NOTIFICATION LIST:

NEW TAXA: Archaea:

Karima Kharroub, Catherine Lizama, Margarita Aguilera, Abderrahmane Boulahrouf, Victoriano Campos, Alberto Ramos-Cormenzana, and Mercedes Monteoliva-Sánchez

Halomicrobium katesii sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2354-2358. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Maximum-parsimony phylogenetic tree]  

Wanaporn Tapingkae, Somboon Tanasupawat, Takashi Itoh, Kirk L. Parkin, Soottawat Benjakul, Wonnop Visessanguan, and Ruud Valyasevi

Natrinema gari sp. nov., a halophilic archaeon isolated from fish sauce in Thailand
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2378-2383. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures]  

NEW TAXA: Actinobacteria:

Syed G. Dastager, Jae-Chan Lee, Yoon-Jung Ju, Dong-Jin Park, and Chang-Jin Kim

Nocardioides koreensis sp. nov., Nocardioides bigeumensis sp. nov. and Nocardioides agariphilus sp. nov., isolated from soil from Bigeum Island, Korea
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2292-2296. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

Soon Dong Lee

Agrococcus jejuensis sp. nov., isolated from dried seaweed
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2297-2300. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

Tomohiko Tamura, Yuumi Ishida, Misa Otoguro, Kazunori Hatano, and Ken-ichiro Suzuki

Reclassification of Streptomyces flavidofuscus as a synonym of Nocardiopsis dassonvillei subsp. dassonvillei
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2321-2323. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hang-Yeon Weon, Seung-Hee Yoo, Byung-Yong Kim, Peter Schumann, Reiner M. Kroppenstedt, Sung-Kee Hong, and Soon-Wo Kwon

Phycicoccus aerophilus sp. nov., isolated from air
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2389-2392. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table]  

Myung Kyum Kim, Yu-Jin Kim, Ho-Bin Kim, Se-Young Kim, Tae-Hoo Yi, and Deok-Chun Yang

Curtobacterium ginsengisoli sp. nov., isolated from soil of a ginseng field
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2393-2397. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Didi Bang, Troels Herlin, Marc Stegger, Aase Bengaard Andersen, Pirjo Torkko, Enrico Tortoli, and Vibeke Ostergaard Thomsen

Mycobacterium arosiense sp. nov., a slowly growing, scotochromogenic species causing osteomyelitis in an immunocompromised child
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2398-2402. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

Syed G. Dastager, Jae-Chan Lee, Yoon-Jung Ju, Dong-Jin Park, and Chang-Jin Kim

Phycicoccus bigeumensis sp. nov., a mesophilic actinobacterium isolated from Bigeum Island, Korea
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2425-2428. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Akiko Kageyama, Tomomi Haga, Hiroaki Kasai, Yoshikazu Shizuri, Satoshi Omura, and Yoko Takahashi

Marihabitans asiaticum gen. nov., sp. nov., a meso-diaminopimelic acid-containing member of the family Intrasporangiaceae
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2429-2432. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kannika Duangmal, Arinthip Thamchaipenet, Ismet Ara, Atsuko Matsumoto, and Yoko Takahashi

Kineococcus gynurae sp. nov., isolated from a Thai medicinal plant
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2439-2442. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yong-Xia Wang, Yu-Qin Zhang, Li-Hua Xu, and Wen-Jun Li

Actinopolymorpha rutila sp. nov., isolated from a forest soil
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2443-2446. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures]  

NEW TAXA: Other Gram-positive Bacteria:

Che Ok Jeon, Jee-Min Lim, Ho Hee Jang, Dong-Jin Park, Li-Hua Xu, Cheng-Lin Jiang, and Chang-Jin Kim

Gracilibacillus lacisalsi sp. nov., a halophilic Gram-positive bacterium from a salt lake in China
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2282-2286. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures]  

Srinivasan Krishnamurthi and T. Chakrabarti

Proposal for transfer of Pelagibacillus goriensis Kim et al. 2007 to the genus Terribacillus as Terribacillus goriensis comb. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2287-2291. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Young-Hyo Chang, Min Young Jung, In-Soon Park, and Hee-Mock Oh

