VALIDATION LIST NO. 107:

List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1-6. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Addenda]  

NOTIFICATION LIST:

Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 5, of the IJSEM
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 7-9. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

LIST OF CHANGES IN TAXONOMIC OPINION NO. 3:

Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 11. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

Gerrit Uilenberg, François Thiaucourt, and Frans Jongejan

Mycoplasma and Eperythrozoon (Mycoplasmataceae). Comments on a recent paper
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 13-14. [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEW TAXA: Archaea:

Kai Ma, Xiaoli Liu, and Xiuzhu Dong

Methanosaeta harundinacea sp. nov., a novel acetate-scavenging methanogen isolated from a UASB reactor
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 127-131. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEW TAXA: Actinobacteria:

Toïdi Adékambi, Pierre Berger, Didier Raoult, and Michel Drancourt

rpoB gene sequence-based characterization of emerging non-tuberculous mycobacteria with descriptions of Mycobacterium bolletii sp. nov., Mycobacterium phocaicum sp. nov. and Mycobacterium aubagnense sp. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 133-143. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  

A. F. Yassin and H. Hupfer

Williamsia deligens sp. nov., isolated from human blood
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 193-197. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Swati Majumdar, S. R. Prabhagaran, S. Shivaji, and Rup Lal

Reclassification of Amycolatopsis orientalis DSM 43387 as Amycolatopsis benzoatilytica sp. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 199-204. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Tables]  

Soon Dong Lee and Hack Seong Jeong

Actinomadura hallensis sp. nov., a novel actinomycete isolated from Mt. Halla in Korea
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 259-264. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Soon Dong Lee, Linda L. Kinkel, and Deborah A. Samac

Amycolatopsis minnesotensis sp. nov., isolated from a prairie soil
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 265-269. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jung-Hoon Yoon, Choong-Hwan Lee, and Tae-Kwang Oh

Nocardioides lentus sp. nov., isolated from an alkaline soil
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 271-275. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table]  

Ingrid Groth, Peter Schumann, Barbara Schütze, Juan M. Gonzalez, Leonila Laiz, Maija-Liisa Suihko, and Erko Stackebrandt

Myceligenerans crystallogenes sp. nov., isolated from Roman catacombs
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 283-287. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Tables]  

NEW TAXA: Other Gram-positive Bacteria:

Dennis T. Higashiguchi, Claudia Husseneder, J. Kenneth Grace, and John M. Berestecky

Pilibacter termitis gen. nov., sp. nov., a lactic acid bacterium from the hindgut of the Formosan subterranean termite (Coptotermes formosanus)
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 15-20. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sergey R. Konstantinov, Elisa Poznanski, Susana Fuentes, Antoon D. L. Akkermans, Hauke Smidt, and Willem M. de Vos

Lactobacillus sobrius sp. nov., abundant in the intestine of weaning piglets
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 29-32. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  

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

Bacillus koreensis sp. nov., a spore-forming bacterium, isolated from the rhizosphere of willow roots in Korea
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 59-63. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  

Marc Vancanneyt, Medana Zamfir, Marjan De Wachter, Ilse Cleenwerck, Bart Hoste, Franca Rossi, Franco Dellaglio, Luc De Vuyst, and Jean Swings

Reclassification of Leuconostoc argentinum as a later synonym of Leuconostoc lactis
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 213-216. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  

Jung-Sook Lee, Jee-Min Lim, Keun Chul Lee, Jae-Chan Lee, Yong-Ha Park, and Chang-Jin Kim

Virgibacillus koreensis sp. nov., a novel bacterium from a salt field, and transfer of Virgibacillus picturae to the genus Oceanobacillus as Oceanobacillus picturae comb. nov. with emended descriptions
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 251-257. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

Deividas Valiunas, Juozas Staniulis, and Robert E. Davis

‘Candidatus Phytoplasma fragariae’, a novel phytoplasma taxon discovered in yellows diseased strawberry, Fragariaxananassa
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 277-281. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table]  

NEW TAXA: Proteobacteria:

Luis R. Silva, Ilse Cleenwerck, Raúl Rivas, Jean Swings, Martha E. Trujillo, Anne Willems, and Encarna Velázquez

