NOTIFICATION LIST:

OBITUARY:

NEW TAXA: Actinobacteria:

Guoling Zhou, Xuesong Luo, Yali Tang, Lei Zhang, Qiao Yang, Yijun Qiu, and Chengxiang Fang

Kocuria flava sp. nov. and Kocuria turfanensis sp. nov., airborne actinobacteria isolated from Xinjiang, China
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1304-1307. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table]  

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

Agromyces terreus sp. nov., isolated from soil
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1308-1312. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table]  

Dong Wan Lee, Jin Mi Lee, Jae Pyo Seo, Peter Schumann, Sae Jae Kim, and Soon Dong Lee

Phycicola gilvus gen. nov., sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from living seaweed
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1318-1323. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jutta Wiese, Yi Jiang, Shu-Kun Tang, Vera Thiel, Rolf Schmaljohann, Li-Hua Xu, Cheng-Lin Jiang, and Johannes F. Imhoff

A new member of the family Micromonosporaceae, Planosporangium flavigriseum gen. nov., sp. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1324-1331. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

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

Nesterenkonia halophila sp. nov., a moderately halophilic, alkalitolerant actinobacterium isolated from a saline soil
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1359-1363. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yashawant Kumar and Michael Goodfellow

Five new members of the Streptomyces violaceusniger 16S rRNA gene clade: Streptomyces castelarensis sp. nov., comb. nov., Streptomyces himastatinicus sp. nov., Streptomyces mordarskii sp. nov., Streptomyces rapamycinicus sp. nov. and Streptomyces ruanii sp. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1369-1378. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yong-Xia Wang, Hai-Bin Wang, Yu-Qin Zhang, Li-Hua Xu, Cheng-Lin Jiang, and Wen-Jun Li

Rhodococcus kunmingensis sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from a rhizosphere soil
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1467-1471. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

D. P. Labeda and R. M. Kroppenstedt

Proposal for the new genus Allokutzneria gen. nov. within the suborder Pseudonocardineae and transfer of Kibdelosporangium albatum Tomita et al. 1993 as Allokutzneria albata comb. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1472-1475. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Tables and Figure]  

Pablo Alonso-Vega, Ramón I. Santamaría, Eustoquio Martínez-Molina, and Martha E. Trujillo

Promicromonospora kroppenstedtii sp. nov., isolated from sandy soil
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1476-1481. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  

NEW TAXA: Other Gram-positive Bacteria:

M.-C. Domingo, A. Huletsky, M. Boissinot, K. A. Bernard, F. J. Picard, and M. G. Bergeron

Ruminococcus gauvreauii sp. nov., a glycopeptide-resistant species isolated from a human faecal specimen
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1393-1397. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures]  

Vadim Kevbrin, Yulia Boltyanskaya, Elena Garnova, and Juergen Wiegel

Anaerobranca zavarzinii sp. nov., an anaerobic, alkalithermophilic bacterium isolated from Kamchatka thermal fields
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1486-1491. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table S1]  

Margarita L. Miroshnichenko, Ilya V. Kublanov, Nadezhda A. Kostrikina, Tatyana P. Tourova, Tatyana V. Kolganova, Nils-Kåre Birkeland, and Elizaveta A. Bonch-Osmolovskaya

Caldicellulosiruptor kronotskyensis sp. nov. and Caldicellulosiruptor hydrothermalis sp. nov., two extremely thermophilic, cellulolytic, anaerobic bacteria from Kamchatka thermal springs
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1492-1496. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Blaire Steven, Min Qun Chen, Charles W. Greer, Lyle G. Whyte, and Thomas D. Niederberger

Tumebacillus permanentifrigoris gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic, spore-forming bacterium isolated from Canadian high Arctic permafrost
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1497-1501. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table]  

NEW TAXA: Proteobacteria:

Luca Mazzon, Alessia Piscedda, Mauro Simonato, Isabel Martinez-Sañudo, Andrea Squartini, and Vincenzo Girolami

Presence of specific symbiotic bacteria in flies of the subfamily Tephritinae (Diptera Tephritidae) and their phylogenetic relationships: proposal of ‘Candidatus Stammerula tephritidis’
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1277-1287. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Toby D. Allen, Paul F. Kraus, Paul A. Lawson, Gwendolyn R. Drake, David L. Balkwill, and Ralph S. Tanner

Desulfovibrio carbinoliphilus sp. nov., a benzyl alcohol-oxidizing, sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from a gas condensate-contaminated aquifer
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1313-1317. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures]  

Chung Yeon Hwang and Byung Cheol Cho

Ponticoccus litoralis gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium in the family Rhodobacteraceae
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1332-1338. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures and Table]  

Sanjay Kumar Gupta, Rekha Kumari, Om Prakash, and Rup Lal

Pseudomonas panipatensis sp. nov., isolated from an oil-contaminated site
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1339-1345. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table]  

M^a Jesús Montes, Núria Bozal, and Elena Mercadé

Marinobacter guineae sp. nov., a novel moderately halophilic bacterium from an Antarctic environment
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1346-1349. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Tables]  

M. Baele, A. Decostere, P. Vandamme, L. Ceelen, A. Hellemans, J. Mast, K. Chiers, R. Ducatelle, and F. Haesebrouck

Isolation and characterization of Helicobacter suis sp. nov. from pig stomachs
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1350-1358. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Tables S1-S4]  

Chun Tao Gu, En Tao Wang, Chang Fu Tian, Tian Xu Han, Wen Feng Chen, Xin Hua Sui, and Wen Xin Chen