Sporolactobacillus vineae sp. nov., a spore-forming lactic acid bacterium isolated from vineyard soil
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2316-2320. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

G. S. N. Reddy, Anarasi Uttam, and S. Shivaji

Bacillus cecembensis sp. nov., isolated from the Pindari glacier of the Indian Himalayas
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2330-2335. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures]  

Miroslava Atanassova, Anna Derekova, Rossica Mandeva, Carsten Sjøholm, and Margarita Kambourova

Anoxybacillus bogrovensis sp. nov., a novel thermophilic bacterium isolated from a hot spring in Dolni Bogrov, Bulgaria
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2359-2362. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yi-Guang Chen, Xiao-Long Cui, Yu-Qin Zhang, Wen-Jun Li, Yong-Xia Wang, Li-Hua Xu, Qian Peng, Meng-Liang Wen, and Cheng-Lin Jiang

Gracilibacillus halophilus sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from saline soil
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2403-2408. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ngoc-Phuc Hua, Amel Hamza-Chaffai, Russell H. Vreeland, Hiroko Isoda, and Takeshi Naganuma

Virgibacillus salarius sp. nov., a halophilic bacterium isolated from a Saharan salt lake
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2409-2414. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Tables]  

Preeti Chaturvedi, V. Prabahar, R. Manorama, Pavan Kumar Pindi, Bhaskar Bhadra, Zareena Begum, and S. Shivaji

Exiguobacterium soli sp. nov., a psychrophilic bacterium from the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2447-2453. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table S1.]  

Ivan D. Sorokin, Irina K. Kravchenko, Tatjana P. Tourova, Tatjana V. Kolganova, Eugenia S. Boulygina, and Dimitry Yu. Sorokin

Bacillus alkalidiazotrophicus sp. nov., a diazotrophic, low salt-tolerant alkaliphile isolated from Mongolian soda soil
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2459-2464. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures S1 and S2]  

NEW TAXA: Proteobacteria:

Shoichi Hosoya, Mina Yasumoto-Hirose, Kyoko Adachi, Atsuko Katsuta, and Hiroaki Kasai

Psychromonas heitensis sp. nov., a psychrotolerant bacterium isolated from seawater in Japan
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2253-2257. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Seung Hyun Ryu, Bok Sil Chung, Minjeong Park, Seung Sik Lee, Sang-Suk Lee, and Che Ok Jeon

Rheinheimera soli sp. nov., a gammaproteobacterium isolated from soil in Korea
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2271-2274. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures and Table]  

Hang-Yeon Weon, Byung-Yong Kim, Soon-Wo Kwon, Seung-Joo Go, Bon-Sung Koo, and Erko Stackebrandt

Phenylobacterium composti sp. nov., isolated from cotton waste compost in Korea
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2301-2304. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michèle M. Friedrich and André Lipski

Alkanibacter difficilis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Singularimonas variicoloris gen. nov., sp. nov., hexane-degrading bacteria isolated from a hexane-treated biofilter
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2324-2329. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Laurent Urios, Valérie Michotey, Laurent Intertaglia, Françoise Lesongeur, and Philippe Lebaron

Nisaea denitrificans gen. nov., sp. nov. and Nisaea nitritireducens sp. nov., two novel members of the class Alphaproteobacteria from the Mediterranean Sea
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2336-2341. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures]  

Myungjin Lee, Leonid N. Ten, Hae-Won Lee, Hyun Woo Oh, Wan-Taek Im, and Sung-Taik Lee

Sphingopyxis ginsengisoli sp. nov., isolated from soil of a ginseng field in South Korea
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2342-2347. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures and Table]  

Mei-Chun Lin, Jui-Hsing Chou, A. B. Arun, Chiu-Chung Young, and Wen-Ming Chen

Pseudogulbenkiania subflava gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a cold spring
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2384-2388. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bong-Soo Kim, Young Woon Lim, and Jongsik Chun

