NOTIFICATION LIST:

NEW TAXA: Archaea:

Peter T. Pesenti, Masoumeh Sikaroodi, Patrick M. Gillevet, Cristina Sánchez-Porro, Antonio Ventosa, and Carol D. Litchfield

Halorubrum californiense sp. nov., an extreme archaeal halophile isolated from a crystallizer pond at a solar salt plant in California, USA
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2710-2715. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. C. Gutiérrez, A. M. Castillo, M. Kamekura, and A. Ventosa

Haloterrigena salina sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon isolated from a salt lake
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2880-2884. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

NEW TAXA: Actinobacteria:

Nagamani Bora, Marc Vancanneyt, Roberto Gelsomino, Cindy Snauwaert, Jean Swings, Amanda L. Jones, Alan C. Ward, Jean-Francois Chamba, Reiner M. Kroppenstedt, Peter Schumann, and Michael Goodfellow

Mycetocola reblochoni sp. nov., isolated from the surface microbial flora of Reblochon cheese
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2687-2693. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dong-Shan An, Wan-Taek Im, and Min-Ho Yoon

Microlunatus panaciterrae sp. nov., a β-glucosidase-producing bacterium isolated from soil in a ginseng field
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2734-2738. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

De-Chao Zhang, Hong-Can Liu, Yu-Hua Xin, Yong Yu, Pei-Jin Zhou, and Yu-Guang Zhou

Salinibacterium xinjiangense sp. nov., a psychrophilic bacterium isolated from the China No. 1 glacier
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2739-2742. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure and Table]  

Margarita Gomila, Antonio Ramirez, Joan Gascó, and Jorge Lalucat

Mycobacterium llatzerense sp. nov., a facultatively autotrophic, hydrogen-oxidizing bacterium isolated from haemodialysis water
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2769-2773. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rodrigo Fonseca de Souza, Rosalie Reed Rodrigues Coelho, Andrew Macrae, Rosangela Maria Araújo Soares, Débora da Costa Morato Nery, Luzia Teixeira de Azevedo Soares Semêdo, Celuta Sales Alviano, and Rosana Canuto Gomes

Streptomyces lunalinharesii sp. nov., a chitinolytic streptomycete isolated from cerrado soil in Brazil
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2774-2778. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table]  

Dana M. Cook, Emily DeCrescenzo Henriksen, Theresa E. Rogers, and Joy Doran Peterson

Klugiella xanthotipulae gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Microbacteriaceae
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2779-2782. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

Xuechang Wu, Yanping Wen, Chaodong Qian, Ou Li, Haihuang Fang, and Weifeng Chen

Taxonomic study of a chromomycin-producing strain and reclassification of Streptomyces cavourensis subsp. washingtonensis as a later synonym of Streptomyces griseus
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2783-2787. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

Tomohiko Tamura, Yuumi Ishida, Misa Otoguro, Kazunori Hatano, David Labeda, Neil P. Price, and Ken-ichiro Suzuki

Reclassification of Streptomyces caeruleus as a synonym of Actinoalloteichus cyanogriseus and reclassification of Streptomyces spheroides and Streptomyces laceyi as later synonyms of Streptomyces niveus
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2812-2814. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

Fazel Pourahmad, Fabio Cervellione, Kim D. Thompson, John B. Taggart, Alexandra Adams, and Randolph H. Richards

Mycobacterium stomatepiae sp. nov., a slowly growing, non-chromogenic species isolated from fish
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2821-2827. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  

Undine Behrendt, Peter Schumann, and Andreas Ulrich

Agrococcus versicolor sp. nov., an actinobacterium associated with the phyllosphere of potato plants
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2833-2838. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A. F. Yassin and C. Siering

Corynebacterium sputi sp. nov., isolated from the sputum of a patient with pneumonia
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2876-2879. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

Chang-Muk Lee, Hang-Yeon Weon, Seung-Beom Hong, Young-Ah Jeon, Peter Schumann, Reiner M. Kroppenstedt, Soon-Wo Kwon, and Erko Stackebrandt

