VALIDATION LIST NO. 115:

List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 893-897. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NOTIFICATION LIST:

Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 2, of the IJSEM
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 898-899. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEW TAXA: Archaea:

A. M. Castillo, M. C. Gutiérrez, M. Kamekura, Y. Xue, Y. Ma, D. A. Cowan, B. E. Jones, W. D. Grant, and A. Ventosa

Halovivax ruber sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon isolated from Lake Xilinhot, Inner Mongolia, China
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1024-1027. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

Xue-Wei Xu, Yue-Hong Wu, Hui-bin Zhang, and Min Wu

Halorubrum arcis sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon isolated from a saline lake on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau, China
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1069-1072. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

NEW TAXA: Actinobacteria:

Yu-Qin Zhang, Peter Schumann, Li-Yan Yu, Hong-Yu Liu, Yue-Qin Zhang, Li-Hua Xu, Erko Stackebrandt, Cheng-Lin Jiang, and Wen-Jun Li

Zhihengliuella halotolerans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Micrococcaceae
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1018-1023. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A. F. Yassin, Fo-Ting Shen, H. Hupfer, A. B. Arun, Wei-An Lai, P. D. Rekha, and Chiu Chung Young

Gordonia malaquae sp. nov., isolated from sludge of a wastewater treatment plant
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1065-1068. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

François N. R. Renaud, Alain Le Coustumier, Nathalie Wilhem, Dominique Aubel, Philippe Riegel, Claude Bollet, and Jean Freney

Corynebacterium hansenii sp. nov., an -glucosidase-negative bacterium related to Corynebacterium xerosis
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1113-1116. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEW TAXA: Other Gram-positive Bacteria:

Teresa Quesada, Margarita Aguilera, José Antonio Morillo, Alberto Ramos-Cormenzana, and Mercedes Monteoliva-Sánchez

Virgibacillus olivae sp. nov., isolated from waste wash-water from processing of Spanish-style green olives
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 906-910. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

Li Zhang, Zhihong Xu, and Bharat K. C. Patel

Bacillus decisifrondis sp. nov., isolated from soil underlying decaying leaf foliage
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 974-978. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

Shigeki Yamamura, Mitsuo Yamashita, Noriyuki Fujimoto, Masashi Kuroda, Masami Kashiwa, Kazunari Sei, Masanori Fujita, and Michihiko Ike

Bacillus selenatarsenatis sp. nov., a selenate- and arsenate-reducing bacterium isolated from the effluent drain of a glass-manufacturing plant
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1060-1064. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

Akinobu Echigo, Tadamasa Fukushima, Toru Mizuki, Masahiro Kamekura, and Ron Usami

Halalkalibacillus halophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel moderately halophilic and alkaliphilic bacterium isolated from a non-saline soil sample in Japan
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1081-1085. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  

Anna H. Kaksonen, Stefan Spring, Peter Schumann, Reiner M. Kroppenstedt, and Jaakko A. Puhakka

Desulfurispora thermophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic, spore-forming sulfate-reducer isolated from a sulfidogenic fluidized-bed reactor
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1089-1094. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Iftikhar Ahmed, Akira Yokota, Atsushi Yamazoe, and Toru Fujiwara

Proposal of Lysinibacillus boronitolerans gen. nov. sp. nov., and transfer of Bacillus fusiformis to Lysinibacillus fusiformis comb. nov. and Bacillus sphaericus to Lysinibacillus sphaericus comb. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1117-1125. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures]  

Qian-fu Wang, Wei Li, Yan-li Liu, Hai-hua Cao, Zhao Li, and Guang-qin Guo

Bacillus qingdaonensis sp. nov., a moderately haloalkaliphilic bacterium isolated from a crude sea-salt sample collected near Qingdao in eastern China
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1143-1147. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures]  

NEW TAXA: Proteobacteria:

Nelís Soto-Ramírez, Cristina Sánchez-Porro, Soniris Rosas, Wildaomaris González, Marian Quiñones, Antonio Ventosa, and Rafael Montalvo-Rodríguez

Halomonas avicenniae sp. nov., isolated from the salty leaves of the black mangrove Avicennia germinans in Puerto Rico
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 900-905. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ya-Nan Wang, Hua Cai, Su-Lin Yu, Zhi-Yao Wang, Jie Liu, and Xiao-Lei Wu

Halomonas gudaonensis sp. nov., isolated from a saline soil contaminated by crude oil
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 911-915. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tomoo Sawabe, Yusuke Fujimura, Kentaro Niwa, and Hideaki Aono

Vibrio comitans sp. nov., Vibrio rarus sp. nov. and Vibrio inusitatus sp. nov., from the gut of the abalones Haliotis discus discus, H. gigantea, H. madaka and H. rufescens
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 916-922. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Beatriz Cámara, Carsten Strömpl, Susanne Verbarg, Cathrin Spröer, Dietmar H. Pieper, and Brian J. Tindall

