolithoautotrophic sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from the Central Indian Ridge
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 227-233. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table S1]  

NEW TAXA: Unicellular Eukaryotes:

Sharon P. Guffogg, Skye Thomas-Hall, Paul Holloway, and Kenneth Watson

A novel psychrotolerant member of the hymenomycetous yeasts from Antarctica: Cryptococcus watticus sp. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 275-277. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

EVOLUTION, PHYLOGENY AND BIODIVERSITY:

Timothy G. Lilburn and George M. Garrity

Exploring prokaryotic taxonomy
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 7-13. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

P. Roumagnac, L. Gagnevin, L. Gardan, L. Sutra, C. Manceau, E. R. Dickstein, J. B. Jones, P. Rott, and O. Pruvost

Polyphasic characterization of xanthomonads isolated from onion, garlic and Welsh onion (Allium spp.) and their relatedness to different Xanthomonas species
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 15-24. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures and Tables]  

Jaekyeong Song, Seong-Chan Lee, Jun-Won Kang, Hyung-Jin Baek, and Joo-Won Suh

Phylogenetic analysis of Streptomyces spp. isolated from potato scab lesions in Korea on the basis of 16S rRNA gene and 16S–23S rDNA internally transcribed spacer sequences
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 203-209. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Tree]  

INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE ON SYSTEMATICS OF PROKARYOTES: Taxonomic Notes:

Franco Dellaglio, Giovanna E. Felis, and Jacques-Edouard Germond

Should names reflect the evolution of bacterial species?
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 279-281. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE ON SYSTEMATICS OF PROKARYOTES: Minutes:

Michael Goodfellow and Martha E. Trujillo

Subcommittee on the taxonomy of the suborder Pseudonocardineae:Minutes of the closed meeting, 31 July 2002, Paris, France
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 283. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jean-François Bernardet

Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Flavobacterium- and Cytophaga-like bacteria:Minutes of the meetings, 30 July 2002, Paris, France
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 285-287. [Full Text] [PDF]  

B. Ollivier and E. Conway de Macario

Subcommittee on the taxonomy of methanoarchaea:Minutes of the closed meeting, 19 May 2003, Washington, DC, USA
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 289. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stephen L. W. On

Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Campylobacter and related bacteria:Minutes of the meeting, 31 July 2002, Paris, France
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 291-292. [Full Text] [PDF]  

INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE ON SYSTEMATICS OF PROKARYOTES: Request for an Opinion:

J. P. Euzéby and B. J. Tindall

Status of strains that contravene Rules 27(3) and 30 of the Bacteriological Code. Request for an Opinion
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 293-301. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. M. Young, D. R. W. Watson, and D. W. Dye

Reconsideration of Arthrobacter ilicis (Mandel et al. 1961) Collins et al. 1982 as a plant-pathogenic species. Proposal to emend the authority and description of the species. Request for an Opinion
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 303-305. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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