VALIDATION LIST NO. 99:

Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSEM
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1425-1426. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Erratum]  

NOTIFICATION LIST:

Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 3, of the IJSEM
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1427-1428. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

EDITORIALS:

J. P. Euzéby, L. Hoyles, P. Kämpfer, A. Oren, G. S. Saddler, H. G. Trüper, and B. J. Tindall

‘List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion’: making use of the new lists
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1429-1430. [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEW TAXA: Archaea:

Jie Feng, Pei-Jin Zhou, and Shuang-Jiang Liu

Halorubrum xinjiangense sp. nov., a novel halophile isolated from saline lakes in China
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1789-1791. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEW TAXA: Gram-positive Bacteria:

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

Mycobacterium psychrotolerans sp. nov., isolated from pond water near a uranium mine
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1459-1463. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Extended 16S rRNA gene-based tree]  

Hyunyoung Jeong, Hana Yi, Yuji Sekiguchi, Mizuho Muramatsu, Yoichi Kamagata, and Jongsik Chun

Clostridium jejuense sp. nov., isolated from soil
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1465-1468. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Extended 16S rRNA gene-based tree]  

Sabriye Dulger, Zihni Demirbag, and Ali Osman Belduz

Anoxybacillus ayderensis sp. nov. and Anoxybacillus kestanbolensis sp. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1499-1503. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

P. Lynn Shewmaker, Arnold G. Steigerwalt, Roger E. Morey, Maria da Glória S. Carvalho, John A. Elliott, Kevin Joyce, Timothy J. Barrett, Lucia M. Teixeira, and Richard R. Facklam

Vagococcus carniphilus sp. nov., isolated from ground beef
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1505-1510. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary material]  

M^a Jesús Montes, Elena Mercadé, Núria Bozal, and Jesús Guinea

Paenibacillus antarcticus sp. nov., a novel psychrotolerant organism from the Antarctic environment
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1521-1526. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary material]  

Paul R. Meyers, Candice M. Goodwin, Jessica A. Bennett, Bronwen L. Aken, Claire E. Price, and Jason M. van Rooyen

Streptomyces africanus sp. nov., a novel streptomycete with blue aerial mycelium
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1531-1535. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Erratum]  

Jeroen Heyrman, Jens Verbeeren, Peter Schumann, Joke Devos, Jean Swings, and Paul De Vos

Brevibacterium picturae sp. nov., isolated from a damaged mural painting at the Saint-Catherine chapel (Castle Herberstein, Austria)
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1537-1541. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Fatty acid profiles]  

C. Y. Turenne, V. J. Cook, T. V. Burdz, R. J. Pauls, L. Thibert, J. N. Wolfe, and A. Kabani

Mycobacterium parascrofulaceum sp. nov., novel slowly growing, scotochromogenic clinical isolates related to Mycobacterium simiae
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1543-1551. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures and Table]  

A. Ortiz-Martinez, J. M. Gonzalez, L. I. Evtushenko, V. Jurado, L. Laiz, I. Groth, and C. Saiz-Jimenez

Reclassification of Agromyces fucosus subsp. hippuratus as Agromyces hippuratus sp. nov., comb. nov. and emended description of Agromyces fucosus
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1553-1556. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Erratum]  

Matthew D. Collins, Enevold Falsen, Kit Brownlee, and Paul A. Lawson

Helcococcus sueciensis sp. nov., isolated from a human wound
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1557-1560. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hana Yi, Peter Schumann, Kyounghee Sohn, and Jongsik Chun

Serinicoccus marinus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel actinomycete with L-ornithine and L-serine in the peptidoglycan
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1585-1589. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jean-Philippe Carlier, Guylène K'ouas, Isabelle Bonne, Alain Lozniewski, and Francine Mory

Oribacterium sinus gen. nov., sp. nov., within the family ‘Lachnospiraceae’ (phylum Firmicutes)
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1611-1615. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Seung Bum Kim, Olga I. Nedashkovskaya, Valery V. Mikhailov, Suk Kyun Han, Kyoung-Ok Kim, Moon-Soo Rhee, and Kyung Sook Bae

Kocuria marina sp. nov., a novel actinobacterium isolated from marine sediment
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1617-1620. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joanna Koort, Peter Vandamme, Ulrich Schillinger, Wilhelm Holzapfel, and Johanna Björkroth

Lactobacillus curvatus subsp. melibiosus is a later synonym of Lactobacillus sakei subsp. carnosus
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1621-1626. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Erratum for supplementary material][Supplementary material]  