Pseudomonas reinekei sp. nov., Pseudomonas moorei sp. nov. and Pseudomonas mohnii sp. nov., novel species capable of degrading chlorosalicylates or isopimaric acid
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 923-931. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

T. N. R. Srinivas, P. Anil Kumar, Ch. Sasikala, Ch. V. Ramana, and J. F. Imhoff

Rhodobium gokarnense sp. nov., a novel phototrophic alphaproteobacterium from a saltern
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 932-935. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures]  

Jeong-Joong Yong, Soo-Je Park, Hyeon-Ju Kim, and Sung-Keun Rhee

Glaciecola agarilytica sp. nov., an agar-digesting marine bacterium from the East Sea, Korea
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 951-953. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure and Table]  

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

Arenimonas donghaensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from seashore sand
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 954-958. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Undine Behrendt, Andreas Ulrich, Peter Schumann, Jean-Marie Meyer, and Cathrin Spröer

Pseudomonas lurida sp. nov., a fluorescent species associated with the phyllosphere of grasses
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 979-985. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Phyllis A. W. Martin, Dawn Gundersen-Rindal, Michael Blackburn, and Jeffrey Buyer

Chromobacterium subtsugae sp. nov., a betaproteobacterium toxic to Colorado potato beetle and other insect pests
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 993-999. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures and Table]  

David R. Arahal, Itziar Lekunberri, José M. González, Javier Pascual, María J. Pujalte, Carlos Pedrós-Alió, and Jarone Pinhassi

Neptuniibacter caesariensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel marine genome-sequenced gammaproteobacterium
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1000-1006. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures]  

Corinne Teyssier, Hélène Marchandin, Hélène Jean-Pierre, Agnès Masnou, Ghislaine Dusart, and Estelle Jumas-Bilak

Ochrobactrum pseudintermedium sp. nov., a novel member of the family Brucellaceae, isolated from human clinical samples
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1007-1013. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  

G. S. N. Reddy and Ferran Garcia-Pichel

Sphingomonas mucosissima sp. nov. and Sphingomonas desiccabilis sp. nov., from biological soil crusts in the Colorado Plateau, USA
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1028-1034. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table]  

André Antunes, Luis França, Fred A. Rainey, Robert Huber, M. Fernanda Nobre, Katrina J. Edwards, and Milton S. da Costa

Marinobacter salsuginis sp. nov., isolated from the brine–seawater interface of the Shaban Deep, Red Sea
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1035-1040. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kemanthi G. Nandasena, Graham W. O'Hara, Ravi P. Tiwari, Anne Willlems, and John G. Howieson

Mesorhizobium ciceri biovar biserrulae, a novel biovar nodulating the pasture legume Biserrula pelecinus L.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1041-1045. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wen-Ming Chen, Sergio M. de Faria, Euan K. James, Geoffrey N. Elliott, Kuan-Yin Lin, Jui-Hsing Chou, Shih-Yi Sheu, M. Cnockaert, Janet I. Sprent, and Peter Vandamme

Burkholderia nodosa sp. nov., isolated from root nodules of the woody Brazilian legumes Mimosa bimucronata and Mimosa scabrella
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1055-1059. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure and Tables]  

Monali Rahalkar, Ingeborg Bussmann, and Bernhard Schink

Methylosoma difficile gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel methanotroph enriched by gradient cultivation from littoral sediment of Lake Constance
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1073-1080. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hanno Biebl, Rüdiger Pukall, Heinrich Lünsdorf, Stefan Schulz, Martin Allgaier, Brian J. Tindall, and Irene Wagner-Döbler

Description of Labrenzia alexandrii gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel alphaproteobacterium containing bacteriochlorophyll a, and a proposal for reclassification of Stappia aggregata as Labrenzia aggregata comb. nov., of Stappia marina as Labrenzia marina comb. nov. and of Stappia alba as Labrenzia alba comb. nov., and emended descriptions of the genera Pannonibacter, Stappia and Roseibium, and of the species Roseibium denhamense and Roseibium hamelinense
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1095-1107. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  

Ivone Vaz-Moreira, M. Fernanda Nobre, Olga C. Nunes, and Célia M. Manaia

Gulbenkiania mobilis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from treated municipal wastewater
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1108-1112. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bok Sil Chung, Seung Hyun Ryu, Minjeong Park, Yeji Jeon, Young Ryun Chung, and Che Ok Jeon

Hydrogenophaga caeni sp. nov., isolated from activated sludge
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1126-1130. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  

