VALIDATION LIST NO. 119:

List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1-2. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NOTIFICATION LIST:

Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 10, of the IJSEM
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 3-4. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

LIST OF CHANGES IN TAXONOMIC OPINION NO. 7:

Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 5. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEW TAXA: Archaea:

André Antunes, Marco Taborda, Robert Huber, Christine Moissl, M. Fernanda Nobre, and Milton S. da Costa

Halorhabdus tiamatea sp. nov., a non-pigmented, extremely halophilic archaeon from a deep-sea, hypersaline anoxic basin of the Red Sea, and emended description of the genus Halorhabdus
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 215-220. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

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

Methanolinea tarda gen. nov., sp. nov., a methane-producing archaeon isolated from a methanogenic digester sludge
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 294-301. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure and Tables]  

NEW TAXA: Actinobacteria:

Huiqin Huang, Jiasen Lv, Yonghua Hu, Zhe Fang, Kaishan Zhang, and Shixiang Bao

Micromonospora rifamycinica sp. nov., a novel actinomycete from mangrove sediment
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 17-20. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Soon Gyu Hong, Yoo Kyung Lee, Joung Han Yim, Jongsik Chun, and Hong Kum Lee

Sanguibacter antarcticus sp. nov., isolated from Antarctic sea sand
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 50-52. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Akiko Kageyama, Kurimi Morisaki, Satoshi Omura, and Yoko Takahashi

Arthrobacter oryzae sp. nov. and Arthrobacter humicola sp. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 53-56. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  

Bhaskar Bhadra, Chandralata Raghukumar, Pavan Kumar Pindi, and Sisinthy Shivaji

Brevibacterium oceani sp. nov., isolated from deep-sea sediment of the Chagos Trench, Indian Ocean
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 57-60. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure and Tables]  

Amanda L. Jones, Roland J. Koerner, Sivakumar Natarajan, John D. Perry, and Michael Goodfellow

Dietzia papillomatosis sp. nov., a novel actinomycete isolated from the skin of an immunocompetent patient with confluent and reticulated papillomatosis
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 68-72. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Erika M. Tóth, Zsuzsa Kéki, Zalán G. Homonnay, Andrea K. Borsodi, Károly Márialigeti, and Peter Schumann

Nocardioides daphniae sp. nov., isolated from Daphnia cucullata (Crustacea: Cladocera)
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 78-83. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yi-Ju Chou, Jui-Hsing Chou, Kuan-Yin Lin, Mei-Chun Lin, Yu-Hong Wei, A. B. Arun, Chiu-Chung Young, and Wen-Ming Chen

Rothia terrae sp. nov. isolated from soil in Taiwan
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 84-88. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

Xing-Yu Liu, Bao-Jun Wang, Cheng-Ying Jiang, and Shuang-Jiang Liu

Ornithinimicrobium pekingense sp. nov., isolated from activated sludge
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 116-119. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures and Table]  

Masaaki Okamoto, Yoshimi Benno, Kai-P Leung, and Nobuko Maeda

Bifidobacterium tsurumiense sp. nov., from hamster dental plaque
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 144-148. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

Xiumin Zhang, Li-Ping Zhang, Runlei Yang, Nan Shi, Zhitang Lu, Wen Xin Chen, Cheng-Lin Jiang, and Li-Hua Xu

Nocardiopsis ganjiahuensis sp. nov., isolated from a soil from Ganjiahu, China
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 195-199. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Soon Dong Lee, Dong Wan Lee, and Jung-Sup Kim

Nocardioides hwasunensis sp. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 278-281. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

NEW TAXA: Other Gram-positive Bacteria:

Lili Niu, Lei Song, and Xiuzhu Dong

Proteiniborus ethanoligenes gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic protein-utilizing bacterium
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 12-16. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

Soo-Young Lee, Woo-Young Choi, Tae-Kwang Oh, and Jung-Hoon Yoon

Lentibacillus salinarum sp. nov., isolated from a marine solar saltern in Korea
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 45-49. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table]  

Pierre-Pol Liebgott, Manon Joseph, Marie-Laure Fardeau, Jean-Luc Cayol, Enevold Falsen, Fatima Chamkh, Abdel-Illah Qatibi, and Marc Labat

Clostridiisalibacter paucivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from olive mill wastewater
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 61-67. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kenichi Aino, Kikue Hirota, Toshihide Matsuno, Naoki Morita, Yoshinobu Nodasaka, Taketomo Fujiwara, Hidetoshi Matsuyama, Kazuaki Yoshimune, and Isao Yumoto

Bacillus polygoni sp. nov., a moderately halophilic, non-motile obligate alkaliphile isolated from indigo balls
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 120-124. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary figures]  

Nelís Soto-Ramírez, Cristina Sánchez-Porro, Soniris Rosas-Padilla, Karinna Almodóvar, Gina Jiménez, Marlene Machado-Rodríguez, Magaly Zapata, Antonio Ventosa, and Rafael Montalvo-Rodríguez

