VALIDATION LIST NO. 100:

Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSEM
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1909-1910. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NOTIFICATION LIST:

Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 4, of the IJSEM
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1911-1913. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

Timothy J. Donohue and Christopher M. Thomas

Policy proposal for publication of papers with data sets from genome-wide studies
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1915. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Microarray Gene Expression Data Society

An open letter on microarray data from the MGED Society
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1917-1918. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Svetlana N. Dedysh, Peter F. Dunfield, and Yuri A. Trotsenko

Methane utilization by Methylobacterium species: new evidence but still no proof for an old controversy
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1919-1920. [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEW TAXA: Archaea:

Mostafa S. Elshahed, Kristen N. Savage, Aharon Oren, M. Carmen Gutierrez, Antonio Ventosa, and Lee R. Krumholz

Haloferax sulfurifontis sp. nov., a halophilic archaeon isolated from a sulfide- and sulfur-rich spring
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 2275-2279. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Scanning electron micrographs]  

NEW TAXA: Gram-positive Bacteria:

Akiko Kageyama, Katsukiyo Yazawa, Akira Mukai, Mari Kinoshita, Nobukatsu Takata, Kazuko Nishimura, Reiner M. Kroppenstedt, and Yuzuru Mikami

Nocardia shimofusensis sp. nov., isolated from soil, and Nocardia higoensis sp. nov., isolated from a patient with lung nocardiosis in Japan
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1927-1931. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Extended 16S rRNA gene-based tree and comparison of properties]  

Jung-Hoon Yoon, Hyang Burm Lee, Soo-Hwan Yeo, and Jae-Eul Choi

Janibacter melonis sp. nov., isolated from abnormally spoiled oriental melon in Korea
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1975-1980. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

Agromyces ulmi sp. nov., a xylanolytic bacterium isolated from Ulmus nigra in Spain
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1987-1990. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nomeda Kuisiene, Juozas Raugalas, and Donaldas Chitavichius

Geobacillus lituanicus sp. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1991-1995. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary material]  

Isao Yumoto, Kikue Hirota, Shingo Yamaga, Yoshinobu Nodasaka, Tsuneshirou Kawasaki, Hidetoshi Matsuyama, and Kenji Nakajima

Bacillus asahii sp. nov., a novel bacterium isolated from soil with the ability to deodorize the bad smell generated from short-chain fatty acids
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1997-2001. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Isao Yumoto, Megumi Hishinuma-Narisawa, Kikue Hirota, Tomohiro Shingyo, Fumihiko Takebe, Yoshinobu Nodasaka, Hidetoshi Matsuyama, and Isao Hara

Exiguobacterium oxidotolerans sp. nov., a novel alkaliphile exhibiting high catalase activity
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 2013-2017. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary material]  

Tamara N. Nazina, Elena V. Lebedeva, Andrei B. Poltaraus, Tatyana P. Tourova, Alexandre A. Grigoryan, Diyana Sh. Sokolova, Anatoliy M. Lysenko, and George A. Osipov

Geobacillus gargensis sp. nov., a novel thermophile from a hot spring, and the reclassification of Bacillus vulcani as Geobacillus vulcani comb. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 2019-2024. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary material]  

Akiko Kageyama, Katsukiyo Yazawa, Akira Mukai, Tadahiro Kohara, Kazuko Nishimura, Reiner M. Kroppenstedt, and Yuzuru Mikami

Nocardia araoensis sp. nov. and Nocardia pneumoniae sp. nov., isolated from patients in Japan
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 2025-2029. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Extended 16S rRNA gene-based tree and comparison of properties]  

Dal-Soo Kim, Cheol-Yong Bae, Jae-Jin Jeon, Sam-Jae Chun, Hyun Woo Oh, Soon Gyu Hong, Keun-Sik Baek, Eun Young Moon, and Kyung Sook Bae

Paenibacillus elgii sp. nov., with broad antimicrobial activity
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 2031-2035. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Micrographs and extended 16S rRNA gene-based tree]  

Souichiro Kato, Shin Haruta, Zong Jun Cui, Masaharu Ishii, Akira Yokota, and Yasuo Igarashi

Clostridium straminisolvens sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic, aerotolerant and cellulolytic bacterium isolated from a cellulose-degrading bacterial community
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 2043-2047. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Philip Hugenholtz and Erko Stackebrandt

