NOTIFICATION LIST:

Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 7, of the IJSEM
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2251-2252. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEW TAXA: Archaea:

Yong Yang, Heng-Lin Cui, Pei-Jin Zhou, and Shuang-Jiang Liu

Halobacterium jilantaiense sp. nov., a halophilic archaeon isolated from a saline lake in Inner Mongolia, China
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2353-2355. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

NEW TAXA: Actinobacteria:

Jacques A. Soddell, Fiona M. Stainsby, Kathryn L. Eales, Robert J. Seviour, and Michael Goodfellow

Gordonia defluvii sp. nov., an actinomycete isolated from activated sludge foam
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2265-2269. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Philippe Normand

Geodermatophilaceae fam. nov., a formal description
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2277-2278. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

C. M. McKenzie, E. M. Seviour, P. Schumann, A. M. Maszenan, J.-R. Liu, R. I. Webb, P. Monis, C. P. Saint, U. Steiner, and R. J. Seviour

Isolates of ‘Candidatus Nostocoida limicola’ Blackall et al. 2000 should be described as three novel species of the genus Tetrasphaera, as Tetrasphaera jenkinsii sp. nov., Tetrasphaera vanveenii sp. nov. and Tetrasphaera veronensis sp. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2279-2290. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table]  

Geok Yuan Annie Tan, Stuart Robinson, Ernest Lacey, and Michael Goodfellow

Amycolatopsis australiensis sp. nov., an actinomycete isolated from arid soils
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2297-2301. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wasu Pathom-aree, Yuichi Nogi, Alan C. Ward, Koki Horikoshi, Alan T. Bull, and Michael Goodfellow

Dermacoccus barathri sp. nov. and Dermacoccus profundi sp. nov., novel actinomycetes isolated from deep-sea mud of the Mariana Trench
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2303-2307. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Erratum]  

Haitao Zhang, Wen Zheng, Jianyu Huang, Hongli Luo, Yan Jin, Wei Zhang, Zhiheng Liu, and Ying Huang

Actinoalloteichus hymeniacidonis sp. nov., an actinomycete isolated from the marine sponge Hymeniacidon perleve
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2309-2312. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Igor Tiago, Paula V. Morais, Milton S. da Costa, and António Veríssimo

Microcella alkaliphila sp. nov., a novel member of the family Microbacteriaceae isolated from a non-saline alkaline groundwater, and emended description of the genus Microcella
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2313-2316. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure and Table]  

Yi-Chueh Lin and Akira Yokota

Plantibacter auratus sp. nov., in the family Microbacteriaceae
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2337-2339. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Soon Dong Lee

Phycicoccus jejuensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an actinomycete isolated from seaweed
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2369-2373. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Martha E. Trujillo, Reiner M. Kroppenstedt, Peter Schumann, Lorena Carro, and Eustoquio Martínez-Molina

Micromonospora coriariae sp. nov., isolated from root nodules of Coriaria myrtifolia
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2381-2385. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure and Table]  

Soon Dong Lee

Blastococcus jejuensis sp. nov., an actinomycete from beach sediment, and emended description of the genus Blastococcus Ahrens and Moll 1970
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2391-2396. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

Yonghaparkia alkaliphila gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Microbacteriaceae isolated from an alkaline soil
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2415-2420. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table]  

Seo-Youn Jung, Hee-Sik Kim, Jae Jun Song, Seung-Goo Lee, Tae-Kwang Oh, and Jung-Hoon Yoon

Kribbia dieselivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Intrasporangiaceae
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2427-2432. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table]  

NEW TAXA: Other Gram-positive Bacteria:

Chenggang Wu, Xiaoli Liu, and Xiuzhu Dong

Syntrophomonas cellicola sp. nov., a spore-forming syntrophic bacterium isolated from a distilled-spirit-fermenting cellar, and assignment of Syntrophospora bryantii to Syntrophomonas bryantii comb. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2331-2335. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jakub Smerda, Ivo Sedlácek, Zdena Pácová, Eva Krejcí, and Ladislav Havel