Rhizobium miluonense sp. nov., a symbiotic bacterium isolated from Lespedeza root nodules
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1364-1368. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table]  

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

Rhodobacter ovatus sp. nov., a phototrophic alphaproteobacterium isolated from a polluted pond
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1379-1383. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

De-Chao Zhang, Hui-Rong Li, Yu-Hua Xin, Hong-Can Liu, Zhen-Ming Chi, Pei-Jin Zhou, and Yong Yu

Phaeobacter arcticus sp. nov., a psychrophilic bacterium isolated from the Arctic
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1384-1387. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table]  

Xiang Y. Han, Faye S. Han, and Jonathan Segal

Chromobacterium haemolyticum sp. nov., a strongly haemolytic species
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1398-1403. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  

Rui Liu, Huan Liu, Hao Feng, Xu Wang, Chong-Xing Zhang, Ke-Yun Zhang, and Ren Lai

Pseudomonas duriflava sp. nov., isolated from a desert soil
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1404-1408. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

Dong Xu Lin, En Tao Wang, Hui Tang, Tian Xu Han, Yu Rong He, Su Hua Guan, and Wen Xin Chen

Shinella kummerowiae sp. nov., a symbiotic bacterium isolated from root nodules of the herbal legume Kummerowia stipulacea
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1409-1413. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure and Table]  

Hang-Yeon Weon, Byung-Yong Kim, Jung-A Son, Han Byul Jang, Sung Kee Hong, Seung-Joo Go, and Soon-Wo Kwon

Massilia aerilata sp. nov., isolated from an air sample
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1422-1425. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peter Kämpfer, Angela Sessitsch, Michael Schloter, Birgit Huber, Hans-Jürgen Busse, and Holger C. Scholz

Ochrobactrum rhizosphaerae sp. nov. and Ochrobactrum thiophenivorans sp. nov., isolated from the environment
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1426-1431. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carol Iversen, Niall Mullane, Barbara McCardell, Ben D. Tall, Angelika Lehner, Séamus Fanning, Roger Stephan, and Han Joosten

Cronobacter gen. nov., a new genus to accommodate the biogroups of Enterobacter sakazakii, and proposal of Cronobacter sakazakii gen. nov., comb. nov., Cronobacter malonaticus sp. nov., Cronobacter turicensis sp. nov., Cronobacter muytjensii sp. nov., Cronobacter dublinensis sp. nov., Cronobacter genomospecies 1, and of three subspecies, Cronobacter dublinensis subsp. dublinensis subsp. nov., Cronobacter dublinensis subsp. lausannensis subsp. nov. and Cronobacter dublinensis subsp. lactaridi subsp. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1442-1447. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

De-Chao Zhang, Hui-Rong Li, Yu-Hua Xin, Zhen-Ming Chi, Pei-Jin Zhou, and Yong Yu

Marinobacter psychrophilus sp. nov., a psychrophilic bacterium isolated from the Arctic
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1463-1466. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table]  

Seung-Hee Yoo, Hang-Yeon Weon, Hyung-Jun Noh, Seung-Beom Hong, Chang-Muk Lee, Byung-Yong Kim, Soon-Wo Kwon, and Seung-Joo Go

Roseomonas aerilata sp. nov., isolated from an air sample
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1482-1485. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEW TAXA: Bacteroidetes:

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

Balneola alkaliphila sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from the Mediterranean Sea
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1288-1291. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

Kyeung Hee Cho, Soon Gyu Hong, Hyun Hee Cho, Yoo Kyung Lee, Jongsik Chun, and Hong Kum Lee

Maribacter arcticus sp. nov., isolated from Arctic marine sediment
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1300-1303. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Zhe-Xue Quan, Yi-Ping Xiao, Seong Woon Roh, Young-Do Nam, Ho-Won Chang, Kee-Sun Shin, Sung-Keun Rhee, Yong-Ha Park, and Jin-Woo Bae

Joostella marina gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from the East Sea
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1388-1392. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rui Liu, Huan Liu, Chong-Xing Zhang, Shou-Yun Yang, Xiu-Hong Liu, Ke-Yun Zhang, and Ren Lai

Sphingobacterium siyangense sp. nov., isolated from farm soil
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1458-1462. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

NEW TAXA: Eukaryotic Micro-organisms:

Zhao-Hui Ji and Feng-Yan Bai

Ogataea ganodermae sp. nov., a methanol-assimilating yeast species isolated from basidiocarps of Ganoderma sp.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1502-1506. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

EVOLUTION, PHYLOGENY AND BIODIVERSITY:

J. Browne-Silva and M. K. Nishiguchi

Gene sequences of the pil operon reveal relationships between symbiotic strains of Vibrio fischeri
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1292-1299. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

D. C. Teixeira, S. Eveillard, P. Sirand-Pugnet, A. Wulff, C. Saillard, A. J. Ayres, and J. M. Bové

The tufB–secE–nusG–rplKAJL–rpoB gene cluster of the liberibacters: sequence comparisons, phylogeny and speciation
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1414-1421. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sophie Mignard and Jean-Pierre Flandrois

A seven-gene, multilocus, genus-wide approach to the phylogeny of mycobacteria using supertrees
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1432-1441. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  

Hong Cai, Wei Wei, Robert E. Davis, Hairu Chen, and Yan Zhao

Genetic diversity among phytoplasmas infecting Opuntia species: virtual RFLP analysis identifies new subgroups in the peanut witches'-broom phytoplasma group
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1448-1457. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE ON SYSTEMATICS OF PROKARYOTES: Taxonomic Notes:

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

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