Reclassification of Sphaerobacter thermophilus from the subclass Sphaerobacteridae in the phylum Actinobacteria to the class Thermomicrobia (emended description) in the phylum Chloroflexi (emended description)
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 2049-2051. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tomohiko Tamura and Takeshi Sakane

Planotetraspora silvatica sp. nov. and emended description of the genus Planotetraspora
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 2053-2056. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary micrograph]  

Amr M. Mohamed, Peter C. Iwen, Stefano Tarantolo, and Steven H. Hinrichs

Mycobacterium nebraskense sp. nov., a novel slowly growing scotochromogenic species
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 2057-2060. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Alignment and extended phylogenetic tree]  

Danielle Saintpierre-Bonaccio, Hamid Amir, René Pineau, Sanaa Lemriss, and Michael Goodfellow

Streptomyces ferralitis sp. nov., a novel streptomycete isolated from a New-Caledonian ultramafic soil
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 2061-2065. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rosa Margesin, Peter Schumann, Cathrin Spröer, and Anne-Monique Gounot

Arthrobacter psychrophenolicus sp. nov., isolated from an alpine ice cave
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 2067-2072. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ying Huang, Wei Li, Liming Wang, Benjamin Lanoot, Marc Vancanneyt, Carlos Rodriguez, Zhiheng Liu, Jean Swings, and Michael Goodfellow

Streptomyces glauciniger sp. nov., a novel mesophilic streptomycete isolated from soil in south China
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 2085-2089. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures]  

Yu-Ting Hu, Pei-Jin Zhou, Yu-Guang Zhou, Zhi-Heng Liu, and Shuang-Jiang Liu

Saccharothrix xinjiangensis sp. nov., a pyrene-degrading actinomycete isolated from Tianchi Lake, Xinjiang, China
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 2091-2094. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Elena P. Ivanova, Richard Christen, Yulia V. Alexeeva, Natalia V. Zhukova, Natalia M. Gorshkova, Anatoly M. Lysenko, Valery V. Mikhailov, and Dan V. Nicolau

Brevibacterium celere sp. nov., isolated from degraded thallus of a brown alga
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 2107-2111. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Fatty acid profiles and extended phylogenetic tree]  

Haruko Noguchi, Masataka Uchino, Osamu Shida, Katsumi Takano, Lawrence K. Nakamura, and Kazuo Komagata

Bacillus vietnamensis sp. nov., a moderately halotolerant, aerobic, endospore-forming bacterium isolated from Vietnamese fish sauce
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 2117-2120. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Erratum]  

Ingrid Groth, Carlos Rodríguez, Barbara Schütze, Petra Schmitz, Eckhard Leistner, and Michael Goodfellow

Five novel Kitasatospora species from soil: Kitasatospora arboriphila sp. nov., K. gansuensis sp. nov., K. nipponensis sp. nov., K. paranensis sp. nov. and K. terrestris sp. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 2121-2129. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hana Yi and Jongsik Chun

Nocardioides aestuarii sp. nov., isolated from tidal flat sediment
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 2151-2154. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

Transfer of Bacillus halodenitrificans Denariaz et al. 1989 to the genus Virgibacillus as Virgibacillus halodenitrificans comb. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 2163-2167. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Monica Bonilla Salinas, Marie-Laure Fardeau, Pierre Thomas, Jean-Luc Cayol, Bharat K. C. Patel, and Bernard Ollivier

Mahella australiensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic anaerobic bacterium isolated from an Australian oil well
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 2169-2173. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. Vancanneyt, M. Zamfir, L. A. Devriese, K. Lefebvre, K. Engelbeen, K. Vandemeulebroecke, M. Amar, L. De Vuyst, F. Haesebrouck, and J. Swings

Enterococcus saccharominimus sp. nov., from dairy products
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 2175-2179. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Tree]  

Peter Schumann, Xiaolong Cui, Erko Stackebrandt, Reiner M. Kroppenstedt, Lihua Xu, and Chenglin Jiang

Jonesia quinghaiensis sp. nov., a new member of the suborder Micrococcineae
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 2181-2184. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. F. Fernández-Garayzábal, A. I. Vela, R. Egido, R. A. Hutson, M. P. Lanzarot, M. Fernández-García, and M. D. Collins

