VALIDATION LIST NO. 96:

Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSEM
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 307-308. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NOTIFICATION LIST:

Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 6, of the IJSEM
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 309-311. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEW TAXA: Archaea:

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

Aeropyrum camini sp. nov., a strictly aerobic, hyperthermophilic archaeon from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 329-335. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Growth curves]  

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

Taxonomic study of Halorubrum distributum and proposal of Halorubrum terrestre sp. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 389-392. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEW TAXA: Gram-positive Bacteria:

Ying Huang, Mariola Pasciak, Zhiheng Liu, Qiong Xie, and Andrzej Gamian

Amycolatopsis palatopharyngis sp. nov., a potentially pathogenic actinomycete isolated from a human clinical source
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 359-363. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Niall A. Logan, Liesbeth Lebbe, An Verhelst, Johan Goris, Gillian Forsyth, Marina Rodríguez-Díaz, Marc Heyndrickx, and Paul De Vos

Bacillus shackletonii sp. nov., from volcanic soil on Candlemas Island, South Sandwich archipelago
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 373-376. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [FAME profiles]  

Peter Kämpfer, Sandra Buczolits, Udo Jäckel, Iris Grün-Wollny, and Hans-Jürgen Busse

Nocardia tenerifensis sp. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 381-383. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Phylogenetic trees and fatty acid data]  

Paul J. Simpson, R. Paul Ross, Gerald F. Fitzgerald, and Catherine Stanton

Bifidobacterium psychraerophilum sp. nov. and Aeriscardovia aeriphila gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a porcine caecum
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 401-406. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Phase-contrast and whole-cell FISH images]  

Amanda L. Jones, June M. Brown, Vachaspati Mishra, John D. Perry, Arnold G. Steigerwalt, and Michael Goodfellow

Rhodococcus gordoniae sp. nov., an actinomycete isolated from clinical material and phenol-contaminated soil
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 407-411. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Paul A. Lawson, Yuli Song, Chengxu Liu, Denise R. Molitoris, Marja-Liisa Vaisanen, Matthew D. Collins, and Sydney M. Finegold

Anaerotruncus colihominis gen. nov., sp. nov., from human faeces
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 413-417. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Keiichi Goto, Rieko Fujita, Yuko Kato, Mika Asahara, and Akira Yokota

Reclassification of Brevibacillus brevis strains NCIMB 13288 and DSM 6472 (=NRRL NRS-887) as Aneurinibacillus danicus sp. nov. and Brevibacillus limnophilus sp. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 419-427. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary tables and figure]  

Laurent Urios, Valérie Cueff, Patricia Pignet, and Georges Barbier

Tepidibacter formicigenes sp. nov., a novel spore-forming bacterium isolated from a Mid-Atlantic Ridge hydrothermal vent
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 439-443. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. Vancanneyt, L. A. Devriese, E. M. De Graef, M. Baele, K. Lefebvre, C. Snauwaert, P. Vandamme, J. Swings, and F. Haesebrouck

Streptococcus minor sp. nov., from faecal samples and tonsils of domestic animals
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 449-452. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Extended phylogenetic tree]  

Soraya A. Sabry, Nevine B. Ghanem, Gehan A. Abu-Ella, Peter Schumann, Erko Stackebrandt, and Reiner M. Kroppenstedt

Nocardiopsis aegyptia sp. nov., isolated from marine sediment
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 453-456. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

K. Suresh, G. S. N. Reddy, S. Sengupta, and S. Shivaji

Deinococcus indicus sp. nov., an arsenic-resistant bacterium from an aquifer in West Bengal, India
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 457-461. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary material][Erratum]  

Saïd Ennahar and Yimin Cai

Genetic evidence that Weissella kimchii Choi et al. 2002 is a later heterotypic synonym of Weissella cibaria Björkroth et al. 2002
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 463-465. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Phylogenetic tree and additional information]  

Marie-Laure Fardeau, Monica Bonilla Salinas, Stéphane L'Haridon, Christian Jeanthon, Frédéric Verhé, Jean-Luc Cayol, Bharat K. C. Patel, Jean-Louis Garcia, and Bernard Ollivier

Isolation from oil reservoirs of novel thermophilic anaerobes phylogenetically related to Thermoanaerobacter subterraneus: reassignment of T. subterraneus, Thermoanaerobacter yonseiensis, Thermoanaerobacter tengcongensis and Carboxydibrachium pacificum to Caldanaerobacter subterraneus gen. nov., sp. nov., comb. nov. as four novel subspecies
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 467-474. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Raúl Rivas, Martha E. Trujillo, Manuel Sánchez, Pedro F. Mateos, Eustoquio Martínez-Molina, and Encarna Velázquez

Microbacterium ulmi sp. nov., a xylanolytic, phosphate-solubilizing bacterium isolated from sawdust of Ulmus nigra
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 513-517. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Expanded 16S rDNA-based tree]  

