VALIDATION LIST NO. 104:

Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSEM
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005 55: 1395-1397. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NOTIFICATION LIST:

Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 2, of the IJSEM
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005 55: 1399-1402. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

LIST OF CHANGES IN TAXONOMIC OPINION NO. 2:

Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005 55: 1403-1404. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

Dimitry Yu. Sorokin

Is there a limit for high-pH life?
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005 55: 1405-1406. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Harold Neimark

Proposal for archival reference collections of chromosomal DNA from uncultivated bacterial species
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005 55: 1407. [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEW TAXA: Gram-positive Bacteria:

Myungjin Lee, Myung Kyum Kim, Marc Vancanneyt, Jean Swings, Seong-Hye Kim, Myung Suk Kang, and Sung-Taik Lee

Tetragenococcus koreensis sp. nov., a novel rhamnolipid-producing bacterium
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005 55: 1409-1413. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

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

Six novel Arthrobacter species isolated from deteriorated mural paintings
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005 55: 1457-1464. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure and Tables]  

Ping Xu, Wen-Jun Li, Shu-Kun Tang, Yi Jiang, Hua-Hong Chen, Li-Hua Xu, and Cheng-Lin Jiang

Nocardia polyresistens sp. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005 55: 1465-1470. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Axel Schippers, Peter Schumann, and Cathrin Spröer

Nocardioides oleivorans sp. nov., a novel crude-oil-degrading bacterium
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005 55: 1501-1504. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary material]  

A. F. Yassin and S. Brenner

Nocardia elegans sp. nov., a member of the Nocardia vaccinii clade isolated from sputum
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005 55: 1505-1509. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Isao Yumoto, Kikue Hirota, Yoshinobu Nodasaka, and Kenji Nakajima

Oceanobacillus oncorhynchi sp. nov., a halotolerant obligate alkaliphile isolated from the skin of a rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), and emended description of the genus Oceanobacillus
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005 55: 1521-1524. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kenji Nakajima, Kikue Hirota, Yoshinobu Nodasaka, and Isao Yumoto

Alkalibacterium iburiense sp. nov., an obligate alkaliphile that reduces an indigo dye
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005 55: 1525-1530. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary material][Erratum]  

Luc A. Devriese, Marc Vancanneyt, Margo Baele, Mario Vaneechoutte, Evelyne De Graef, Cindy Snauwaert, Ilse Cleenwerck, Peter Dawyndt, Jean Swings, Annemie Decostere, and Freddy Haesebrouck

Staphylococcus pseudintermedius sp. nov., a coagulase-positive species from animals
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005 55: 1569-1573. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A. F. Yassin

Rhodococcus triatomae sp. nov., isolated from a blood-sucking bug
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005 55: 1575-1579. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Zhiheng Liu, Yanlin Shi, Yamei Zhang, Zhihong Zhou, Zhitang Lu, Wei Li, Ying Huang, Carlos Rodríguez, and Michael Goodfellow

Classification of Streptomyces griseus (Krainsky 1914) Waksman and Henrici 1948 and related species and the transfer of ‘Microstreptospora cinerea’ to the genus Streptomyces as Streptomyces yanii sp. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005 55: 1605-1610. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

Nocardioides kribbensis sp. nov., isolated from an alkaline soil
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005 55: 1611-1614. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table S1]  

W. Ray Butler, Margaret M. Floyd, June M. Brown, Sean R. Toney, Maryam I. Daneshvar, Robert C. Cooksey, Janice Carr, Arnold G. Steigerwalt, and Nadege Charles

Novel mycolic acid-containing bacteria in the family Segniliparaceae fam. nov., including the genus Segniliparus gen. nov., with descriptions of Segniliparus rotundus sp. nov. and Segniliparus rugosus sp. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005 55: 1615-1624. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [One-dimensional TLC of mycolic acids]  

Françoise Bringel, Anna Castioni, Daniel K. Olukoya, Giovanna E. Felis, Sandra Torriani, and Franco Dellaglio

Lactobacillus plantarum subsp. argentoratensis subsp. nov., isolated from vegetable matrices
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005 55: 1629-1634. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Multiplex-PCR primers]  