Halobacillus mangrovi sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from the black mangrove Avicennia germinans
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 125-130. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kazuko Takada and Masatomo Hirasawa

Streptococcus dentirousetti sp. nov., isolated from the oral cavities of bats
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 160-163. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  

Mohammad Ali Amoozegar, Peter Schumann, Mahbod Hajighasemi, Morahem Ashengroph, and Mohammad Reza Razavi

Salinicoccus iranensis sp. nov., a novel moderate halophile
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 178-183. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tatiana Imperio, Carlo Viti, and Laura Marri

Alicyclobacillus pohliae sp. nov., a thermophilic, endospore-forming bacterium isolated from geothermal soil of the north-west slope of Mount Melbourne (Antarctica)
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 221-225. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

Bacillus isabeliae sp. nov., a halophilic bacterium isolated from a sea salt evaporation pond
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 226-230. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures]  

Gabriel J. Milinovich, Paul C. Burrell, Christopher C. Pollitt, Anne Bouvet, and Darren J. Trott

Streptococcus henryi sp. nov. and Streptococcus caballi sp. nov., isolated from the hindgut of horses with oligofructose-induced laminitis
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 262-266. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

NEW TAXA: Proteobacteria:

Margarita Gomila, Botho Bowien, Enevold Falsen, Edward R. B. Moore, and Jorge Lalucat

Description of Roseateles aquatilis sp. nov. and Roseateles terrae sp. nov., in the class Betaproteobacteria, and emended description of the genus Roseateles
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 6-11. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Tables][Supplementary Tables][Supplementary Tables]  

Andrea Gärtner, Jutta Wiese, and Johannes F. Imhoff

Amphritea atlantica gen. nov., sp. nov., a gammaproteobacterium from the Logatchev hydrothermal vent field
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 34-39. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

K. Kharroub, M. L. Jiménez-Pranteda, M. Aguilera, A. Boulahrouf, A. Ramos-Cormenzana, and M. Monteoliva-Sánchez

Halomonas sabkhae sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from an Algerian sabkha
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 40-44. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

Kim Heylen, Liesbeth Lebbe, and Paul De Vos

Acidovorax caeni sp. nov., a denitrifying species with genetically diverse isolates from activated sludge
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 73-77. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

Hang-Yeon Weon, Byung-Yong Kim, Jae-Ho Joa, Jung-A Son, Myung-Hee Song, Soon-Wo Kwon, Seung-Joo Go, and Sang-Hong Yoon

Methylobacterium iners sp. nov. and Methylobacterium aerolatum sp. nov., isolated from air samples in Korea
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 93-96. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table]  

Jaeho Song, Yoe-Jin Choo, and Jang-Cheon Cho

Perlucidibaca piscinae gen. nov., sp. nov., a freshwater bacterium belonging to the family Moraxellaceae
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 97-102. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

Melike Balk, Mahmut Altinbas, W. Irene C. Rijpstra, Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté, and Alfons J. M. Stams

Desulfatirhabdium butyrativorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a butyrate-oxidizing, sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from an anaerobic bioreactor
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 110-115. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

Uliginosibacterium gangwonense gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a wetland, Yongneup, in Korea
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 131-135. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peter Kämpfer, Enevold Falsen, and Hans-Jürgen Busse

Reclassification of Pseudomonas mephitica Claydon and Hammer 1939 as a later heterotypic synonym of Janthinobacterium lividum (Eisenberg 1891) De Ley et al. 1978
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 136-138. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

Yoon-Gon Kim, Yeon-A Jin, Chung Yeon Hwang, and Byung Cheol Cho

Marinobacterium rhizophilum sp. nov., isolated from the rhizosphere of the coastal tidal-flat plant Suaeda japonica
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 164-167. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table]  

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

Daeguia caeni gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from sludge of a textile dye works
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 168-172. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table]  

Jung-Hoon Yoon, So-Jung Kang, Jung-Sook Lee, Sun-Woo Nam, Wonyong Kim, and Tae-Kwang Oh

Sphingosinicella soli sp. nov., isolated from an alkaline soil in Korea
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 173-177. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table]  

Yu Zhou, Yu-Qin Zhang, Xiao-Yang Zhi, Xu Wang, Jing Dong, Yun Chen, Ren Lai, and Wen-Jun Li

Description of Sinobacter flavus gen. nov., sp. nov., and proposal of Sinobacteraceae fam. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 184-189. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Soon-Wo Kwon, Byung-Yong Kim, Wan-Gyu Kim, Kwan-Hee Yoo, Seung-Hee Yoo, Jung-A Son, and Hang-Yeon Weon

Paludibacterium yongneupense gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a wetland, Yongneup, in Korea
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 190-194. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

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

Sphingomonas insulae sp. nov., isolated from soil
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 231-236. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