Corynebacterium ciconiae sp. nov., isolated from the trachea of black storks (Ciconia nigra)
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 2191-2195. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ibrahim M. Banat, Roger Marchant, and Thahira J. Rahman

Geobacillus debilis sp. nov., a novel obligately thermophilic bacterium isolated from a cool soil environment, and reassignment of Bacillus pallidus to Geobacillus pallidus comb. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 2197-2201. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pavel Svec, Marc Vancanneyt, Ivo Sedlácek, Katrien Engelbeen, Vlastimil Stetina, Jean Swings, and Petr Petrás

Reclassification of Staphylococcus pulvereri Zakrzewska-Czerwiska et al. 1995 as a later synonym of Staphylococcus vitulinus Webster et al. 1994
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 2213-2215. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joanne M. Santini, Illo C. A. Streimann, and Rachel N. vanden Hoven

Bacillus macyae sp. nov., an arsenate-respiring bacterium isolated from an Australian gold mine
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 2241-2244. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shuangya Chen and Xiuzhu Dong

Acetanaerobacterium elongatum gen. nov., sp. nov., from paper mill waste water
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 2257-2262. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Elena Fernández, Verena Blume, Patricia Garrido, Matthew D. Collins, Ana Mateos, Lucas Domínguez, and José F. Fernández-Garayzábal

Streptococcus equi subsp. ruminatorum subsp. nov., isolated from mastitis in small ruminants
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 2291-2296. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary material][Erratum]  

Jianli Zhang, Zhiheng Liu, and Michael Goodfellow

Nocardia xishanensis sp. nov., a novel actinomycete isolated from soil
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 2301-2305. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kerstin Derz, Ulrich Klinner, Ingolf Schuphan, Erko Stackebrandt, and Reiner M. Kroppenstedt

Mycobacterium pyrenivorans sp. nov., a novel polycyclic-aromatic-hydrocarbon-degrading species
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 2313-2317. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Erratum]  

David P. Labeda and Reiner M. Kroppenstedt

Emended description of the genus Glycomyces and description of Glycomyces algeriensis sp. nov., Glycomyces arizonensis sp. nov. and Glycomyces lechevalierae sp. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 2343-2346. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Fatty acid and menaquinone profiles]  

Tatyana G. Sokolova, Juan M. González, Nadezhda A. Kostrikina, Nikolai A. Chernyh, Tatiana V. Slepova, Elizaveta A. Bonch-Osmolovskaya, and Frank T. Robb

Thermosinus carboxydivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a new anaerobic, thermophilic, carbon-monoxide-oxidizing, hydrogenogenic bacterium from a hot pool of Yellowstone National Park
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 2353-2359. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christina Schäffer, William L. Franck, Andrea Scheberl, Paul Kosma, Timothy R. McDermott, and Paul Messner

Classification of isolates from locations in Austria and Yellowstone National Park as Geobacillus tepidamans sp. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 2361-2368. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary material]  

P. Gupta, G. S. N. Reddy, D. Delille, and S. Shivaji

Arthrobacter gangotriensis sp. nov. and Arthrobacter kerguelensis sp. nov. from Antarctica
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 2375-2378. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [16S rRNA gene-based tree and fatty acid profiles]  

Isao Yumoto, Kikue Hirota, Yoshinobu Nodasaka, Yuji Yokota, Tamotsu Hoshino, and Kenji Nakajima

Alkalibacterium psychrotolerans sp. nov., a psychrotolerant obligate alkaliphile that reduces an indigo dye
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 2379-2383. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Erratum]  

Robert C. Cooksey, Jacobus H. de Waard, Mitchell A. Yakrus, Ismar Rivera, Marina Chopite, Sean R. Toney, Glenn P. Morlock, and W. Ray Butler

Mycobacterium cosmeticum sp. nov., a novel rapidly growing species isolated from a cosmetic infection and from a nail salon
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 2385-2391. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures]  

NEW TAXA: Proteobacteria:

Jorge Quillaguamán, Osvaldo Delgado, Bo Mattiasson, and Rajni Hatti-Kaul

Chromohalobacter sarecensis sp. nov., a psychrotolerant moderate halophile isolated from the saline Andean region of Bolivia
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1921-1926. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Transmission electron micrographs]  