Gregory R. Noel, N. Atibalentja, and Leslie L. Domier

Emended description of Pasteuria nishizawae
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005 55: 1681-1685. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

D. P. Labeda and R. M. Kroppenstedt

Stackebrandtia nassauensis gen. nov., sp. nov. and emended description of the family Glycomycetaceae
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005 55: 1687-1691. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Matthew D. Collins, Anna Wiernik, Enevold Falsen, and Paul A. Lawson

Atopococcus tabaci gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel Gram-positive, catalase-negative, coccus-shaped bacterium isolated from tobacco
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005 55: 1693-1696. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Frank A. M. de Bok, Hermie J. M. Harmsen, Caroline M. Plugge, Maaike C. de Vries, Antoon D. L. Akkermans, Willem M. de Vos, and Alfons J. M. Stams

The first true obligately syntrophic propionate-oxidizing bacterium, Pelotomaculum schinkii sp. nov., co-cultured with Methanospirillum hungatei, and emended description of the genus Pelotomaculum
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005 55: 1697-1703. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dong-Shan An, Wan-Taek Im, Hee-Chan Yang, Myung Suk Kang, Kwang Kyu Kim, Long Jin, Myung Kyum Kim, and Sung-Taik Lee

Cellulomonas terrae sp. nov., a cellulolytic and xylanolytic bacterium isolated from soil
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005 55: 1705-1709. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [TLC of polar lipids]  

Brian E. Jones, William D. Grant, A. W. Duckworth, Peter Schumann, Norbert Weiss, and Erko Stackebrandt

Cellulomonas bogoriensis sp. nov., an alkaliphilic cellulomonad
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005 55: 1711-1714. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ingrid Groth, Peter Schumann, Barbara Schütze, Juan M. Gonzalez, Leonila Laiz, Cesareo Saiz-Jimenez, and Erko Stackebrandt

Isoptericola hypogeus sp. nov., isolated from the Roman catacomb of Domitilla
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005 55: 1715-1719. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Detailed physiological characteristics]  

NEW TAXA: Proteobacteria:

Régine Samson, Jean Bernard Legendre, Richard Christen, Marion Fischer-Le Saux, Wafa Achouak, and Louis Gardan

Transfer of Pectobacterium chrysanthemi (Burkholder et al. 1953) Brenner et al. 1973 and Brenneria paradisiaca to the genus Dickeya gen. nov. as Dickeya chrysanthemi comb. nov. and Dickeya paradisiaca comb. nov. and delineation of four novel species, Dickeya dadantii sp. nov., Dickeya dianthicola sp. nov., Dickeya dieffenbachiae sp. nov. and Dickeya zeae sp. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005 55: 1415-1427. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Virginia Gallego, Maria Teresa García, and Antonio Ventosa

Methylobacterium variabile sp. nov., a methylotrophic bacterium isolated from an aquatic environment
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005 55: 1429-1433. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cheng-Hui Xie and Akira Yokota

Azospirillum oryzae sp. nov., a nitrogen-fixing bacterium isolated from the roots of the rice plant Oryza sativa
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005 55: 1435-1438. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

S. Shivaji, Pratima Gupta, Preeti Chaturvedi, K. Suresh, and Daniel Delille

Marinobacter maritimus sp. nov., a psychrotolerant strain isolated from sea water off the subantarctic Kerguelen islands
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005 55: 1453-1456. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Tables]  

V. Jurado, L. Laiz, J. M. Gonzalez, M. Hernandez-Marine, M. Valens, and C. Saiz-Jimenez

Phyllobacterium catacumbae sp. nov., a member of the order ‘Rhizobiales’ isolated from Roman catacombs
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005 55: 1487-1490. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

P. Saha, S. Krishnamurthi, S. Mayilraj, G. S. Prasad, T. C. Bora, and T. Chakrabarti

Aquimonas voraii gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel gammaproteobacterium isolated from a warm spring of Assam, India
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005 55: 1491-1495. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jian-Shen Zhao, Dominic Manno, Chantale Beaulieu, Louise Paquet, and Jalal Hawari

Shewanella sediminis sp. nov., a novel Na⁺-requiring and hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine-degrading bacterium from marine sediment
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005 55: 1511-1520. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table][Erratum]  