Acetobacter oeni sp. nov., isolated from spoiled red wine
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 21-24. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cheng-Ying Jiang, Xin Dai, Bao-Jun Wang, Yu-Guang Zhou, and Shuang-Jiang Liu

Roseomonas lacus sp. nov., isolated from freshwater lake sediment
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 25-28. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table]  

Seo-Youn Jung, Tae-Kwang Oh, and Jung-Hoon Yoon

Colwellia aestuarii sp. nov., isolated from a tidal flat sediment in Korea
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 33-37. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dong Han Choi, Hana Yi, Jongsik Chun, and Byung Cheol Cho

Jannaschia seosinensis sp. nov., isolated from hypersaline water of a solar saltern in Korea
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 45-49. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table]  

Gundlapally S. N. Reddy, Moria Nagy, and Ferran Garcia-Pichel

Belnapia moabensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an alphaproteobacterium from biological soil crusts in the Colorado Plateau, USA
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 51-58. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  

Byung-Chun Kim, Ja Ryeong Park, Jin-Woo Bae, Sung-Keun Rhee, Kyoung-Ho Kim, Jong-Won Oh, and Yong-Ha Park

Stappia marina sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from the Yellow Sea
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 75-79. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hee-Chan Yang, Wan-Taek Im, Myung Suk Kang, Do-Yun Shin, and Sung-Taik Lee

Stenotrophomonas koreensis sp. nov., isolated from compost in South Korea
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 81-84. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table]  

Tomoko Maruyama, Ho-Dong Park, Kazuhiko Ozawa, Yoshinori Tanaka, Tatsuo Sumino, Koei Hamana, Akira Hiraishi, and Kenji Kato

Sphingosinicella microcystinivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a microcystin-degrading bacterium
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 85-89. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wriddhiman Ghosh and Pradosh Roy

Mesorhizobium thiogangeticum sp. nov., a novel sulfur-oxidizing chemolithoautotroph from rhizosphere soil of an Indian tropical leguminous plant
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 91-97. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures and Table]  

Ingvild Wartiainen, Anne Grethe Hestnes, Ian R. McDonald, and Mette M. Svenning

Methylobacter tundripaludum sp. nov., a methane-oxidizing bacterium from Arctic wetland soil on the Svalbard islands, Norway (78° N)
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 109-113. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Monika Coton, Jean-Marie Laplace, Yanick Auffray, and Emmanuel Coton

Polyphasic study of Zymomonas mobilis strains revealing the existence of a novel subspecies Z. mobilis subsp. francensis subsp. nov., isolated from French cider
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 121-125. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures]  

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

Dokdonella koreensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from soil
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 145-150. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

Jian-Shen Zhao, Dominic Manno, Cindy Leggiadro, David O'Neil, and Jalal Hawari

Shewanella halifaxensis sp. nov., a novel obligately respiratory and denitrifying psychrophile
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 205-212. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jun Won Lee, Wan-Taek Im, Myung Kyum Kim, and Deok-Chun Yang

Lysobacter koreensis sp. nov., isolated from a ginseng field
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 231-235. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Masataka Satomi, Birte Fonnesbech Vogel, Lone Gram, and Kasthuri Venkateswaran

Shewanella hafniensis sp. nov. and Shewanella morhuae sp. nov., isolated from marine fish of the Baltic Sea
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 243-249. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEW TAXA: Bacteroidetes:

Atsuko Ueki, Hiroshi Akasaka, Daisuke Suzuki, and Katsuji Ueki

Paludibacter propionicigenes gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel strictly anaerobic, Gram-negative, propionate-producing bacterium isolated from plant residue in irrigated rice-field soil in Japan
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 39-44. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jung-Hoon Yoon, So-Jung Kang, Seo-Youn Jung, Hyun Woo Oh, and Tae-Kwang Oh

Gaetbulimicrobium brevivitae gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from a tidal flat of the Yellow Sea in Korea
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 115-119. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mohammad Abdul Bakir, Maki Kitahara, Mitsuo Sakamoto, Mitsuharu Matsumoto, and Yoshimi Benno

Bacteroides intestinalis sp. nov., isolated from human faeces
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 151-154. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Tables]  