Cellulomonas aerilata sp. nov., isolated from an air sample
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2925-2929. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

Yue-Hong Wu, Min Wu, Chun-Sheng Wang, Xiao-Gu Wang, Jun-Yi Yang, Aharon Oren, and Xue-Wei Xu

Microbacterium profundi sp. nov., isolated from deep-sea sediment of polymetallic nodule environments
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2930-2934. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure and Tables]  

NEW TAXA: Other Gram-positive Bacteria:

Hidetoshi Morita, Chiharu Shiratori, Masaru Murakami, Hideto Takami, Hidehiro Toh, Yukio Kato, Fumihiko Nakajima, Misako Takagi, Hiroaki Akita, Toshio Masaoka, and Masahira Hattori

Sharpea azabuensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a Gram-positive, strictly anaerobic bacterium isolated from the faeces of thoroughbred horses
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2682-2686. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Tables and Figures]  

Rosario Mañes-Lázaro, Sergi Ferrer, Ana María Rodas, Mercedes Urdiain, and Isabel Pardo

Lactobacillus bobalius sp. nov., a lactic acid bacterium isolated from Spanish Bobal grape must
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2699-2703. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

Masami Morotomi, Fumiko Nagai, Hiroshi Sakon, and Ryuichiro Tanaka

Dialister succinatiphilus sp. nov. and Barnesiella intestinihominis sp. nov., isolated from human faeces
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2716-2720. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table]  

Katrien De Bruyne, Nicholas Camu, Karen Lefebvre, Luc De Vuyst, and Peter Vandamme

Weissella ghanensis sp. nov., isolated from a Ghanaian cocoa fermentation
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2721-2725. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures S1 and S2.]  

Mareike Kraatz and David Taras

Veillonella magna sp. nov., isolated from the jejunal mucosa of a healthy pig, and emended description of Veillonella ratti
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2755-2761. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table]  

Venessa Eeckhaut, Filip Van Immerseel, Emma Teirlynck, Frank Pasmans, Veerle Fievez, Cindy Snauwaert, Freddy Haesebrouck, Richard Ducatelle, Petra Louis, and Peter Vandamme

Butyricicoccus pullicaecorum gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, butyrate-producing bacterium isolated from the caecal content of a broiler chicken
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2799-2802. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures]  

Yanfen Xue, A. Ventosa, Xiaowei Wang, Peigen Ren, Peijin Zhou, and Yanhe Ma

Bacillus aidingensis sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from Ai-Ding salt lake in China
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2828-2832. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

Yu Zhou, Wei Wei, Qiaolin Che, Yuxin Xu, Xu Wang, Xing Huang, and Ren Lai

Bacillus pallidus sp. nov., isolated from forest soil
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2850-2854. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures]  

Cheng-Ying Jiang, Ying Liu, Yan-Yang Liu, Xiao-Yan You, Xu Guo, and Shuang-Jiang Liu

Alicyclobacillus ferrooxydans sp. nov., a ferrous-oxidizing bacterium from solfataric soil
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2898-2903. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table]  

Katrien De Bruyne, Charles M. A. P. Franz, Marc Vancanneyt, Ulrich Schillinger, Fernanda Mozzi, Graciela Font de Valdez, Luc De Vuyst, and Peter Vandamme

Pediococcus argentinicus sp. nov. from Argentinean fermented wheat flour and identification of Pediococcus species by pheS, rpoA and atpA sequence analysis
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2909-2916. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  

Margarita L. Miroshnichenko, Tatyana P. Tourova, Tatyana V. Kolganova, Nadezhda A. Kostrikina, Nikolay Chernych, and Elizaveta A. Bonch-Osmolovskaya

Ammonifex thiophilus sp. nov., a hyperthermophilic anaerobic bacterium from a Kamchatka hot spring
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2935-2938. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marta Alves, Célia Nogueira, Augusto de Magalhães-Sant'Ana, Ana Paula Chung, Paula V. Morais, and Milton S. da Costa

