VALIDATION LIST NO. 116:

List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1371-1373. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NOTIFICATION LIST:

Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 4, of the IJSEM
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1374-1375. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

LIST OF CHANGES IN TAXONOMIC OPINION NO. 6:

Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1376. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEW TAXA: Archaea:

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

Halopiger xanaduensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon isolated from saline Lake Shangmatala in Inner Mongolia, China
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1402-1407. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

Jason J. Plumb, Christina M. Haddad, John A. E. Gibson, and Peter D. Franzmann

Acidianus sulfidivorans sp. nov., an extremely acidophilic, thermophilic archaeon isolated from a solfatara on Lihir Island, Papua New Guinea, and emendation of the genus description
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1418-1423. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ida Romano, Annarita Poli, Ilaria Finore, F. Javier Huertas, Agata Gambacorta, Salvatore Pelliccione, Giancarlo Nicolaus, Licia Lama, and Barbara Nicolaus

Haloterrigena hispanica sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon from Fuente de Piedra, southern Spain
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1499-1503. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  

Elena V. Pikuta, Damien Marsic, Takashi Itoh, Asim K. Bej, Jane Tang, William B. Whitman, Joseph D. Ng, Owen K. Garriott, and Richard B. Hoover

Thermococcus thioreducens sp. nov., a novel hyperthermophilic, obligately sulfur-reducing archaeon from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1612-1618. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEW TAXA: Actinobacteria:

Soon Dong Lee

Marmoricola aequoreus sp. nov., a novel actinobacterium isolated from marine sediment
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1391-1395. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table]  

Wen-Jun Li, Ping Xu, Peter Schumann, Yu-Qin Zhang, Rüdiger Pukall, Li-Hua Xu, Erko Stackebrandt, and Cheng-Lin Jiang

Georgenia ruanii sp. nov., a novel actinobacterium isolated from forest soil in Yunnan (China), and emended description of the genus Georgenia
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1424-1428. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

Geert Huys, Marc Vancanneyt, Klaas D'Haene, Enevold Falsen, Georges Wauters, and Peter Vandamme

Alloscardovia omnicolens gen. nov., sp. nov., from human clinical samples
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1442-1446. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tomoko Aizawa, Nguyen Bao Ve, Ken-ichiro Kimoto, Noriyuki Iwabuchi, Hiroaki Sumida, Isao Hasegawa, Satohiko Sasaki, Tomohiko Tamura, Takuji Kudo, Ken-ichiro Suzuki, Mutsuyasu Nakajima, and Michio Sunairi

Curtobacterium ammoniigenes sp. nov., an ammonia-producing bacterium isolated from plants inhabiting acidic swamps in actual acid sulfate soil areas of Vietnam
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1447-1452. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure and Table]  

Myung Kyum Kim, Ju-Ryun Na, Tae-Hoo Lee, Wan-Taek Im, Nak-Kyun Soung, and Deok-Chun Yang

Solirubrobacter soli sp. nov., isolated from soil of a ginseng field
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1453-1455. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table]  

Yasutaka Hoshino, Kayo Watanabe, Soji Iida, Shin-ichi Suzuki, Takuji Kudo, Takahisa Kogure, Katsukiyo Yazawa, Jun Ishikawa, Reiner M. Kroppenstedt, and Yuzuru Mikami

Nocardia terpenica sp. nov., isolated from Japanese patients with nocardiosis
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1456-1460. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure and Tables]  

Julie B. Olson, Dedra K. Harmody, Asim K. Bej, and Peter J. McCarthy

Tsukamurella spongiae sp. nov., a novel actinomycete isolated from a deep-water marine sponge
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1478-1481. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table]  

Verónica Rodríguez-Nava, Z. U. Khan, Gabriele Pötter, Reiner M. Kroppenstedt, Patrick Boiron, and Frédéric Laurent

Nocardia coubleae sp. nov., isolated from oil-contaminated Kuwaiti soil
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1482-1486. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures]  

Ismet Ara, Takuji Kudo, Atsuko Matsumoto, Yoko Takahashi, and Satoshi Omura

Nonomuraea bangladeshensis sp. nov. and Nonomuraea coxensis sp. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1504-1509. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Tables]  