Roger Stephan, Stefanie Van Trappen, Ilse Cleenwerck, Carol Iversen, Han Joosten, Paul De Vos, and Angelika Lehner

Enterobacter pulveris sp. nov., isolated from fruit powder, infant formula and an infant formula production environment
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 237-241. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

Chiu-Chung Young, Jui-Hsing Chou, A. B. Arun, Wen-Shao Yen, Shih-Yi Sheu, Fo-Ting Shen, Wai-An Lai, P. D. Rekha, and Wen-Ming Chen

Comamonas composti sp. nov., isolated from food waste compost
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 251-256. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  

Zhi-Pei Liu, Bao-Jun Wang, Xing-Yu Liu, Xin Dai, Ying-Hao Liu, and Shuang-Jiang Liu

Paracoccus halophilus sp. nov., isolated from marine sediment of the South China Sea, China, and emended description of genus Paracoccus Davis 1969
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 257-261. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures]  

Chung Yeon Hwang and Byung Cheol Cho

Cohaesibacter gelatinilyticus gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium that forms a distinct branch in the order Rhizobiales, and proposal of Cohaesibacteraceae fam. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 267-277. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures]  

Jee-Min Lim, Che Ok Jeon, Ho Hee Jang, Dong-Jin Park, Yong Kook Shin, Soo-Hwan Yeo, and Chang-Jin Kim

Albimonas donghaensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a non-photosynthetic member of the class Alphaproteobacteria isolated from seawater
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 282-285. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

Hiroki Miwa, Iftikhar Ahmed, Jaewoo Yoon, Akira Yokota, and Toru Fujiwara

Variovorax boronicumulans sp. nov., a boron-accumulating bacterium isolated from soil
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 286-289. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table]  

NEW TAXA: Bacteroidetes:

Maximino Piñeiro-Vidal, Ana Riaza, and Ysabel Santos

Tenacibaculum discolor sp. nov. and Tenacibaculum gallaicum sp. nov., isolated from sole (Solea senegalensis) and turbot (Psetta maxima) culture systems
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 21-25. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peter Herzog, Ilka Winkler, Dorothee Wolking, Peter Kämpfer, and André Lipski

Chryseobacterium ureilyticum sp. nov., Chryseobacterium gambrini sp. nov., Chryseobacterium pallidum sp. nov. and Chryseobacterium molle sp. nov., isolated from beer-bottling plants
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 26-33. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table and Figures]  

Paul A. Lawson, Edward Moore, and Enevold Falsen

Prevotella amnii sp. nov., isolated from human amniotic fluid
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 89-92. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

John M. Hardham, Kendall W. King, Kimberly Dreier, Jason Wong, Catherine Strietzel, Rob R. Eversole, Cornelia Sfintescu, and Richard T. Evans

Transfer of Bacteroides splanchnicus to Odoribacter gen. nov. as Odoribacter splanchnicus comb. nov., and description of Odoribacter denticanis sp. nov., isolated from the crevicular spaces of canine periodontitis patients
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 103-109. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ju-Hyoung Kim, Ki-Youn Kim, Young-Tae Hahm, Bong-Soo Kim, Jongsik Chun, and Chang-Jun Cha

Actibacter sediminis gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from tidal flat sediment
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 139-143. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

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

Chryseobacterium arothri sp. nov., isolated from the kidneys of a pufferfish
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 290-293. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEW TAXA: Eukaryotic Micro-organisms:

Savitree Limtong, Nantana Srisuk, Wichien Yongmanitchai, Hiroya Yurimoto, and Takashi Nakase

Ogataea chonburiensis sp. nov. and Ogataea nakhonphanomensis sp. nov., thermotolerant, methylotrophic yeast species isolated in Thailand, and transfer of Pichia siamensis and Pichia thermomethanolica to the genus Ogataea
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 302-307. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEW TAXA: Other Bacteria:

E. V. Lebedeva, M. Alawi, F. Maixner, P.-G. Jozsa, H. Daims, and E. Spieck

Physiological and phylogenetic characterization of a novel lithoautotrophic nitrite-oxidizing bacterium, ‘Candidatus Nitrospira bockiana’
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 242-250. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

EVOLUTION, PHYLOGENY AND BIODIVERSITY:

Yinping Guo, Wen Zheng, Xiaoying Rong, and Ying Huang

A multilocus phylogeny of the Streptomyces griseus 16S rRNA gene clade: use of multilocus sequence analysis for streptomycete systematics
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 149-159. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures][Erratum]  

Miet Martens, Peter Dawyndt, Renata Coopman, Monique Gillis, Paul De Vos, and Anne Willems

Advantages of multilocus sequence analysis for taxonomic studies: a case study using 10 housekeeping genes in the genus Ensifer (including former Sinorhizobium)
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 200-214. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Tables and Figure][Erratum]  

INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE ON SYSTEMATICS OF PROKARYOTES: Taxonomic Notes:

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