Mark F. Schinsky, Roger E. Morey, Arnold G. Steigerwalt, Michael P. Douglas, Rebecca W. Wilson, Margaret M. Floyd, W. Ray Butler, Maryam I. Daneshvar, Barbara A. Brown-Elliott, Richard J. Wallace, Jr, Michael M. McNeil, Don J. Brenner, and June M. Brown

Taxonomic variation in the Mycobacterium fortuitum third biovariant complex: description of Mycobacterium boenickei sp. nov., Mycobacterium houstonense sp. nov., Mycobacterium neworleansense sp. nov. and Mycobacterium brisbanense sp. nov. and recognition of Mycobacterium porcinum from human clinical isolates
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1653-1667. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure and Table]  

Yi-Chueh Lin, Kazunori Uemori, Dominique A. de Briel, Vallapa Arunpairojana, and Akira Yokota

Zimmermannella helvola gen. nov., sp. nov., Zimmermannella alba sp. nov., Zimmermannella bifida sp. nov., Zimmermannella faecalis sp. nov. and Leucobacter albus sp. nov., novel members of the family Microbacteriaceae
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1669-1676. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Liming Wang, Yamei Zhang, Ying Huang, Luis A. Maldonado, Zhiheng Liu, and Michael Goodfellow

Nocardia pigrifrangens sp. nov., a novel actinomycete isolated from a contaminated agar plate
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1683-1686. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Alignment data]  

Jessica Simbahan, Rhae Drijber, and Paul Blum

Alicyclobacillus vulcanalis sp. nov., a thermophilic, acidophilic bacterium isolated from Coso Hot Springs, California, USA
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1703-1707. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. Grazia Fortina, G. Ricci, D. Mora, and P. L. Manachini

Molecular analysis of artisanal Italian cheeses reveals Enterococcus italicus sp. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1717-1721. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [DNA-DNA hybridization results and fatty acid compositions]  

M. Soledad Jiménez, M. Isolina Campos-Herrero, Diana García, Marina Luquin, Laura Herrera, and María J. García

Mycobacterium canariasense sp. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1729-1734. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary material]  

Paul A. Lawson, Geoffrey Foster, Enevold Falsen, Nick Davison, and Matthew D. Collins

Streptococcus halichoeri sp. nov., isolated from grey seals (Halichoerus grypus)
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1753-1756. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wen-Jun Li, Dong-Jin Park, Shu-Kun Tang, Dong Wang, Jae-Chan Lee, Li-Hua Xu, Chang-Jin Kim, and Cheng-Lin Jiang

Nocardiopsis salina sp. nov., a novel halophilic actinomycete isolated from saline soil in China
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1805-1809. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joanna Koort, Tom Coenye, Peter Vandamme, Antti Sukura, and Johanna Björkroth

Enterococcus hermanniensis sp. nov., from modified-atmosphere-packaged broiler meat and canine tonsils
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1823-1827. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures]  

NEW TAXA: Proteobacteria:

Elena P. Ivanova, Nataliya M. Gorshkova, Natalia V. Zhukova, Anatolii M. Lysenko, Elena A. Zelepuga, Nina G. Prokof’eva, Valery V. Mikhailov, Dan V. Nicolau, and Richard Christen

Characterization of Pseudoalteromonas distincta-like sea-water isolates and description of Pseudoalteromonas aliena sp. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1431-1437. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures and Table]  

Yaacov Davidov and Edouard Jurkevitch

Diversity and evolution of Bdellovibrio-and-like organisms (BALOs), reclassification of Bacteriovorax starrii as Peredibacter starrii gen. nov., comb. nov., and description of the Bacteriovorax–Peredibacter clade as Bacteriovoracaceae fam. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1439-1452. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary material]  

Nina V. Doronina, Yuri A. Trotsenko, Tatjana V. Kolganova, Tatjana P. Tourova, and Mirja S. Salkinoja-Salonen

Methylobacillus pratensis sp. nov., a novel non-pigmented, aerobic, obligately methylotrophic bacterium isolated from meadow grass
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1453-1457. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fumio Inagaki, Ken Takai, Kenneth H. Nealson, and Koki Horikoshi

Sulfurovum lithotrophicum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel sulfur-oxidizing chemolithoautotroph within the -Proteobacteria isolated from Okinawa Trough hydrothermal sediments
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1477-1482. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Growth curves]  