A. F. Yassin, Wen-Ming Chen, H. Hupfer, C. Siering, R. M. Kroppenstedt, A. B. Arun, Wei-An Lai, Fo-Ting Shen, P. D. Rekha, and Chiu Chung Young

Lysobacter defluvii sp. nov., isolated from municipal solid waste
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1131-1136. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. C. Márquez, I. J. Carrasco, Y. Xue, Y. Ma, D. A. Cowan, B. E. Jones, W. D. Grant, and A. Ventosa

Aquisalimonas asiatica gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from an alkaline, saline lake in Inner Mongolia, China
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1137-1142. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEW TAXA: Bacteroidetes:

Martin W. Hahn and Michael Schauer

‘Candidatus Aquirestis calciphila’ and ‘Candidatus Haliscomenobacter calcifugiens’, filamentous, planktonic bacteria inhabiting natural lakes
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 936-940. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hidenori Hayashi, Kensaku Shibata, Mitsuo Sakamoto, Shinichi Tomita, and Yoshimi Benno

Prevotella copri sp. nov. and Prevotella stercorea sp. nov., isolated from human faeces
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 941-946. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Tables]  

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

Flavobacterium terrigena sp. nov., isolated from soil
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 947-950. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table]  

Jaewoo Yoon, Shu Ishikawa, Hiroaki Kasai, and Akira Yokota

Perexilibacter aurantiacus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family ‘Flammeovirgaceae’ isolated from sediment
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 964-968. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shams Tabrez Khan, Yasuyoshi Nakagawa, and Shigeaki Harayama

Galbibacter mesophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Flavobacteriaceae
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 969-973. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Iftikhar Ahmed, Akira Yokota, and Toru Fujiwara

Chimaereicella boritolerans sp. nov., a boron-tolerant and alkaliphilic bacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from soil
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 986-992. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures]  

Jaewoo Yoon, Shu Ishikawa, Hiroaki Kasai, and Akira Yokota

Persicitalea jodogahamensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium of the family ‘Flexibacteraceae’, isolated from seawater in Japan
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1014-1017. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Olga I. Nedashkovskaya, Seung Bum Kim, Dong Sung Shin, Irina A. Beleneva, and Valery V. Mikhailov

Fulvivirga kasyanovii gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the phylum Bacteroidetes isolated from seawater in a mussel farm
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1046-1049. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Seung Seob Bae, Kae Kyoung Kwon, Sung Hyun Yang, Hee-Soon Lee, Sang-Jin Kim, and Jung-Hyun Lee

Flagellimonas eckloniae gen. nov., sp. nov., a mesophilic marine bacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae, isolated from the rhizosphere of Ecklonia kurome
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1050-1054. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

Shoichi Hosoya and Akira Yokota

Reclassification of Flexibacter aggregans (Lewin 1969) Leadbetter 1974 as a later heterotypic synonym of Flexithrix dorotheae Lewin 1970
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1086-1088. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shih-Yi Sheu, Kuan-Yin Lin, Jui-Hsing Chou, Poh-Shing Chang, A. B. Arun, Chiu-Chung Young, and Wen-Ming Chen

Tenacibaculum litopenaei sp. nov., isolated from a shrimp mariculture pond
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1148-1153. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEW TAXA: Eukaryotic Micro-organisms:

Cletus P. Kurtzman

Blastobotrys americana sp. nov., Blastobotrys illinoisensis sp. nov., Blastobotrys malaysiensis sp. nov., Blastobotrys muscicola sp. nov., Blastobotrys peoriensis sp. nov. and Blastobotrys raffinosifermentans sp. nov., novel anamorphic yeast species
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1154-1162. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEW TAXA: Other Bacteria:

Jaewoo Yoon, Mina Yasumoto-Hirose, Atsuko Katsuta, Hiroshi Sekiguchi, Satoru Matsuda, Hiroaki Kasai, and Akira Yokota

Coraliomargarita akajimensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the phylum ‘Verrucomicrobia’ isolated from seawater in Japan
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 959-963. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE ON SYSTEMATICS OF PROKARYOTES: Taxonomic Notes:

Hans G. Trüper

Neo-Latinists worldwide willing to help microbiologists
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1164-1166. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

D. R. W. Watson and J. M. Young

Proposals that the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes establish a public database of validly published names and that the Bacteriological Code be amended to change the prescription for citation of validly published names
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1167-1168. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE ON SYSTEMATICS OF PROKARYOTES: Minutes:

Michael T. Madigan and Johannes F. Imhoff

International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes; Subcommittee on the taxonomy of phototrophic bacteria: Minutes of the meetings, 29 August 2006, Pau, France
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1169-1171. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

Sun-Young An and Akira Yokota

The status of the species Leifsonia rubra Reddy et al. 2003. Request for an Opinion
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1163. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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