VALIDATION LIST NO. 109:

List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 925-927. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NOTIFICATION LIST:

Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 2, of the IJSEM
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 929-930. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEW TAXA: Archaea:

Thomas D. Niederberger, Dorothee K. Götz, Ian R. McDonald, Ron S. Ronimus, and Hugh W. Morgan

Ignisphaera aggregans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel hyperthermophilic crenarchaeote isolated from hot springs in Rotorua and Tokaanu, New Zealand
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 965-971. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEW TAXA: Actinobacteria:

S. Mayilraj, S. Krishnamurthi, P. Saha, and H. S. Saini

Rhodococcus kroppenstedtii sp. nov., a novel actinobacterium isolated from a cold desert of the Himalayas, India
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 979-982. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Soon Dong Lee

Actinocorallia cavernae sp. nov., isolated from a natural cave in Jeju, Korea
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1085-1088. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

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

Five novel species of the genus Nocardiopsis isolated from hypersaline soils and emended description of Nocardiopsis salina Li et al. 2004
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1089-1096. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  

Bronwyn M. Kirby, Marilize Le Roes, and Paul R. Meyers

Kribbella karoonensis sp. nov. and Kribbella swartbergensis sp. nov., isolated from soil from the Western Cape, South Africa
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1097-1101. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures]  

Chunguang Xu, Liming Wang, Qingfeng Cui, Ying Huang, Zhiheng Liu, Guangyu Zheng, and Michael Goodfellow

Neutrotolerant acidophilic Streptomyces species isolated from acidic soils in China: Streptomyces guanduensis sp. nov., Streptomyces paucisporeus sp. nov., Streptomyces rubidus sp. nov. and Streptomyces yanglinensis sp. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1109-1115. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

Williamsia marianensis sp. nov., a novel actinomycete isolated from the Mariana Trench
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1123-1126. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEW TAXA: Other Gram-positive Bacteria:

Tat'yana I. Bogdanova, Iraida A. Tsaplina, Tamara F. Kondrat'eva, Vitalii I. Duda, Natalya E. Suzina, Vitalii S. Melamud, Tat'yana P. Tourova, and Grigorii I. Karavaiko

Sulfobacillus thermotolerans sp. nov., a thermotolerant, chemolithotrophic bacterium
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1039-1042. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

S. L'Haridon, M. L. Miroshnichenko, N. A. Kostrikina, B. J. Tindall, S. Spring, P. Schumann, E. Stackebrandt, E. A. Bonch-Osmolovskaya, and C. Jeanthon

Vulcanibacillus modesticaldus gen. nov., sp. nov., a strictly anaerobic, nitrate-reducing bacterium from deep-sea hydrothermal vents
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1047-1053. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures and Table]  

Bianca Nowlan, Mital S. Dodia, Satya P. Singh, and B. K. C. Patel

Bacillus okhensis sp. nov., a halotolerant and alkalitolerant bacterium from an Indian saltpan
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1073-1077. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Olga O. Glazunova, Didier Raoult, and Véronique Roux

Streptococcus massiliensis sp. nov., isolated from a patient blood culture
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1127-1131. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEW TAXA: Proteobacteria:

Hang-Yeon Weon, Byung-Yong Kim, Youn-Kyung Baek, Seung-Hee Yoo, Soon-Wo Kwon, Erko Stackebrandt, and Seung-Joo Go

Two novel species, Lysobacter daejeonensis sp. nov. and Lysobacter yangpyeongensis sp. nov., isolated from Korean greenhouse soils
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 947-951. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yoshinori Sato, Hirofumi Nishihara, Masao Yoshida, Makiko Watanabe, Jose D. Rondal, Rogelio N. Concepcion, and Hiroyuki Ohta

Cupriavidus pinatubonensis sp. nov. and Cupriavidus laharis sp. nov., novel hydrogen-oxidizing, facultatively chemolithotrophic bacteria isolated from volcanic mudflow deposits from Mt. Pinatubo in the Philippines
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 973-978. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