Sphingopyxis marina sp. nov. and Sphingopyxis litoris sp. nov., isolated from seawater
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2415-2419. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Xiaoxia Zhang, Lei Sun, Fubin Qiu, Robert J. C. McLean, Ruibo Jiang, and Wei Song

Rheinheimera tangshanensis sp. nov., a rice root-associated bacterium
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2420-2424. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Susumu Takii, Satoshi Hanada, Yumiko Hase, Hideyuki Tamaki, Yutaka Uyeno, Yuji Sekiguchi, and Katsumi Matsuura

Desulfovibrio marinisediminis sp. nov., a novel sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from coastal marine sediment via enrichment with Casamino acids
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2433-2438. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures][HTML Page - index.htslp]  

Lyudmila A. Romanenko, Naoto Tanaka, Galina M. Frolova, and Valery V. Mikhailov

Pseudochrobactrum glaciei sp. nov., isolated from sea ice collected from Peter the Great Bay of the Sea of Japan
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2454-2458. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures and Table]  

NEW TAXA: Bacteroidetes:

Seung Hyun Ryu, Jin Ho Park, Jeong Chan Moon, Youlboong Sung, Sang-Suk Lee, and Che Ok Jeon

Flavobacterium resistens sp. nov., isolated from stream sediment
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2266-2270. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures and Table]  

Karine Alain, Laurent Intertaglia, Philippe Catala, and Philippe Lebaron

Eudoraea adriatica gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2275-2281. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures]  

Andrés Bercovich, Susana C. Vazquez, Patricio Yankilevich, Silvia H. Coria, Marcelo Foti, Edgardo Hernández, Alejandro Vidal, Lucas Ruberto, Carlos Melo, Sergio Marenssi, Marcelo Criscuolo, Mariano Memoli, Marcelo Arguelles, and Walter P. Mac Cormack

Bizionia argentinensis sp. nov., isolated from surface marine water in Antarctica
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2363-2367. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  

NEW TAXA: Other Bacteria:

B. G. Corney, A. T. Slack, M. L. Symonds, M. F. Dohnt, C. S. McClintock, M. R. McGowan, and L. D. Smythe

Leptospira weilii serovar Topaz, a new member of the Tarassovi serogroup isolated from a bovine source in Queensland, Australia
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2249-2252. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hiroyuki Imachi, Sanae Sakai, Hisako Hirayama, Satoshi Nakagawa, Takuro Nunoura, Ken Takai, and Koki Horikoshi

Exilispira thermophila gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, thermophilic spirochaete isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2258-2265. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andrew T. Slack, Thareerat Kalambaheti, Meegan L. Symonds, Michael F. Dohnt, Renee L. Galloway, Arnold G. Steigerwalt, Wanpen Chaicumpa, Gaysorn Bunyaraksyotin, Scott Craig, Bruce J. Harrower, and Lee D. Smythe

Leptospira wolffii sp. nov., isolated from a human with suspected leptospirosis in Thailand
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2305-2308. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wan-Taek Im, Hae-Min Jung, Leonid N. Ten, Myung Kyum Kim, Nagamani Bora, Michael Goodfellow, Sangyong Lim, Jinwoo Jung, and Sung-Taik Lee

Deinococcus aquaticus sp. nov., isolated from fresh water, and Deinococcus caeni sp. nov., isolated from activated sludge
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2348-2353. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures and Table]  

EVOLUTION, PHYLOGENY AND BIODIVERSITY:

Wei Wei, Ing-Ming Lee, Robert E. Davis, Xiaobing Suo, and Yan Zhao

Automated RFLP pattern comparison and similarity coefficient calculation for rapid delineation of new and distinct phytoplasma 16Sr subgroup lineages
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2368-2377. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  

METHODS:

Magdalena Mulet, Margarita Gomila, Christelle Gruffaz, Jean-Marie Meyer, Norberto J. Palleroni, Jorge Lalucat, and Elena García-Valdés

Phylogenetic analysis and siderotyping as useful tools in the taxonomy of Pseudomonas stutzeri: description of a novel genomovar
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2309-2315. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Tables]  

INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE ON SYSTEMATICS OF PROKARYOTES: Taxonomic Notes:

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