Jae Hak Sohn, Kae Kyoung Kwon, Ji-Hyun Kang, Hong-Bae Jung, and Sang-Jin Kim

Novosphingobium pentaromativorans sp. nov., a high-molecular-mass polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading bacterium isolated from estuarine sediment
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1483-1487. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David Schleheck, Brian J. Tindall, Ramón Rosselló-Mora, and Alasdair M. Cook

Parvibaculum lavamentivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel heterotroph that initiates catabolism of linear alkylbenzenesulfonate
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1489-1497. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dawn E. Holmes, Kelly P. Nevin, and Derek R. Lovley

Comparison of 16S rRNA, nifD, recA, gyrB, rpoB and fusA genes within the family Geobacteraceae fam. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1591-1599. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Genetic and synonymous distances]  

Yuichi Nogi, Shoichi Hosoya, Chiaki Kato, and Koki Horikoshi

Colwellia piezophila sp. nov., a novel piezophilic species from deep-sea sediments of the Japan Trench
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1627-1631. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Extended 16S rRNA gene-based tree]  

Elke Hauser, Peter Kämpfer, and Hans-Jürgen Busse

Pseudomonas psychrotolerans sp. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1633-1637. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary material]  

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

Desulfatibacillum alkenivorans sp. nov., a novel n-alkene-degrading, sulfate-reducing bacterium, and emended description of the genus Desulfatibacillum
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1639-1642. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Phase-contrast micrograph]  

Johan Goris, Paul De Vos, Jesús Caballero-Mellado, Joonhong Park, Enevold Falsen, John F. Quensen, III, James M. Tiedje, and Peter Vandamme

Classification of the biphenyl- and polychlorinated biphenyl-degrading strain LB400^T and relatives as Burkholderia xenovorans sp. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1677-1681. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary material]  

Masao Adachi, Tsukasa Kanno, Ryo Okamoto, Azusa Shinozaki, Kiyomi Fujikawa-Adachi, and Toshitaka Nishijima

Jannaschia cystaugens sp. nov., an Alexandrium (Dinophyceae) cyst formation-promoting bacterium from Hiroshima Bay, Japan
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1687-1692. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Fatty acid profiles]  

Michel Magot, Odile Basso, Christèle Tardy-Jacquenod, and Pierre Caumette

Desulfovibrio bastinii sp. nov. and Desulfovibrio gracilis sp. nov., moderately halophilic, sulfate-reducing bacteria isolated from deep subsurface oilfield water
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1693-1697. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jae Hyung Lee, Yun Sook Kim, Tae-Jin Choi, Won Jae Lee, and Young Tae Kim

Paracoccus haeundaensis sp. nov., a Gram-negative, halophilic, astaxanthin-producing bacterium
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1699-1702. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary material]  

Natuschka Lee, Carmela Maria Cellamare, Cristiano Bastianutti, Ramon Rosselló-Mora, Peter Kämpfer, Wolfgang Ludwig, Karl Heinz Schleifer, and Loredana Stante

Emended description of the species Lampropedia hyalina
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1709-1715. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

María Teresa García, Encarnación Mellado, Juan Carlos Ostos, and Antonio Ventosa

Halomonas organivorans sp. nov., a moderate halophile able to degrade aromatic compounds
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1723-1728. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. José Martínez-Cánovas, Emilia Quesada, Fernando Martínez-Checa, Ana del Moral, and Victoria Béjar

Salipiger mucescens gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic, exopolysaccharide-producing bacterium isolated from hypersaline soil, belonging to the -Proteobacteria
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1735-1740. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

Psychrobacter maritimus sp. nov. and Psychrobacter arenosus sp. nov., isolated from coastal sea ice and sediments of the Sea of Japan
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1741-1745. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Scanning electron micrographs]  

Maria J. Feio, Vitaly Zinkevich, Iwona B. Beech, Enric Llobet-Brossa, Peter Eaton, Jürgen Schmitt, and Jean Guezennec

Desulfovibrio alaskensis sp. nov., a sulphate-reducing bacterium from a soured oil reservoir
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1747-1752. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures and Table]  

Stefanie Van Trappen, Tjhing-Lok Tan, Jifang Yang, Joris Mergaert, and Jean Swings

Glaciecola polaris sp. nov., a novel budding and prosthecate bacterium from the Arctic Ocean, and emended description of the genus Glaciecola
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1765-1771. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [rep-PCR profiles]  