Tina Lütke-Eversloh, Khaled Elbanna, Margo C. Cnockaert, Joris Mergaert, Jean Swings, Célia M. Manaia, and Alexander Steinbüchel

Caenibacterium thermophilum is a later synonym of Schlegelella thermodepolymerans
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1933-1935. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Laurent Toffin, Adeline Bidault, Patricia Pignet, Brian J. Tindall, Alexander Slobodkin, Chiaki Kato, and Daniel Prieur

Shewanella profunda sp. nov., isolated from deep marine sediment of the Nankai Trough
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1943-1949. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary material]  

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

Erythrobacter aquimaris sp. nov., isolated from sea water of a tidal flat of the Yellow Sea in Korea
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1981-1985. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jun-Lian Gao, Sarah Lea Turner, Feng Ling Kan, En Tao Wang, Zhi Yuan Tan, Yu Hui Qiu, Jun Gu, Zewdu Terefework, J. Peter W. Young, Kristina Lindström, and Wen Xin Chen

Mesorhizobium septentrionale sp. nov. and Mesorhizobium temperatum sp. nov., isolated from Astragalus adsurgens growing in the northern regions of China
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 2003-2012. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary material]  

Jee-Min Lim, Jung-Hoon Yoon, Jae-Chan Lee, Che Ok Jeon, Dong-Jin Park, Changkeun Sung, and Chang-Jin Kim

Halomonas koreensis sp. nov., a novel moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from a solar saltern in Korea
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 2037-2042. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David Miñana-Galbis, Maribel Farfán, M. Carme Fusté, and J. Gaspar Lorén

Aeromonas molluscorum sp. nov., isolated from bivalve molluscs
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 2073-2078. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary material]  

Cheng-Hui Xie and Akira Yokota

Transfer of Hyphomicrobium indicum to the genus Photobacterium as Photobacterium indicum comb. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 2113-2116. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Xianzhen Li, Daohai Zhang, Feng Chen, Jie Ma, Yihu Dong, and Lianhui Zhang

Klebsiella singaporensis sp. nov., a novel isomaltulose-producing bacterium
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 2131-2136. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

N. Faury, D. Saulnier, F. L. Thompson, M. Gay, J. Swings, and F. Le Roux

Vibrio crassostreae sp. nov., isolated from the haemolymph of oysters (Crassostrea gigas)
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 2137-2140. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [DNA-DNA hybridization, phenotypic and fatty acid data]  

Sungwan Kanso and Bharat K. C. Patel

Phenylobacterium lituiforme sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic bacterium from a subsurface aquifer, and emended description of the genus Phenylobacterium
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 2141-2146. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Raúl Rivas, Adriana Abril, Martha E. Trujillo, and Encarna Velázquez

Sphingomonas phyllosphaerae sp. nov., from the phyllosphere of Acacia caven in Argentina
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 2147-2150. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [RAPD and polar lipid data and extended tree]  

V. M. Reis, P. Estrada-de los Santos, S. Tenorio-Salgado, J. Vogel, M. Stoffels, S. Guyon, P. Mavingui, V. L. D. Baldani, M. Schmid, J. I. Baldani, J. Balandreau, A. Hartmann, and J. Caballero-Mellado

Burkholderia tropica sp. nov., a novel nitrogen-fixing, plant-associated bacterium
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 2155-2162. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Biolog results, ARDRA profiles and extended tree]  

Hiroyuki Ohta, Reiko Hattori, Yuuji Ushiba, Hisayuki Mitsui, Masao Ito, Hiroshi Watanabe, Akira Tonosaki, and Tsutomu Hattori

Sphingomonas oligophenolica sp. nov., a halo- and organo-sensitive oligotrophic bacterium from paddy soil that degrades phenolic acids at low concentrations
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 2185-2190. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary material]  

Jani L. O'Rourke, Jay V. Solnick, Brett A. Neilan, Karin Seidel, Robert Hayter, Lori M. Hansen, and Adrian Lee

Description of ‘Candidatus Helicobacter heilmannii’ based on DNA sequence analysis of 16S rRNA and urease genes
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 2203-2211. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary material]  