Wen-Jun Li, Hua-Hong Chen, Ping Xu, Yu-Qin Zhang, Peter Schumann, Shu-Kun Tang, Li-Hua Xu, and Cheng-Lin Jiang

Yania halotolerans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the suborder Micrococcineae from saline soil in China
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 525-531. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Raúl Rivas, Martha E. Trujillo, P. F. Mateos, E. Martínez-Molina, and Encarna Velázquez

Cellulomonas xylanilytica sp. nov., a cellulolytic and xylanolytic bacterium isolated from a decayed elm tree
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 533-536. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Full phylogenetic tree]  

M. Vancanneyt, J. Mengaud, I. Cleenwerck, K. Vanhonacker, B. Hoste, P. Dawyndt, M. C. Degivry, D. Ringuet, D. Janssens, and J. Swings

Reclassification of Lactobacillus kefirgranum Takizawa et al. 1994 as Lactobacillus kefiranofaciens subsp. kefirgranum subsp. nov. and emended description of L. kefiranofaciens Fujisawa et al. 1988
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 551-556. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Raúl Rivas, Martha E. Trujillo, Peter Schumann, Reiner M. Kroppenstedt, Manuel Sánchez, P. F. Mateos, E. Martínez-Molina, and Encarna Velázquez

Xylanibacterium ulmi gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel xylanolytic member of the family Promicromonosporaceae
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 557-561. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

Nocardia inohanensis sp. nov., Nocardia yamanashiensis sp. nov. and Nocardia niigatensis sp. nov., isolated from clinical specimens
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 563-569. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Xu Ping, Yoko Takahashi, Akio Seino, Yuzuru Iwai, and Satoshi Omura

Streptomyces scabrisporus sp. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 577-581. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Danielle Saintpierre-Bonaccio, Luis A. Maldonado, Hamid Amir, René Pineau, and Michael Goodfellow

Nocardia neocaledoniensis sp. nov., a novel actinomycete isolated from a New-Caledonian brown hypermagnesian ultramafic soil
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 599-603. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Matthew D. Collins, Joyanto Routh, Ambujom Saraswathy, Paul A. Lawson, Peter Schumann, Christina Welinder-Olsson, and Enevold Falsen

Arsenicicoccus bolidensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel actinomycete isolated from contaminated lake sediment
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 605-608. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Roberto Gelsomino, Marc Vancanneyt, and Jean Swings

Reclassification of Brevibacterium liquefaciens Okabayashi and Masuo 1960 as Arthrobacter nicotianae Giovannozzi-Sermanni 1959
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 615-616. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marc Heyndrickx, Niall A. Logan, Liesbeth Lebbe, Marina Rodríguez-Díaz, Gillian Forsyth, Johan Goris, Patsy Scheldeman, and Paul De Vos

Bacillus galactosidilyticus sp. nov., an alkali-tolerant -galactosidase producer
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 617-621. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary figures]  

NEW TAXA: Proteobacteria:

Pattaraporn Yukphan, Wanchern Potacharoen, Somboon Tanasupawat, Morakot Tanticharoen, and Yuzo Yamada

Asaia krungthepensis sp. nov., an acetic acid bacterium in the -Proteobacteria
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 313-316. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mario Vaneechoutte, Peter Kämpfer, Thierry De Baere, Enevold Falsen, and Gerda Verschraegen

Wautersia gen. nov., a novel genus accommodating the phylogenetic lineage including Ralstonia eutropha and related species, and proposal of Ralstonia [Pseudomonas] syzygii (Roberts et al. 1990) comb. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 317-327. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary tables][Erratum]  

Hana Yi, Kyung Sook Bae, and Jongsik Chun

Thalassomonas ganghwensis sp. nov., isolated from tidal flat sediment
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 377-380. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yu Hua Xin, Yu Guang Zhou, Hui Ling Zhou, and Wen Xin Chen

Ancylobacter rudongensis sp. nov., isolated from roots of Spartina anglica
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 385-388. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lone Abildgaard, Niels Birger Ramsing, and Kai Finster

Characterization of the marine propionate-degrading, sulfate-reducing bacterium Desulfofaba fastidiosa sp. nov. and reclassification of Desulfomusa hansenii as Desulfofaba hansenii comb. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 393-399. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [DSR-based tree and photomicrographs]  

Elena P. Ivanova, Nataliya M. Gorshkova, Tomoo Sawabe, Natalia V. Zhukova, Karin Hayashi, Valerie V. Kurilenko, Yulia Alexeeva, Vlado Buljan, Dan V. Nicolau, Valery V. Mikhailov, and Richard Christen

Sulfitobacter delicatus sp. nov. and Sulfitobacter dubius sp. nov., respectively from a starfish (Stellaster equestris) and sea grass (Zostera marina)
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 475-480. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [EMs, similiarity matrix and extended tree]  

Colette Harf-Monteil, Anne Le Flèche, Philippe Riegel, Gilles Prévost, Delphine Bermond, Patrick A. D. Grimont, and Henri Monteil