Olga I. Nedashkovskaya, Marc Vancanneyt, Ilse Cleenwerck, Cindy Snauwaert, Seung Bum Kim, Anatoly M. Lysenko, Lyudmila S. Shevchenko, Kang Hyun Lee, Myung Soo Park, Galina M. Frolova, Valery V. Mikhailov, Kyung Sook Bae, and Jean Swings

Arenibacter palladensis sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium isolated from the green alga Ulva fenestrata, and emended description of the genus Arenibacter
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 155-160. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Olga I. Nedashkovskaya, Seung Bum Kim, Marc Vancanneyt, Cindy Snauwaert, Anatoly M. Lysenko, Manfred Rohde, Galina M. Frolova, Natalia V. Zhukova, Valery V. Mikhailov, Kyung Sook Bae, Hyun Woo Oh, and Jean Swings

Formosa agariphila sp. nov., a budding bacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from marine environments, and emended description of the genus Formosa
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 161-167. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Louise A. O'Sullivan, Joachim Rinna, Gavin Humphreys, Andrew J. Weightman, and John C. Fry

Culturable phylogenetic diversity of the phylum ‘Bacteroidetes’ from river epilithon and coastal water and description of novel members of the family Flavobacteriaceae: Epilithonimonas tenax gen. nov., sp. nov. and Persicivirga xylanidelens gen. nov., sp. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 169-180. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

Stenothermobacter spongiae gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from a marine sponge in the Bahamas, and emended description of Nonlabens tegetincola
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 181-185. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure and Tables]  

Jung-Hoon Yoon, So-Jung Kang, Choong-Hwan Lee, and Tae-Kwang Oh

Donghaeana dokdonensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from sea water
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 187-191. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marc Vancanneyt, Olga I. Nedashkovskaya, Cindy Snauwaert, Stefanie Mortier, Katrien Vandemeulebroecke, Bart Hoste, Peter Dawyndt, Galina M. Frolova, Danielle Janssens, and Jean Swings

Larkinella insperata gen. nov., sp. nov., a bacterium of the phylum ‘Bacteroidetes’ isolated from water of a steam generator
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 237-241. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEW TAXA: Eukaryotic Micro-organisms:

Qi-Ming Wang, Jian-Hua Jia, and Feng-Yan Bai

Pseudozyma hubeiensis sp. nov. and Pseudozyma shanxiensis sp. nov., novel ustilaginomycetous anamorphic yeast species from plant leaves
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 289-293. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Takahiko Nagahama, Makiko Hamamoto, and Koki Horikoshi

Rhodotorula pacifica sp. nov., a novel yeast species from sediment collected on the deep-sea floor of the north-west Pacific Ocean
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 295-299. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael Wuczkowski, Chris Bond, and Hansjörg Prillinger

Geotrichum vulgare sp. nov., a novel asexual arthroconidial yeast
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 301-303. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

Vladimír Hampl, Martin Vrlík, Ivan Cepicka, Zdenek Pecka, Jaroslav Kulda, and Jan Tachezy

Affiliation of Cochlosoma to trichomonads confirmed by phylogenetic analysis of the small-subunit rRNA gene and a new family concept of the order Trichomonadida
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 305-312. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alexandra Correia, Paula Sampaio, Steve James, and Célia Pais

Candida bracarensis sp. nov., a novel anamorphic yeast species phenotypically similar to Candida glabrata
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 313-317. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

EVOLUTION, PHYLOGENY AND BIODIVERSITY:

Jigjiddorj Enkh-Amgalan, Hiroko Kawasaki, and Tatsuji Seki

Molecular evolution of the nif gene cluster carrying nifI₁ and nifI₂ genes in the Gram-positive phototrophic bacterium Heliobacterium chlorum
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 65-74. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Emma Griffiths and Radhey S. Gupta

Molecular signatures in protein sequences that are characteristics of the phylum Aquificae
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 99-107. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures]  

Mariana Gomes Germano, Pâmela Menna, Fabio Luis Mostasso, and Mariangela Hungria

RFLP analysis of the rRNA operon of a Brazilian collection of bradyrhizobial strains from 33 legume species
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 217-229. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures and Tables]  

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