Katherine J. Boettcher, Kara K. Geaghan, Aaron P. Maloy, and Bruce J. Barber

Roseovarius crassostreae sp. nov., a member of the Roseobacter clade and the apparent cause of juvenile oyster disease (JOD) in cultured Eastern oysters
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005 55: 1531-1537. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary material]  

Kouta Hatayama, Satomi Kawai, Hirofumi Shoun, Yasuichi Ueda, and Akira Nakamura

Pseudomonas azotifigens sp. nov., a novel nitrogen-fixing bacterium isolated from a compost pile
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005 55: 1539-1544. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [nifH-based neighbour-joining tree]  

Nathan A. Ekborg, Jose M. Gonzalez, Michael B. Howard, Larry E. Taylor, Steven W. Hutcheson, and Ronald M. Weiner

Saccharophagus degradans gen. nov., sp. nov., a versatile marine degrader of complex polysaccharides
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005 55: 1545-1549. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jarkko Rapala, Katri A. Berg, Christina Lyra, R. Maarit Niemi, Werner Manz, Sini Suomalainen, Lars Paulin, and Kirsti Lahti

Paucibacter toxinivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a bacterium that degrades cyclic cyanobacterial hepatotoxins microcystins and nodularin
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005 55: 1563-1568. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Tables]  

Stanley C. K. Lau, Mandy M. Y. Tsoi, Xiancui Li, Sergey Dobretsov, Yulia Plakhotnikova, Po-Keung Wong, and Pei-Yuan Qian

Pseudoalteromonas spongiae sp. nov., a novel member of the -Proteobacteria isolated from the sponge Mycale adhaerens in Hong Kong waters
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005 55: 1593-1596. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  

Christopher Rathgeber, Natalia Yurkova, Erko Stackebrandt, Peter Schumann, J. Thomas Beatty, and Vladimir Yurkov

Roseicyclus mahoneyensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic phototrophic bacterium isolated from a meromictic lake
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005 55: 1597-1603. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dong-Shan An, Wan-Taek Im, Hee-Chan Yang, Deok-Chun Yang, and Sung-Taik Lee

Dyella koreensis sp. nov., a -glucosidase-producing bacterium
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005 55: 1625-1628. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Caterina Capuzzo, Giuseppe Firrao, Luca Mazzon, Andrea Squartini, and Vincenzo Girolami

‘Candidatus Erwinia dacicola’, a coevolved symbiotic bacterium of the olive fly Bactrocera oleae (Gmelin)
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005 55: 1641-1647. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hyun-Jun La, Wan-Taek Im, Leonid N. Ten, Myung Suk Kang, Do-Yun Shin, and Sung-Taik Lee

Paracoccus koreensis sp. nov., isolated from anaerobic granules in an upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005 55: 1657-1660. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hae Jeom Seo, Seung Seob Bae, Jung-Hyun Lee, and Sang-Jin Kim

Photobacterium frigidiphilum sp. nov., a psychrophilic, lipolytic bacterium isolated from deep-sea sediments of Edison Seamount
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005 55: 1661-1666. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure and Table]  

Kelly P. Nevin, Dawn E. Holmes, Trevor L. Woodard, Erich S. Hinlein, David W. Ostendorf, and Derek R. Lovley

Geobacter bemidjiensis sp. nov. and Geobacter psychrophilus sp. nov., two novel Fe(III)-reducing subsurface isolates
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005 55: 1667-1674. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [16S rRNA and nifD sequence similarities][Erratum]  

Yoon-Dong Park, Hyang Burm Lee, Hana Yi, Youngjun Kim, Kyung Sook Bae, Jae-Eul Choi, Hack Sung Jung, and Jongsik Chun

Pseudomonas panacis sp. nov., isolated from the surface of rusty roots of Korean ginseng
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005 55: 1721-1724. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Transmission electron micrographs]  

NEW TAXA: Other Bacteria:

John P. Bowman and David S. Nichols

Novel members of the family Flavobacteriaceae from Antarctic maritime habitats including Subsaximicrobium wynnwilliamsii gen. nov., sp. nov., Subsaximicrobium saxinquilinus sp. nov., Subsaxibacter broadyi gen. nov., sp. nov., Lacinutrix copepodicola gen. nov., sp. nov., and novel species of the genera Bizionia, Gelidibacter and Gillisia
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005 55: 1471-1486. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