Aeromonas simiae sp. nov., isolated from monkey faeces
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 481-485. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

Shewanella gaetbuli sp. nov., a slight halophile isolated from a tidal flat in Korea
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 487-491. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Full phylogenetic tree]  

Jonathan Z. Kaye, M. Carmen Márquez, Antonio Ventosa, and John A. Baross

Halomonas neptunia sp. nov., Halomonas sulfidaeris sp. nov., Halomonas axialensis sp. nov. and Halomonas hydrothermalis sp. nov.: halophilic bacteria isolated from deep-sea hydrothermal-vent environments
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 499-511. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Growth rates, TEM and 16S rDNA-based tree]  

Hana Yi, Kyung Sook Bae, and Jongsik Chun

Aestuariibacter salexigens gen. nov., sp. nov. and Aestuariibacter halophilus sp. nov., isolated from tidal flat sediment, and emended description of Alteromonas macleodii
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 571-576. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEW TAXA: Other Bacteria:

Ing-Ming Lee, Marta Martini, Carmine Marcone, and Shifang F. Zhu

Classification of phytoplasma strains in the elm yellows group (16SrV) and proposal of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma ulmi’ for the phytoplasma associated with elm yellows
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 337-347. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures and Tables]  

Harold Neimark, Brent Hoff, and Martin Ganter

Mycoplasma ovis comb. nov. (formerly Eperythrozoon ovis), an epierythrocytic agent of haemolytic anaemia in sheep and goats
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 365-371. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

Gillisia limnaea gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from a microbial mat in Lake Fryxell, Antarctica
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 445-448. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lone Frette, Niels O. G. Jørgensen, Heidi Irming, and Niels Kroer

Tenacibaculum skagerrakense sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from the pelagic zone in Skagerrak, Denmark
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 519-524. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Detailed Biolog test results][Detailed Biolog test results]  

Rok Kostanjsek, Jasna Strus, Damjana Drobne, and Gorazd Avgustin

‘Candidatus Rhabdochlamydia porcellionis’, an intracellular bacterium from the hepatopancreas of the terrestrial isopod Porcellio scaber (Crustacea: Isopoda)
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 543-549. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary micrographs]  

Emenike R. K. Eribe, Bruce J. Paster, Dominique A. Caugant, Floyd E. Dewhirst, Verlyn K. Stromberg, George H. Lacy, and Ingar Olsen

Genetic diversity of Leptotrichia and description of Leptotrichia goodfellowii sp. nov., Leptotrichia hofstadii sp. nov., Leptotrichia shahii sp. nov. and Leptotrichia wadei sp. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 583-592. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Olga I. Nedashkovskaya, Makoto Suzuki, Anatoly M. Lysenko, Cindy Snauwaert, Marc Vancanneyt, Jean Swings, Mikhail V. Vysotskii, and Valery V. Mikhailov

Cellulophaga pacifica sp. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 609-613. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEW TAXA: Unicellular Eukaryotes:

Asuka Hirai, Rui Kano, Koichi Makimura, Eduardo Robson Duarte, Júnia Soares Hamdan, Marc-André Lachance, Hideyo Yamaguchi, and Atsuhiko Hasegawa

Malassezia nana sp. nov., a novel lipid-dependent yeast species isolated from animals
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 623-627. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

EVOLUTION, PHYLOGENY AND BIODIVERSITY:

Muriel F. Gugger and Lucien Hoffmann

Polyphyly of true branching cyanobacteria (Stigonematales)
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 349-357. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jaime Cubero and James H. Graham

The leucine-responsive regulatory protein (lrp) gene for characterization of the relationship among Xanthomonas species
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 429-437. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Brian J. Henson, Sharon M. Hesselbrock, Linda E. Watson, and Susan R. Barnum

Molecular phylogeny of the heterocystous cyanobacteria (subsections IV and V) based on nifD
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 493-497. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary table and alignment]  

Victoria J. Chalker and Joe Brownlie

Taxonomy of the canine Mollicutes by 16S rRNA gene and 16S/23S rRNA intergenic spacer region sequence comparison
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 537-542. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary figure]  

Bum-Joon Kim, Chang-Jin Kim, Jongsik Chun, Young-Hwan Koh, Sueng-Hyun Lee, Jin-Won Hyun, Chang-Yong Cha, and Yoon-Hoh Kook

Phylogenetic analysis of the genera Streptomyces and Kitasatospora based on partial RNA polymerase -subunit gene (rpoB) sequences
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 593-598. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Strain details]  

ERRATA:

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: 629. [Full Text] [PDF]  

M.-C. Lai, C.-C. Lin, P.-H. Yu, Y.-F. Huang, and S.-C. Chen

Methanocalculus chunghsingensis sp. nov., isolated from an estuary and a marine fishpond in Taiwan
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 629. [Full Text] [PDF]  

C. Urzì, P. Salamone, P. Schumann, M. Rohde, and E. 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: 629. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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