Nosocomiicoccus ampullae gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the surface of bottles of saline solution used in wound cleansing
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2939-2944. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures]  

NEW TAXA: Proteobacteria:

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

Vogesella perlucida sp. nov., a non-pigmented bacterium isolated from spring water
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2677-2681. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

Dafna Zeevi Ben Yosef, Eitan Ben-Dov, and Ariel Kushmaro

Amorphus coralli gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from coral mucus, belonging to the order Rhizobiales
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2704-2709. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ilse Vandecandelaere, Olivier Nercessian, Eveline Segaert, Wafa Achouak, Marco Faimali, and Peter Vandamme

Ruegeria scottomollicae sp. nov., isolated from a marine electroactive biofilm
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2726-2733. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

Ho-Won Chang, Seong Woon Roh, Kyoung-Ho Kim, Young-Do Nam, Jung-Hoon Yoon, Hee-Mock Oh, and Jin-Woo Bae

Marinomonas basaltis sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from black sand
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2743-2747. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ilse Vandecandelaere, Eveline Segaert, Alfonso Mollica, Marco Faimali, and Peter Vandamme

Leisingera aquimarina sp. nov., isolated from a marine electroactive biofilm, and emended descriptions of Leisingera methylohalidivorans Schaefer et al. 2002, Phaeobacter daeponensis Yoon et al. 2007 and Phaeobacter inhibens Martens et al. 2006
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2788-2793. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael J. Yabsley, Staci M. Murphy, M. Page Luttrell, Benjamin R. Wilcox, Elizabeth W. Howerth, and Ulrike G. Munderloh

Characterization of ‘Candidatus Neoehrlichia lotoris’ (family Anaplasmataceae) from raccoons (Procyon lotor)
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2794-2798. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Tables]  

Masayuki Miyazaki, Yuichi Nogi, Yoshihiro Fujiwara, Masaru Kawato, Takahiko Nagahama, Kaoru Kubokawa, and Koki Horikoshi

Amphritea japonica sp. nov. and Amphritea balenae sp. nov., isolated from the sediment adjacent to sperm whale carcasses off Kagoshima, Japan
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2815-2820. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

Yu Wang, Yue-Hong Wu, Chun-Sheng Wang, Xue-Wei Xu, Aharon Oren, Xu-Fen Zhu, and Min Wu

Halomonas salifodinae sp. nov., a halophilic bacterium isolated from a salt mine in China
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2855-2858. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures and Table]  

Gang Wu, Xiao-Qing Wu, Ya-Nan Wang, Chang-Qiao Chi, Yue-Qin Tang, Kenji Kida, Xiao-Lei Wu, and Zhao-Kun Luan

Halomonas daqingensis sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from an oilfield soil
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2859-2865. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Seong Woon Roh, Zhe-Xue Quan, Young-Do Nam, Ho-Won Chang, Kyoung-Ho Kim, Sung-Keun Rhee, Hee-Mock Oh, Che Ok Jeon, Jung-Hoon Yoon, and Jin-Woo Bae

Marinobacter goseongensis sp. nov., from seawater
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2866-2870. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chang Fu Tian, En Tao Wang, Li Juan Wu, Tian Xu Han, Wen Feng Chen, Chun Tao Gu, Jin Gang Gu, and Wen Xin Chen

Rhizobium fabae sp. nov., a bacterium that nodulates Vicia faba
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2871-2875. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures and Table]  

Ying-Yi Huo, Chun-Sheng Wang, Jun-Yi Yang, Min Wu, and Xue-Wei Xu

Marinobacter mobilis sp. nov. and Marinobacter zhejiangensis sp. nov., halophilic bacteria isolated from the East China Sea
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2885-2889. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

Dimitry Yu. Sorokin, Tatjana P. Tourova, Erwin A. Galinski, Gerard Muyzer, and J. Gijs Kuenen

Thiohalorhabdus denitrificans gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely halophilic, sulfur-oxidizing, deep-lineage gammaproteobacterium from hypersaline habitats
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2890-2897. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Keun Sik Baik, Seong Chan Park, Mi Sun Kim, Eun Mi Kim, Chul Park, Jongsik Chun, and Chi Nam Seong