Elena P. Ivanova, Sébastien Flavier, and Richard Christen

Phylogenetic relationships among marine Alteromonas-like proteobacteria: emended description of the family Alteromonadaceae and proposal of Pseudoalteromonadaceae fam. nov., Colwelliaceae fam. nov., Shewanellaceae fam. nov., Moritellaceae fam. nov., Ferrimonadaceae fam. nov., Idiomarinaceae fam. nov. and Psychromonadaceae fam. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1773-1788. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures and Table]  

M. José Martínez-Cánovas, Victoria Béjar, Fernando Martínez-Checa, Rafael Páez, and Emilia Quesada

Idiomarina fontislapidosi sp. nov. and Idiomarina ramblicola sp. nov., isolated from inland hypersaline habitats in Spain
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1793-1797. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jung-Hoon Yoon, Soo-Hwan Yeo, In-Gi Kim, and Tae-Kwang Oh

Marinobacter flavimaris sp. nov. and Marinobacter daepoensis sp. nov., slightly halophilic organisms isolated from sea water of the Yellow Sea in Korea
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1799-1803. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Fatty acid profiles]  

Wen-Jun Li, Yu-Qin Zhang, Dong-Jin Park, Chang-Tian Li, Li-Hua Xu, Chang-Jin Kim, and Cheng-Lin Jiang

Duganella violaceinigra sp. nov., a novel mesophilic bacterium isolated from forest soil
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1811-1814. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

Kangiella koreensis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Kangiella aquimarina sp. nov., isolated from a tidal flat of the Yellow Sea in Korea
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1829-1835. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Makoto Kawahara, Yasuko Rikihisa, Emiko Isogai, Mamoru Takahashi, Hitoko Misumi, Chiharu Suto, Shinichiro Shibata, Chunbin Zhang, and Masayoshi Tsuji

Ultrastructure and phylogenetic analysis of ‘Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis' in the family Anaplasmataceae, isolated from wild rats and found in Ixodes ovatus ticks
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1837-1843. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary material]  

NEW TAXA: Other Bacteria:

Muriel Derrien, Elaine E. Vaughan, Caroline M. Plugge, and Willem M. de Vos

Akkermansia muciniphila gen. nov., sp. nov., a human intestinal mucin-degrading bacterium
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1469-1476. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

D. R. Brown, J. L. Merritt, E. R. Jacobson, P. A. Klein, J. G. Tully, and M. B. Brown

Mycoplasma testudineum sp. nov., from a desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) with upper respiratory tract disease
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1527-1529. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Koji Mori, Takeshi Kakegawa, Yowsuke Higashi, Ko-ichi Nakamura, Akihiko Maruyama, and Satoshi Hanada

Oceanithermus desulfurans sp. nov., a novel thermophilic, sulfur-reducing bacterium isolated from a sulfide chimney in Suiyo Seamount
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1561-1566. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Heinz Schlesner, Christina Rensmann, Brian J. Tindall, Dörte Gade, Ralf Rabus, Stefan Pfeiffer, and Peter Hirsch

Taxonomic heterogeneity within the Planctomycetales as derived by DNA–DNA hybridization, description of Rhodopirellula baltica gen. nov., sp. nov., transfer of Pirellula marina to the genus Blastopirellula gen. nov. as Blastopirellula marina comb. nov. and emended description of the genus Pirellula
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1567-1580. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hazel L. Greetham, Matthew D. Collins, Glenn R. Gibson, Catriona Giffard, Enevold Falsen, and Paul A. Lawson

Sutterella stercoricanis sp. nov., isolated from canine faeces
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1581-1584. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Olga I. Nedashkovskaya, Makoto Suzuki, Marc Vancanneyt, Ilse Cleenwerck, Anatoly M. Lysenko, Valery V. Mikhailov, and Jean Swings

Zobellia amurskyensis sp. nov., Zobellia laminariae sp. nov. and Zobellia russellii sp. nov., novel marine bacteria of the family Flavobacteriaceae
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1643-1648. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ece S. Güner, Mutsumi Watanabe, Naoya Hashimoto, Teruki Kadosaka, Yoshiaki Kawamura, Takayuki Ezaki, Hiroki Kawabata, Yasuyuki Imai, Kazuhide Kaneda, and Toshiyuki Masuzawa

Borrelia turcica sp. nov., isolated from the hard tick Hyalomma aegyptium in Turkey
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1649-1652. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary material]  