Ana María Rojas, Jose Esteban García de los Rios, Marion Fischer-Le Saux, Pedro Jimenez, Paloma Reche, Sophie Bonneau, Laurent Sutra, Françoise Mathieu-Daudé, and Michael McClelland

Erwinia toletana sp. nov., associated with Pseudomonas savastanoi-induced tree knots
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 2217-2222. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Consensus tree and disciminatory characters]  

Linxian Ding and Akira Yokota

Proposals of Curvibacter gracilis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Herbaspirillum putei sp. nov. for bacterial strains isolated from well water and reclassification of [Pseudomonas] huttiensis, [Pseudomonas] lanceolata, [Aquaspirillum] delicatum and [Aquaspirillum] autotrophicum as Herbaspirillum huttiense comb. nov., Curvibacter lanceolatus comb. nov., Curvibacter delicatus comb. nov. and Herbaspirillum autotrophicum comb. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 2223-2230. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Erratum]  

Jung-Hoon Yoon, Mi-Hwa Lee, and Tae-Kwang Oh

Porphyrobacter donghaensis sp. nov., isolated from sea water of the East Sea in Korea
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 2231-2235. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sandra Van Oevelen, Rupert De Wachter, Peter Vandamme, Elmar Robbrecht, and Els Prinsen

‘Candidatus Burkholderia calva’ and ‘Candidatus Burkholderia nigropunctata’ as leaf gall endosymbionts of African Psychotria
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 2237-2239. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sébastien Thierry, Hervé Macarie, Takashi Iizuka, Walter Geißdörfer, Essokazi A. Assih, Mark Spanevello, Frédéric Verhe, Pierre Thomas, Ryosuke Fudou, Oscar Monroy, Marc Labat, and Aboubakar S. Ouattara

Pseudoxanthomonas mexicana sp. nov. and Pseudoxanthomonas japonensis sp. nov., isolated from diverse environments, and emended descriptions of the genus Pseudoxanthomonas Finkmann et al. 2000 and of its type species
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 2245-2255. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures][Erratum]  

Yasuko Jojima, Yasuhiro Mihara, Sonoko Suzuki, Kenzo Yokozeki, Shigeru Yamanaka, and Ryosuke Fudou

Saccharibacter floricola gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel osmophilic acetic acid bacterium isolated from pollen
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 2263-2267. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Philippe Jourand, Eric Giraud, Gilles Béna, Abdoulaye Sy, Anne Willems, Monique Gillis, Bernard Dreyfus, and Philippe de Lajudie

Methylobacterium nodulans sp. nov., for a group of aerobic, facultatively methylotrophic, legume root-nodule-forming and nitrogen-fixing bacteria
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 2269-2273. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stanley C. K. Lau, Mandy M. Y. Tsoi, Xiancui Li, Ioulia Plakhotnikova, Madeline Wu, Po-Keung Wong, and Pei-Yuan Qian

Loktanella hongkongensis sp. nov., a novel member of the -Proteobacteria originating from marine biofilms in Hong Kong waters
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 2281-2284. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures and Tables]  

Peter Vandamme and Tom Coenye

Taxonomy of the genus Cupriavidus: a tale of lost and found
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 2285-2289. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yumiko Kodama and Kazuya Watanabe

Sulfuricurvum kujiense gen. nov., sp. nov., a facultatively anaerobic, chemolithoautotrophic, sulfur-oxidizing bacterium isolated from an underground crude-oil storage cavity
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 2297-2300. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary material]  

Wung Yang Shieh, Yu-Te Lin, and Wen Dar Jean

Pseudovibrio denitrificans gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine, facultatively anaerobic, fermentative bacterium capable of denitrification
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 2307-2312. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ken Takai, Hisako Hirayama, Tatsunori Nakagawa, Yohey Suzuki, Kenneth H. Nealson, and Koki Horikoshi

Thiomicrospira thermophila sp. nov., a novel microaerobic, thermotolerant, sulfur-oxidizing chemolithomixotroph isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal fumarole in the TOTO caldera, Mariana Arc, Western Pacific
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 2325-2333. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary material]  

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

Shewanella marisflavi sp. nov. and Shewanella aquimarina sp. nov., slightly halophilic organisms isolated from sea water of the Yellow Sea in Korea
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 2347-2352. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary material]  