Luteimonas marina sp. nov., isolated from seawater
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2904-2908. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures]  

P. Anil Kumar, P. Aparna, T. N. R. Srinivas, Ch. Sasikala, and Ch. V. Ramana

Rhodospirillum sulfurexigens sp. nov., a phototrophic alphaproteobacterium requiring a reduced sulfur source for growth
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2917-2920. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures]  

NEW TAXA: Bacteroidetes:

Olga I. Nedashkovskaya, Kae Kyoung Kwon, Sung-Hyun Yang, Hee-Soon Lee, Kyung Ho Chung, and Sang-Jin Kim

Lacinutrix algicola sp. nov. and Lacinutrix mariniflava sp. nov., two novel marine alga-associated bacteria and emended description of the genus Lacinutrix
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2694-2698. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sándor Szoboszlay, Béla Atzél, József Kukolya, Erika M. Tóth, Károly Márialigeti, Peter Schumann, and Balázs Kriszt

Chryseobacterium hungaricum sp. nov., isolated from hydrocarbon-contaminated soil
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2748-2754. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  

NEW TAXA: Eukaryotic Micro-organisms:

Abel Fidalgo-Jiménez, Heide-Marie Daniel, Pierre Evrard, Cony Decock, and Marc-André Lachance

Metschnikowia cubensis sp. nov., a yeast species isolated from flowers in Cuba
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2955-2961. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Tables]  

Chin-Feng Chang, Ching-Fu Lee, and Shiu-Mei Liu

Cryptococcus keelungensis sp. nov., an anamorphic basidiomycetous yeast isolated from the sea-surface microlayer of the north-east coast of Taiwan
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2973-2976. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rosa Margesin and Jack W. Fell

Mrakiella cryoconiti gen. nov., sp. nov., a psychrophilic, anamorphic, basidiomycetous yeast from alpine and arctic habitats
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2977-2982. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kazuo Satoh and Koichi Makimura

Sporobolomyces koalae sp. nov., a basidiomycetous yeast isolated from nasal smears of Queensland koalas kept in a Japanese zoological park
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2983-2986. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

NEW TAXA: Other Bacteria:

John A. Breznak and Falk Warnecke

Spirochaeta cellobiosiphila sp. nov., a facultatively anaerobic, marine spirochaete
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2762-2768. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table]  

Peter Kämpfer, Nicole Lodders, Birgit Huber, Enevold Falsen, and Hans-Jürgen Busse

Deinococcus aquatilis sp. nov., isolated from water
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2803-2806. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table]  

Dong Han Choi, Jae Hoon Noh, Charity M. Lee, and Seungmok Rho

Rubidibacter lacunae gen. nov., sp. nov., a unicellular, phycoerythrin-containing cyanobacterium isolated from seawater of Chuuk lagoon, Micronesia
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2807-2811. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures]  

Romain Chevrot, Arnaud Carlotti, Valérie Sopena, Pierre Marchand, and Eric Rosenfeld

Megamonas rupellensis sp. nov., an anaerobe isolated from the caecum of a duck
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2921-2924. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

EVOLUTION, PHYLOGENY AND BIODIVERSITY:

Ana Alexandre, Marta Laranjo, J. Peter W. Young, and Solange Oliveira

dnaJ is a useful phylogenetic marker for alphaproteobacteria
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2839-2849. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table and Figures]  

Marcus J. Claesson, Douwe van Sinderen, and Paul W. O'Toole

Lactobacillus phylogenomics – towards a reclassification of the genus
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2945-2954. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure and Tables]  

Chen Shao, Weibo Song, Lifang Li, Alan Warren, Khaled A. S. Al-Rasheid, Saleh A. Al-Quraishy, Saleh A. Al-Farraj, and Xiaofeng Lin

Systematic position of Discocephalus-like ciliates (Ciliophora: Spirotrichea) inferred from SSU rDNA and ontogenetic information
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 2962-2972. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table]  

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