Hideki Yamamura, Tomohiko Tamura, Yayoi Sakiyama, and Shigeaki Harayama

Nocardia amamiensis sp. nov., isolated from a sugar-cane field in Japan
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1599-1602. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wei Sun, Ying Huang, Yue-Qin Zhang, and Zhi-Heng Liu

Streptomyces emeiensis sp. nov., a novel streptomycete from soil in China
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1635-1639. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures]  

Marc René Carlsohn, Ingrid Groth, Geok Yuan Annie Tan, Barbara Schütze, Hans-Peter Saluz, Thomas Munder, Jun Yang, Joachim Wink, and Michael Goodfellow

Amycolatopsis saalfeldensis sp. nov., a novel actinomycete isolated from a medieval alum slate mine
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1640-1646. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

NEW TAXA: Other Gram-positive Bacteria:

Somboon Tanasupawat, Sirilak Namwong, Takuji Kudo, and Takashi Itoh

Piscibacillus salipiscarius gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium from fermented fish (pla-ra) in Thailand
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1413-1417. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

Yong-Jin Lee, Mona Dashti, Alexander Prange, Fred A. Rainey, Manfred Rohde, William B. Whitman, and Juergen Wiegel

Thermoanaerobacter sulfurigignens sp. nov., an anaerobic thermophilic bacterium that reduces 1 M thiosulfate to elemental sulfur and tolerates 90 mM sulfite
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1429-1434. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ilse Scheirlinck, Roel Van der Meulen, Ann Van Schoor, Geert Huys, Peter Vandamme, Luc De Vuyst, and Marc Vancanneyt

Lactobacillus crustorum sp. nov., isolated from two traditional Belgian wheat sourdoughs
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1461-1467. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

Dennis S. Nielsen, Ulrich Schillinger, Charles M. A. P. Franz, José Bresciani, Wisdom Amoa-Awua, Wilhelm H. Holzapfel, and Mogens Jakobsen

Lactobacillus ghanensis sp. nov., a motile lactic acid bacterium isolated from Ghanaian cocoa fermentations
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1468-1472. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures]  

Keiko Watanabe, Norio Nagao, Shuich Yamamoto, Tatsuki Toda, and Norio Kurosawa

Thermobacillus composti sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic bacterium isolated from a composting reactor
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1473-1477. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  

Hiroyuki Imachi, Sanae Sakai, Akiyoshi Ohashi, Hideki Harada, Satoshi Hanada, Yoichi Kamagata, and Yuji Sekiguchi

Pelotomaculum propionicicum sp. nov., an anaerobic, mesophilic, obligately syntrophic, propionate-oxidizing bacterium
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1487-1492. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

Konrad Trülzsch, Béatrice Grabein, Peter Schumann, Alexander Mellmann, Uladzimir Antonenka, Jürgen Heesemann, and Karsten Becker

Staphylococcus pettenkoferi sp. nov., a novel coagulase-negative staphylococcal species isolated from human clinical specimens
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1543-1548. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yoon-Gon Kim, Chung Yeon Hwang, Kwang Woo Yoo, Hyung Tae Moon, Jung-Hoon Yoon, and Byung Cheol Cho

Pelagibacillus goriensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halotolerant bacterium isolated from coastal water off the east coast of Korea
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1554-1560. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table and Figure]  

Luciana Albuquerque, Igor Tiago, Fred A. Rainey, Marco Taborda, M. Fernanda Nobre, António Veríssimo, and Milton S. da Costa

Salirhabdus euzebyi gen. nov., sp. nov., a Gram-positive, halotolerant bacterium isolated from a sea salt evaporation pond
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1566-1571. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures]  

P. Lynn Shewmaker, Alvin C. Camus, Tim Bailiff, Arnold G. Steigerwalt, Roger E. Morey, and Maria da Glória S. Carvalho

Streptococcus ictaluri sp. nov., isolated from Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus broodstock
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1603-1606. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

Sun-Young An, Mika Asahara, Keiichi Goto, Hiroaki Kasai, and Akira Yokota

Virgibacillus halophilus sp. nov., spore-forming bacteria isolated from soil in Japan
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1607-1611. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Li-Ting Wang, Fwu-Ling Lee, Chun-Ju Tai, Akira Yokota, and Hsiao-Ping Kuo

Reclassification of Bacillus axarquiensis Ruiz-García et al. 2005 and Bacillus malacitensis Ruiz-García et al. 2005 as later heterotypic synonyms of Bacillus mojavensis Roberts et al. 1994
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1663-1667. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures and Tables]  