Geoffrey Foster, Barry Holmes, Arnold G. Steigerwalt, Paul A. Lawson, Petra Thorne, Dorothy E. Byrer, Harry M. Ross, Jacqueline Xerry, Paul M. Thompson, and Matthew D. Collins

Campylobacter insulaenigrae sp. nov., isolated from marine mammals
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 2369-2373. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Erratum]  

NEW TAXA: Other Bacteria:

Thomas F. Knight, Jr

Reclassification of Mesoplasma pleciae as Acholeplasma pleciae comb. nov. on the basis of 16S rRNA and gyrB gene sequence data
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1951-1952. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Laurent Urios, Valérie Cueff-Gauchard, Patricia Pignet, Anne Postec, Marie-Laure Fardeau, Bernard Ollivier, and Georges Barbier

Thermosipho atlanticus sp. nov., a novel member of the Thermotogales isolated from a Mid-Atlantic Ridge hydrothermal vent
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1953-1957. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

Algoriphagus antarcticus sp. nov., a novel psychrophile from microbial mats in Antarctic lakes
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1969-1973. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Satoshi Nakagawa, Sachiko Nakamura, Fumio Inagaki, Ken Takai, Nobuaki Shirai, and Yoshihiko Sako

Hydrogenivirga caldilitoris gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel extremely thermophilic, hydrogen- and sulfur-oxidizing bacterium from a coastal hydrothermal field
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 2079-2084. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary material]  

Myung Kyum Kim, Wan-Taek Im, Yong Kook Shin, Ju Hyoung Lim, Sung-Hye Kim, Byung Chul Lee, Mi-Yeoun Park, Ki Young Lee, and Sung-Taik Lee

Kaistella koreensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the Chryseobacterium–Bergeyella–Riemerella branch
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 2319-2324. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ingrid Brettar, Richard Christen, and Manfred G. Höfle

Aquiflexum balticum 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: 2335-2341. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary material]  

NEW TAXA: Unicellular Eukaryotes:

David Bass and Thomas Cavalier-Smith

Phylum-specific environmental DNA analysis reveals remarkably high global biodiversity of Cercozoa (Protozoa)
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 2393-2404. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

Candida leandrae sp. nov., an asexual ascomycetous yeast species isolated from tropical plants
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 2405-2408. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sung-Oui Suh, Joseph V. McHugh, and Meredith Blackwell

Expansion of the Candida tanzawaensis yeast clade: 16 novel Candida species from basidiocarp-feeding beetles
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 2409-2429. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hui-Zhong Lu, Yimin Cai, Zuo-Wei Wu, Jian-Hua Jia, and Feng-Yan Bai

Kazachstania aerobia sp. nov., an ascomycetous yeast species from aerobically deteriorating corn silage
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 2431-2435. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Phylogenetic tree]  

EVOLUTION, PHYLOGENY AND BIODIVERSITY:

Kishore R. Sakharkar, Pawan Kumar Dhar, and Vincent T. K. Chow

Genome reduction in prokaryotic obligatory intracellular parasites of humans: a comparative analysis
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1937-1941. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary material]  

Anne-Marié Pretorius, Lorenza Beati, and Richard J. Birtles

Diversity of bartonellae associated with small mammals inhabiting Free State province, South Africa
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 1959-1967. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [TEMs and gltA dissimilarity matrix]  

Toïdi Adékambi and Michel Drancourt

Dissection of phylogenetic relationships among 19 rapidly growing Mycobacterium species by 16S rRNA, hsp65, sodA, recA and rpoB gene sequencing
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 2095-2105. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Primer details]  

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

Jane Edwards, Ellen Baque, and Jane Tang

Proposal to acknowledge Beijerinck as the original author of the species Pantoea agglomerans. Request for an Opinion
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 2437. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shirley Landon and Jane Tang

Proposal to list ATCC 43642 as the type strain of Leptospira interrogans in the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Request for an Opinion
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 2439. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ERRATA:

E. P. Ivanova, N. M. Gorshkova, J. P. Bowman, A. M. Lysenko, N. V. Zhukova, A. F. Sergeev, V. V. Mikhailov, and D. V. Nicolau

Shewanella pacifica sp. nov., a polyunsaturated fatty acid-producing bacterium isolated from sea water
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 2441. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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: 2441. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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