Cindy H. Nakatsu, Krassimira Hristova, Satoshi Hanada, Xian-Ying Meng, Jessica R. Hanson, Kate M. Scow, and Yoichi Kamagata

Methylibium petroleiphilum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel methyl tert-butyl ether-degrading methylotroph of the Betaproteobacteria
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 983-989. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ann J. Auman, Jennifer L. Breezee, John J. Gosink, Peter Kämpfer, and James T. Staley

Psychromonas ingrahamii sp. nov., a novel gas vacuolate, psychrophilic bacterium isolated from Arctic polar sea ice
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1001-1007. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lone Abildgaard, Marie Bank Nielsen, Kasper Urup Kjeldsen, and Kjeld Ingvorsen

Desulfovibrio alkalitolerans sp. nov., a novel alkalitolerant, sulphate-reducing bacterium isolated from district heating water
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1019-1024. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures]  

Zhe-Xue Quan, Wan-Taek Im, and Sung-Taik Lee

Azonexus caeni sp. nov., a denitrifying bacterium isolated from sludge of a wastewater treatment plant
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1043-1046. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Raúl Rivas, Paula García-Fraile, Pedro F. Mateos, Eustoquio Martínez-Molina, and Encarna Velázquez

Photobacterium halotolerans sp. nov., isolated from Lake Martel in Spain
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1067-1071. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures and Table]  

Jung-Hoon Yoon, So-Jung Kang, Mi-Hwa Lee, Hyun Woo Oh, and Tae-Kwang Oh

Porphyrobacter dokdonensis sp. nov., isolated from sea water
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1079-1083. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

Renee M. Harada, Sonia Campbell, and Qing X. Li

Pseudoxanthomonas kalamensis sp. nov., a novel gammaproteobacterium isolated from Johnston Atoll, North Pacific Ocean
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1103-1107. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  

Verona Vandieken, Marc Mußmann, Helge Niemann, and Bo Barker Jørgensen

Desulfuromonas svalbardensis sp. nov. and Desulfuromusa ferrireducens sp. nov., psychrophilic, Fe(III)-reducing bacteria isolated from Arctic sediments, Svalbard
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1133-1139. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEW TAXA: Bacteroidetes:

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

Bacteroides finegoldii sp. nov., isolated from human faeces
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 931-935. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  

Olga I. Nedashkovskaya, Seung Bum Kim, Marc Vancanneyt, Anatoly M. Lysenko, Dong Sung Shin, Myung Soo Park, Kang Hyun Lee, Won Jin Jung, Natalia I. Kalinovskaya, Valery V. Mikhailov, Kyung Sook Bae, and Jean Swings

Echinicola pacifica gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel flexibacterium isolated from the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus intermedius
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 953-958. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shams Tabrez Khan, Yasuyoshi Nakagawa, and Shigeaki Harayama

Sandarakinotalea sediminis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Flavobacteriaceae
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 959-963. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

P. Saha and T. Chakrabarti

Emticicia oligotrophica gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family ‘Flexibacteraceae’, phylum Bacteroidetes
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 991-995. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

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

Flavobacterium soli sp. nov., isolated from soil
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 997-1000. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kae Kyoung Kwon, Soon Jae Lee, Jae Hyun Park, Tae-Young Ahn, and Hong Kum Lee

Psychroserpens mesophilus sp. nov., a mesophilic marine bacterium belonging to the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from a young biofilm
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1055-1058. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table]  

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

Description of Fabibacter halotolerans gen. nov., sp. nov. and Roseivirga spongicola sp. nov., and reclassification of [Marinicola] seohaensis as Roseivirga seohaensis comb. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1059-1065. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  

Cheng-Hui Xie and Akira Yokota

Reclassification of [Flavobacterium] ferrugineum as Terrimonas ferruginea gen. nov., comb. nov., and description of Terrimonas lutea sp. nov., isolated from soil
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1117-1121. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Erratum]  

NEW TAXA: Eukaryotic Micro-organisms:

Marc-André Lachance, T. Michael Anderson, and William T. Starmer

A new subclade of haplontic Metschnikowia species associated with insects of morning glory flowers in Africa and description of Metschnikowia aberdeeniae sp. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1141-1145. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

Candida heliconiae sp. nov., Candida picinguabensis sp. nov. and Candida saopaulonensis sp. nov., three ascomycetous yeasts from Heliconia velloziana (Heliconiaceae)
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1147-1151. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Zuo-Wei Wu and Feng-Yan Bai

Candida tibetensis sp. nov. and Candida linzhiensis sp. nov., novel anamorphic, ascomycetous yeast species from Tibet
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1153-1156. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Neza Cadez, Peter Raspor, and Maudy Th. Smith

Phylogenetic placement of Hanseniaspora–Kloeckera species using multigene sequence analysis with taxonomic implications: descriptions of Hanseniaspora pseudoguilliermondii sp. nov. and Hanseniaspora occidentalis var. citrica var. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1157-1165. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  

NEW TAXA: Other Bacteria:

David J. Hampson and Tom La

Reclassification of Serpulina intermedia and Serpulina murdochii in the genus Brachyspira as Brachyspira intermedia comb. nov. and Brachyspira murdochii comb. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1009-1012. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

EVOLUTION, PHYLOGENY AND BIODIVERSITY:

Bozena M. Korczak, Regina Stieber, Stefan Emler, André P. Burnens, Joachim Frey, and Peter Kuhnert

Genetic relatedness within the genus Campylobacter inferred from rpoB sequences
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 937-945. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Tables]  

Bénédicte Lafay, Erika Bullier, and Jeremy J. Burdon

Bradyrhizobia isolated from root nodules of Parasponia (Ulmaceae) do not constitute a separate coherent lineage
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1013-1018. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yukiko Maeda, Hirosuke Shinohara, Akinori Kiba, Kouhei Ohnishi, Naruto Furuya, Yoshiaki Kawamura, Takayuki Ezaki, Peter Vandamme, Seiya Tsushima, and Yasufumi Hikichi

Phylogenetic study and multiplex PCR-based detection of Burkholderia plantarii, Burkholderia glumae and Burkholderia gladioli using gyrB and rpoD sequences
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1031-1038. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

METHODS:

Pierre-Edouard Fournier, Karsten Suhre, Ghislain Fournous, and Didier Raoult

Estimation of prokaryote genomic DNA G+C content by sequencing universally conserved genes
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1025-1029. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Tables]  

INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE ON SYSTEMATICS OF PROKARYOTES: Minutes:

G. Gargani and A. López-Merino

International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology; Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Brucella: Correspondence Report (Interim Report), 1991–1993
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1167-1168. [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. J. Corbel and I. Moriyón

International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology; Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Brucella: Minutes of the meeting, 5 and 7 July 1994, Prague, Czech Republic
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1169-1170. [Full Text] [PDF]  

A. MacMillan

International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology; Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Brucella: Minutes of the meeting, 9 September 2000, Nimes, France
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1171. [Full Text] [PDF]  

B. Osterman and I. Moriyón

International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes; Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Brucella: Minutes of the meeting, 17 September 2003, Pamplona, Spain
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1173-1175. [Full Text] [PDF]  

ERRATA:

William B. Whitman

Error in G+C calculations (Letter)
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1177. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Margarita Grabovich, Ekaterina Gavrish, Jan Kuever, Anatoly Lysenko, Daria Podkopaeva, and Galina Dubinina

Proposal of Giesbergeria voronezhensis gen. nov., sp. nov. and G. kuznetsovii sp. nov. and reclassification of [Aquaspirillum] anulus, [A.] sinuosum and [A.] giesbergeri as Giesbergeria anulus comb. nov., G. sinuosa comb. nov. and G. giesbergeri comb. nov., and [Aquaspirillum] metamorphum and [A.] psychrophilum as Simplicispira metamorpha gen. nov., comb. nov. and S. psychrophila comb. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006 56: 1179. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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