NEW TAXA: Proteobacteria:

Jung-Hoon Yoon, Soon Ei Park, So-Jung Kang, and Tae-Kwang Oh

Rheinheimera aquimaris sp. nov., isolated from seawater of the East Sea in Korea
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1386-1390. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table]  

Dalal Asker, Teruhiko Beppu, and Kenji Ueda

Sphingomonas jaspsi sp. nov., a novel carotenoid-producing bacterium isolated from Misasa, Tottori, Japan
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1435-1441. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

Shams Tabrez Khan and Shigeaki Harayama

Paraferrimonas sedimenticola gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium of the family Ferrimonadaceae
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1493-1498. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  

Peter Kämpfer, Ramon Rosselló-Mora, Malte Hermansson, Frank Persson, Birgit Huber, Enevold Falsen, and Hans-Jürgen Busse

Undibacterium pigrum gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from drinking water
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1510-1515. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hee-Sung Bae, Brian A. Rash, Fred A. Rainey, M. Fernanda Nobre, Igor Tiago, Milton S. da Costa, and William M. Moe

Description of Azospira restricta sp. nov., a nitrogen-fixing bacterium isolated from groundwater
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1521-1526. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table and Figures]  

Myung Kyum Kim, Karin Schubert, Wan-Taek Im, Kyung-Ho Kim, Sung-Taik Lee, and Jörg Overmann

Sphingomonas kaistensis sp. nov., a novel alphaproteobacterium containing pufLM genes
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1527-1534. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure and Table]  

Hang-Yeon Weon, Byung-Yong Kim, Seung-Beom Hong, Jae-Ho Joa, Sang-Sik Nam, Ki Hwan Lee, and Soon-Wo Kwon

Skermanella aerolata sp. nov., isolated from air, and emended description of the genus Skermanella
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1539-1542. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table]  

Atsushi Kurata, Masayuki Miyazaki, Tohru Kobayashi, Yuichi Nogi, and Koki Horikoshi

Alkalimonas collagenimarina sp. nov., a psychrotolerant, obligate alkaliphile isolated from deep-sea sediment
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1549-1553. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Seung Hyun Ryu, Minjeong Park, Jung Ro Lee, Pil-Yong Yun, and Che Ok Jeon

Brevundimonas aveniformis sp. nov., a stalked species isolated from activated sludge
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1561-1565. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Tables]  

Hang-Yeon Weon, Byung-Yong Kim, Seung-Hee Yoo, Jae-Ho Joa, Soon-Wo Kwon, and Wan-Gyu Kim

Andreprevotia chitinilytica gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from forest soil from Halla Mountain, Jeju Island, Korea
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1572-1575. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table and Figure]  

Bassirou Ndoye, Ilse Cleenwerck, Katrien Engelbeen, Robin Dubois-Dauphin, Amadou Tidiane Guiro, Stefanie Van Trappen, Anne Willems, and Phillipe Thonart

Acetobacter senegalensis sp. nov., a thermotolerant acetic acid bacterium isolated in Senegal (sub-Saharan Africa) from mango fruit (Mangifera indica L.)
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1576-1581. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table]  

Dimitry Yu. Sorokin, Tatjana P. Tourova, Gesche Braker, and Gerard Muyzer

Thiohalomonas denitrificans gen. nov., sp. nov. and Thiohalomonas nitratireducens sp. nov., novel obligately chemolithoautotrophic, moderately halophilic, thiodenitrifying Gammaproteobacteria from hypersaline habitats
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1582-1589. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures]  

Xue-Wei Xu, Yue-Hong Wu, Zhen Zhou, Chun-Sheng Wang, Yu-Guang Zhou, Hui-Bin Zhang, Yong Wang, and Min Wu

Halomonas saccharevitans sp. nov., Halomonas arcis sp. nov. and Halomonas subterranea sp. nov., halophilic bacteria isolated from hypersaline environments of China
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1619-1624. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kuan-Yin Lin, Shih-Yi Sheu, Poh-Shing Chang, Jang-Cheon Cho, and Wen-Ming Chen

Oceanicola marinus sp. nov., a marine alphaproteobacterium isolated from seawater collected off Taiwan
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1625-1629. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ilse Cleenwerck, Nicholas Camu, Katrien Engelbeen, Tom De Winter, Katrien Vandemeulebroecke, Paul De Vos, and Luc De Vuyst