Paenibacillus sepulcri sp. nov., isolated from biodeteriorated mural paintings in the Servilia tomb
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2341-2344. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

Akihito Endo and Sanae Okada

Oenococcus kitaharae sp. nov., a non-acidophilic and non-malolactic-fermenting oenococcus isolated from a composting distilled shochu residue
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2345-2348. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A. I. Slobodkin, T. G. Sokolova, A. M. Lysenko, and J. Wiegel

Reclassification of Thermoterrabacterium ferrireducens as Carboxydothermus ferrireducens comb. nov., and emended description of the genus Carboxydothermus
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2349-2351. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yin Li, Emma Raftis, Carlos Canchaya, Gerald F. Fitzgerald, Douwe van Sinderen, and Paul W. O'Toole

Polyphasic analysis indicates that Lactobacillus salivarius subsp. salivarius and Lactobacillus salivarius subsp. salicinius do not merit separate subspecies status
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2397-2403. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Limeng Liu, Bin Zhang, Huichun Tong, and Xiuzhu Dong

Pediococcus ethanolidurans sp. nov., isolated from the walls of a distilled-spirit-fermenting cellar
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2405-2408. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sylvia H. Duncan, Rustam I. Aminov, Karen P. Scott, Petra Louis, Thaddeus B. Stanton, and Harry J. Flint

Proposal of Roseburia faecis sp. nov., Roseburia hominis sp. nov. and Roseburia inulinivorans sp. nov., based on isolates from human faeces
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2437-2441. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEW TAXA: Proteobacteria:

Ken W. K. Lau, Jianping Ren, Natalie L. M. Wai, Simon C. L. Lau, Pei-Yuan Qian, Po-Keung Wong, and Madeline Wu

Marinomonas ostreistagni sp. nov., isolated from a pearl-oyster culture pond in Sanya, Hainan Province, China
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2271-2275. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

Virginia Gallego, Cristina Sánchez-Porro, Maria Teresa García, and Antonio Ventosa

Roseomonas aquatica sp. nov., isolated from drinking water
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2291-2295. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hans Reichenbach, Elke Lang, Peter Schumann, and Cathrin Spröer

Byssovorax cruenta gen. nov., sp. nov., nom. rev., a cellulose-degrading myxobacterium: rediscovery of ‘Myxococcus cruentus’ Thaxter 1897
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2357-2363. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures]  

Hiromi Fujita, Pierre-Edouard Fournier, Nobuhiro Takada, Takehiro Saito, and Didier Raoult

Rickettsia asiatica sp. nov., isolated in Japan
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2365-2368. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dimitry Yu. Sorokin, Tatjana P. Tourova, Tatjana V. Kolganova, Elizaveta M. Spiridonova, Ivan A. Berg, and Gerard Muyzer

Thiomicrospira halophila sp. nov., a moderately halophilic, obligately chemolithoautotrophic, sulfur-oxidizing bacterium from hypersaline lakes
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2375-2380. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Byung-Yong Kim, Hang-Yeon Weon, Seung-Hee Yoo, Soon-Wo Kwon, Yang-Hee Cho, Erko Stackebrandt, and Seung-Joo Go

Paracoccus homiensis sp. nov., isolated from a sea-sand sample
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2387-2390. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wan-Taek Im, Zubair Aslam, Myungjin Lee, Leonid N. Ten, Deok-Chun Yang, and Sung-Taik Lee

Starkeya koreensis sp. nov., isolated from rice straw
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2409-2414. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table]  

Angel Valverde, Pedro Delvasto, Alvaro Peix, Encarna Velázquez, Ignacio Santa-Regina, Antonio Ballester, Claudino Rodríguez-Barrueco, Camino García-Balboa, and José M. Igual

Burkholderia ferrariae sp. nov., isolated from an iron ore in Brazil
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2421-2425. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