Olga I. Nedashkovskaya, Marc Vancanneyt, Stefanie Van Trappen, Katrien Vandemeulebroecke, Anatoly M. Lysenko, Manfred Rohde, Enevold Falsen, Galina M. Frolova, Valery V. Mikhailov, and Jean Swings

Description of Algoriphagus aquimarinus sp. nov., Algoriphagus chordae sp. nov. and Algoriphagus winogradskyi sp. nov., from sea water and algae, transfer of Hongiella halophila Yi and Chun 2004 to the genus Algoriphagus as Algoriphagus halophilus comb. nov. and emended descriptions of the genera Algoriphagus Bowman et al. 2003 and Hongiella Yi and Chun 2004
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1757-1764. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Scanning electron micrograph]  

Jung-Hoon Yoon, Soo-Hwan Yeo, and Tae-Kwang Oh

Hongiella marincola sp. nov., isolated from sea water of the East Sea in Korea
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1845-1848. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mao-Yen Chen, Shih-Hsiung Wu, Guang-Huey Lin, Chun-Ping Lu, Yung-Ting Lin, Wen-Chang Chang, and San-San Tsay

Rubrobacter taiwanensis sp. nov., a novel thermophilic, radiation-resistant species isolated from hot springs
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1849-1855. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures and Table]  

NEW TAXA: Unicellular Eukaryotes:

Michael Brysch-Herzberg and Marc-André Lachance

Candida bombiphila sp. nov., a new asexual yeast species in the Wickerhamiella clade
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1857-1859. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David Moreira, Purificación López-García, and Keith Vickerman

An updated view of kinetoplastid phylogeny using environmental sequences and a closer outgroup: proposal for a new classification of the class Kinetoplastea
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1861-1875. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Qi-Ming Wang, Feng-Yan Bai, Hui-Zhong Lu, Jian-Hua Jia, and Masako Takashima

Bullera cylindrica sp. nov., Bullera hubeiensis sp. nov. and Bullera nakasei sp. nov., ballistoconidium-forming yeast species from plant leaves
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1877-1882. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [ITS-based phylogenetic tree]  

Sung-Oui Suh, Cara M. Gibson, and Meredith Blackwell

Metschnikowia chrysoperlae sp. nov., Candida picachoensis sp. nov. and Candida pimensis sp. nov., isolated from the green lacewings Chrysoperla comanche and Chrysoperla carnea (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae)
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1883-1890. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Solange C. Carreiro, Fernando C. Pagnocca, Maurício Bacci, Jr, Marc-André Lachance, Odair C. Bueno, Maria José A. Hebling, Carla C. C. Ruivo, and Carlos A. Rosa

Sympodiomyces attinorum sp. nov., a yeast species associated with nests of the leaf-cutting ant Atta sexdens
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1891-1894. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

EVOLUTION, PHYLOGENY AND BIODIVERSITY:

L. Soler, M. A. Yáñez, M. R. Chacon, M. G. Aguilera-Arreola, V. Catalán, M. J. Figueras, and A. J. Martínez-Murcia

Phylogenetic analysis of the genus Aeromonas based on two housekeeping genes
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1511-1519. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Matrix Table]  

Henrik Christensen, Peter Kuhnert, John Elmerdahl Olsen, and Magne Bisgaard

Comparative phylogenies of the housekeeping genes atpD, infB and rpoB and the 16S rRNA gene within the Pasteurellaceae
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1601-1609. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Strain details]  

Fanrong Kong and Gwendolyn L. Gilbert

Postgenomic taxonomy of human ureaplasmas – a case study based on multiple gene sequences
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1815-1821. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary material]  

INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE ON SYSTEMATICS OF PROKARYOTES: Taxonomic Notes:

Aharon Oren

A proposal for further integration of the cyanobacteria under the Bacteriological Code
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1895-1902. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

Giovanna E. Felis, Sandra Torriani, and Franco Dellaglio

The status of the species Lactobacillus rogosae Holdeman and Moore 1974. Request for an Opinion
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1903-1904. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. P. Euzéby and B. J. Tindall

A replacement name of the specific epithet aurantiaca in Micromonospora aurantiaca Sveshnikova et al. 1969 (Approved Lists 1980) and a proposal to treat the combination Micromonospora aurantiaca Sveshnikova et al. 1969 as a rejected name. Request for an Opinion
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1905-1906. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ERRATA:

J. F. Imhoff and M. T. Madigan

International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of phototrophic bacteria. Minutes of the meetings, 27 August 2003, Tokyo, Japan
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1907. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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