Acetobacter ghanensis sp. nov., a novel acetic acid bacterium isolated from traditional heap fermentations of Ghanaian cocoa beans
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1647-1652. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

Kiyoung Lee, Yoe-Jin Choo, Stephen J. Giovannoni, and Jang-Cheon Cho

Maritimibacter alkaliphilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a genome-sequenced marine bacterium of the Roseobacter clade in the order Rhodobacterales
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1653-1658. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures]  

Hana Kim, Yoe-Jin Choo, Jaeho Song, Jung-Sook Lee, Keun Chul Lee, and Jang-Cheon Cho

Marinobacterium litorale sp. nov. in the order Oceanospirillales
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1659-1662. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEW TAXA: Bacteroidetes:

Hyung-Gwan Lee, Dong-Shan An, Wan-Taek Im, Qing-Mei Liu, Ju-Ryun Na, Dong Ha Cho, Cheng Wu Jin, Sung-Taik Lee, and Deok-Chun Yang

Chitinophaga ginsengisegetis sp. nov. and Chitinophaga ginsengisoli sp. nov., isolated from soil of a ginseng field in South Korea
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1396-1401. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Erratum]  

Céline Robert, Christophe Chassard, Paul A. Lawson, and Annick Bernalier-Donadille

Bacteroides cellulosilyticus sp. nov., a cellulolytic bacterium from the human gut microbial community
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1516-1520. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  

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

Pseudosphingobacterium domesticum gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from home-made compost
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1535-1538. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Seung-Hee Yoo, Hang-Yeon Weon, Han-Byul Jang, Byung-Yong Kim, Soon-Wo Kwon, Seung-Joo Go, and Erko Stackebrandt

Sphingobacterium composti sp. nov., isolated from cotton-waste composts
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1590-1593. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hang-Yeon Weon, Myung-Hee Song, Jung-A Son, Byung-Yong Kim, Soon-Wo Kwon, Seung-Joo Go, and Erko Stackebrandt

Flavobacterium terrae sp. nov. and Flavobacterium cucumis sp. nov., isolated from greenhouse soil
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1594-1598. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEW TAXA: Eukaryotic Micro-organisms:

C. Belloch, M. Villa-Carvajal, M. L. Álvarez-Rodríguez, and J. J. R. Coque

Rhodotorula subericola sp. nov., an anamorphic basidiomycetous yeast species isolated from bark of Quercus suber (cork oak)
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1668-1671. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEW TAXA: Other Bacteria:

Jaewoo Yoon, Mina Yasumoto-Hirose, Yoshihide Matsuo, Midori Nozawa, Satoru Matsuda, Hiroaki Kasai, and Akira Yokota

Pelagicoccus mobilis gen. nov., sp. nov., Pelagicoccus albus sp. nov. and Pelagicoccus litoralis sp. nov., three novel members of subdivision 4 within the phylum ‘Verrucomicrobia’, isolated from seawater by in situ cultivation
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1377-1385. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  

Fred A. Rainey, Margarida Ferreira, M. Fernanda Nobre, Keren Ray, Danielle Bagaley, Ashlee M. Earl, John R. Battista, Benito Gómez-Silva, Christopher P. McKay, and Milton S. da Costa

Deinococcus peraridilitoris sp. nov., isolated from a coastal desert
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1408-1412. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table]  

Hiroaki Kasai, Atsuko Katsuta, Hiroshi Sekiguchi, Satoru Matsuda, Kyoko Adachi, Kazutoshi Shindo, Jaewoo Yoon, Akira Yokota, and Yoshikazu Shizuri

Rubritalea squalenifaciens sp. nov., a squalene-producing marine bacterium belonging to subdivision 1 of the phylum ‘Verrucomicrobia’
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1630-1634. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE ON SYSTEMATICS OF PROKARYOTES: Taxonomic Notes:

J. P. Euzéby

Proposal to modify Rule 8 of the Bacteriological Code (1990 Revision)
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1672. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Masami Morotomi, Fumiko Nagai, and Hiroshi Sakon

Genus Megamonas should be placed in the lineage of Firmicutes; Clostridia; Clostridiales; ‘Acidaminococcaceae’; Megamonas
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007 57: 1673-1674. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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