Virginia Gallego, Cristina Sánchez-Porro, Maria Teresa García, and Antonio Ventosa

Massilia aurea sp. nov., isolated from drinking water
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2449-2453. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

Bowmanella denitrificans gen. nov., sp. nov., a denitrifying bacterium isolated from seawater from An-Ping Harbour, Taiwan
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2463-2467. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures and Table]  

Peter Kämpfer, Chiu-Chung Young, A. B. Arun, Fo-Ting Shen, Udo Jäckel, Ramon Rosselló-Mora, Wei-An Lai, and P. D. Rekha

Pseudolabrys taiwanensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an alphaproteobacterium isolated from soil
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2469-2472. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jette Emborg, Paw Dalgaard, and Peter Ahrens

Morganella psychrotolerans sp. nov., a histamine-producing bacterium isolated from various seafoods
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2473-2479. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Tables and Figures]  

NEW TAXA: Bacteroidetes:

Ken W. K. Lau, Jianping Ren, Natalie L. M. Wai, Pei-Yuan Qian, Po-Keung Wong, and Madeline Wu

Lishizhenia caseinilytica gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium of the phylum Bacteroidetes
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2317-2322. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

Peter Kämpfer, Véronique Avesani, Michèle Janssens, Jacqueline Charlier, Thierry De Baere, and Mario Vaneechoutte

Description of Wautersiella falsenii gen. nov., sp. nov., to accommodate clinical isolates phenotypically resembling members of the genera Chryseobacterium and Empedobacter
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2323-2329. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Olga I. Nedashkovskaya, Seung Bum Kim, Natalia V. Zhukova, Jangryul Kwak, Valery V. Mikhailov, and Kyung Sook Bae

Mesonia mobilis sp. nov., isolated from seawater, and emended description of the genus Mesonia
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2433-2436. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Minjeong Park, Shipeng Lu, Seung Hyun Ryu, Bok Sil Chung, Woojun Park, Chang-Jin Kim, and Che Ok Jeon

Flavobacterium croceum sp. nov., isolated from activated sludge
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2443-2447. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

Jørn Einen and Lise Øvreås

Flaviramulus basaltis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from seafloor basalt
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2455-2461. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEW TAXA: Eukaryotic Micro-organisms:

Marc-André Lachance, Jane M. Bowles, Frank Wiens, Jessica Dobson, and Curtis P. Ewing

Metschnikowia orientalis sp. nov., an Australasian yeast from nitidulid beetles
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2489-2493. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

EVOLUTION, PHYLOGENY AND BIODIVERSITY:

Katarzyna A. Palinska, Christian F. Thomasius, Jürgen Marquardt, and Stjepko Golubic

Phylogenetic evaluation of cyanobacteria preserved as historic herbarium exsiccata
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2253-2263. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. J. Saavedra, M. J. Figueras, and A. J. Martínez-Murcia

Updated phylogeny of the genus Aeromonas
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2481-2487. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE ON SYSTEMATICS OF PROKARYOTES: Taxonomic Notes:

Donovan P. Kelly, Jean P. Euzéby, Celia F. Goodhew, and Ann P. Wood

Redefining Paracoccus denitrificans and Paracoccus pantotrophus and the case for a reassessment of the strains held by international culture collections
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2495-2500. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Erratum]  

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, 1 and 2 April 2005, Stuttgart-Hohenheim, Germany
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2501-2503. [Full Text] [PDF]  

ERRATA:

S. Buczolits, P. Schumann, G. Weidler, C. Radax, and H.-J. Busse

Brachybacterium muris sp. nov., isolated from the liver of a laboratory mouse strain
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2505. [Full Text] [PDF]  

P. R. Meyers, C. M. Goodwin,, J. A. Bennett,, B. L. Aken,, C. E. Price, and and J. M. van Rooyen

Streptomyces africanus sp. nov., a novel streptomycete with blue aerial mycelium
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 2505. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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