P. N. Levett, R. E. Morey, R. Galloway, A. G. Steigerwalt, and W. A. Ellis

Reclassification of Leptospira parva Hovind-Hougen et al. 1982 as Turneriella parva gen. nov., comb. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005 55: 1497-1499. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Julia Downes, Iain Sutcliffe, Anne C. R. Tanner, and William G. Wade

Prevotella marshii sp. nov. and Prevotella baroniae sp. nov., isolated from the human oral cavity
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005 55: 1551-1555. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures and Table]  

Carol Mancuso Nichols, John P. Bowman, and Jean Guezennec

Olleya marilimosa gen. nov., sp. nov., an exopolysaccharide-producing marine bacterium from the family Flavobacteriaceae, isolated from the Southern Ocean
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005 55: 1557-1561. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Fatty acid profiles]  

Karin D. E. Everett, MyLo Thao, Matthias Horn, Glen E. Dyszynski, and Paul Baumann

Novel chlamydiae in whiteflies and scale insects: endosymbionts ‘Candidatus Fritschea bemisiae’ strain Falk and ‘Candidatus Fritschea eriococci’ strain Elm
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005 55: 1581-1587. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Extended 16S rRNA gene-based tree]  

Stanley C. K. Lau, Mandy M. Y. Tsoi, Xiancui Li, Ioulia Plakhotnikova, Sergey Dobretsov, Ken W. K. Lau, Madeline Wu, Po-Keung Wong, Joseph R. Pawlik, and Pei-Yuan Qian

Winogradskyella poriferorum sp. nov., a novel member of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from a sponge in the Bahamas
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005 55: 1589-1592. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure and Tables]  

Jung-Hoon Yoon, So-Jung Kang, and Tae-Kwang Oh

Algoriphagus locisalis sp. nov., isolated from a marine solar saltern
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005 55: 1635-1639. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marcel Nordhoff, David Taras, Moritz Macha, Karsten Tedin, Hans-Jürgen Busse, and Lothar H. Wieler

Treponema berlinense sp. nov. and Treponema porcinum sp. nov., novel spirochaetes isolated from porcine faeces
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005 55: 1675-1680. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figs S1-S4]  

NEW TAXA: Unicellular Eukaryotes:

Paula B. Morais, Marc-André Lachance, and Carlos A. Rosa

Saturnispora hagleri sp. nov., a yeast species isolated from Drosophila flies in Atlantic rainforest in Brazil
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005 55: 1725-1727. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tawatchai Sumpradit, Savitree Limtong, Wichien Yongmanitchai, Hiroko Kawasaki, and Tatsuji Seki

Tetrapisispora namnaonensis sp. nov., a novel ascomycetous yeast species isolated from forest soil of Nam Nao National Park, Thailand
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005 55: 1735-1738. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

EVOLUTION, PHYLOGENY AND BIODIVERSITY:

Endalkachew Wolde-meskel, Zewdu Terefework, Åsa Frostegård, and Kristina Lindström

Genetic diversity and phylogeny of rhizobia isolated from agroforestry legume species in southern Ethiopia
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005 55: 1439-1452. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  

Hong Kim, Sun-Hyun Kim, Tae-Sun Shim, Mi-na Kim, Gill-Han Bai, Young-Gil Park, Sueng-Hyun Lee, Gue-Tae Chae, Chang-Yong Cha, Yoon-Hoh Kook, and Bum-Joon Kim

Differentiation of Mycobacterium species by analysis of the heat-shock protein 65 gene (hsp65)
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005 55: 1649-1656. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures and Table]  

Martin Kolisko, Ivan Cepicka, Vladimír Hampl, Jaroslav Kulda, and Jaroslav Flegr

The phylogenetic position of enteromonads: a challenge for the present models of diplomonad evolution
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005 55: 1729-1733. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE ON SYSTEMATICS OF PROKARYOTES: Minutes:

Günter Klein

International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes; Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus and related organisms: Minutes of the meetings, 14 and 15 June 2002, Verona, Italy
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005 55: 1739-1741. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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