VALIDATION LIST:

NOTIFICATION LIST:

LIST OF CHANGES IN TAXONOMIC OPINION:

NEW TAXA: Archaea:

Lingfei Hu, Hailian Pan, Yanfen Xue, A. Ventosa, D. A. Cowan, B. E. Jones, W. D. Grant, and Yanhe Ma

Halorubrum luteum sp. nov., isolated from Lake Chagannor, Inner Mongolia, China
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1705-1708. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures]  

NEW TAXA: Actinobacteria:

Chitti Thawai, Somboon Tanasupawat, and Takuji Kudo

Micromonospora pattaloongensis sp. nov., isolated from a Thai mangrove forest
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1516-1521. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marc René Carlsohn, Ingrid Groth, Hans-Peter Saluz, Peter Schumann, and Erko Stackebrandt

Fodinicola feengrottensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an actinomycete isolated from a medieval mine
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1529-1536. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Runlei Yang, Li-Ping Zhang, Li-Ge Guo, Nan Shi, Zhitang Lu, and Xiumin Zhang

Nocardiopsis valliformis sp. nov., an alkaliphilic actinomycete isolated from alkali lake soil in China
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1542-1546. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Akiko Kageyama, Atsuko Matsumoto, Satoshi Omura, and Yoko Takahashi

Humibacillus xanthopallidus gen. nov., sp. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1547-1551. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table S1.]  

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

Catenulispora subtropica sp. nov. and Catenulispora yoronensis sp. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1552-1555. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table]  

Man Cai, Xiao-Yang Zhi, Shu-Kun Tang, Yu-Qin Zhang, Li-Hua Xu, and Wen-Jun Li

Streptomonospora halophila sp. nov., a halophilic actinomycete isolated from a hypersaline soil
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1556-1560. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sung-Heun Cho, Ji-Hye Han, Hye-Young Ko, and Seung Bum Kim

Streptacidiphilus anmyonensis sp. nov., Streptacidiphilus rugosus sp. nov. and Streptacidiphilus melanogenes sp. nov., acidophilic actinobacteria isolated from Pinus soils
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1566-1570. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table and Figure]  

Kwang Kyu Kim, Keun Chul Lee, Hee-Mock Oh, and Jung-Sook Lee

Microbacterium aquimaris sp. nov., isolated from seawater
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1616-1620. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure and Table]  

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

Pseudosporangium ferrugineum gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Micromonosporaceae
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1644-1652. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Tables]  

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

Actinomadura bangladeshensis sp. nov. and Actinomadura chokoriensis sp. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1653-1659. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

Ivone Vaz-Moreira, Ana R. Lopes, Enevold Falsen, Peter Schumann, Olga C. Nunes, and Célia M. Manaia

Microbacterium luticocti sp. nov., isolated from sewage sludge compost
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1700-1704. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEW TAXA: Other Gram-positive Bacteria:

Xiaowei Wang, Yanfen Xue, Sanqing Yuan, Cheng Zhou, and Yanhe Ma

Salinicoccus halodurans sp. nov., a moderate halophile from saline soil in China
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1537-1541. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure][Supplementary Figure]  

Kazumi Hiraga, Yoshie Ueno, Sirapan Sukontasing, Somboon Tanasupawat, and Kohei Oda

Lactobacillus senmaizukei sp. nov., isolated from Japanese pickle
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1625-1629. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary phylogenetic trees]  

Somboon Tanasupawat, Sirapan Sukontasing, and Jung-Sook Lee

Enterococcus thailandicus sp. nov., isolated from fermented sausage (‘mum’) in Thailand
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1630-1634. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures]  

NEW TAXA: Proteobacteria:

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

Kaistia soli sp. nov., isolated from a wetland in Korea
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1522-1524. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hang-Yeon Weon, Seung-Hee Yoo, Seung-Beom Hong, Soon-Wo Kwon, Erko Stackebrandt, Seung-Joo Go, and Bon-Sung Koo

Polaromonas jejuensis sp. nov., isolated from soil in Korea
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1525-1528. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A. B. Arun, Peter Schumann, Horng-I Chu, Chen-Chung Tan, Wen-Ming Chen, Wei-An Lai, Peter Kämpfer, Fo-Ting Shen, P. D. Rekha, Mei-Hua Hung, Jui-Hsing Chou, and Chiu-Chung Young

Pseudoxanthobacter soli gen. nov., sp. nov., a nitrogen-fixing alphaproteobacterium isolated from soil
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1571-1575. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

Elke Vanlaere, John J. LiPuma, Adam Baldwin, Deborah Henry, Evie De Brandt, Eshwar Mahenthiralingam, David Speert, Chris Dowson, and Peter Vandamme

Burkholderia latens sp. nov., Burkholderia diffusa sp. nov., Burkholderia arboris sp. nov., Burkholderia seminalis sp. nov. and Burkholderia metallica sp. nov., novel species within the Burkholderia cepacia complex
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1580-1590. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table and Figures]  

Chung Y. Hwang and Byung C. Cho

Cucumibacter marinus gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium in the family Hyphomicrobiaceae
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1591-1597. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Julie L. Smith, Barbara J. Campbell, Thomas E. Hanson, Chuanlun L. Zhang, and S. Craig Cary

Nautilia profundicola sp. nov., a thermophilic, sulfur-reducing epsilonproteobacterium from deep-sea hydrothermal vents
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1598-1602. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

N. Rameshkumar, Youhei Fukui, Tomoo Sawabe, and Sudha Nair

Vibrio porteresiae sp. nov., a diazotrophic bacterium isolated from a mangrove-associated wild rice (Porteresia coarctata Tateoka)
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1608-1615. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  

Bruno Gomez-Gil, Emma Fajer-Avila, Javier Pascual, M. Carmen Macián, María J. Pujalte, Esperanza Garay, and Ana Roque

Vibrio sinaloensis sp. nov., isolated from the spotted rose snapper, Lutjanus guttatus Steindachner, 1869
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1621-1624. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Oleg Mediannikov, Kotaro Matsumoto, Irina Samoylenko, Michel Drancourt, Véronique Roux, Elena Rydkina, Bernard Davoust, Irina Tarasevich, Philippe Brouqui, and Pierre-Edouard Fournier

Rickettsia raoultii sp. nov., a spotted fever group rickettsia associated with Dermacentor ticks in Europe and Russia
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1635-1639. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peter Kämpfer, Enevold Falsen, and Hans-Jürgen Busse

Naxibacter varians sp. nov. and Naxibacter haematophilus sp. nov., and emended description of the genus Naxibacter
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1680-1684. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure and Table]  

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

Thiohalospira halophila gen. nov., sp. nov. and Thiohalospira alkaliphila sp. nov., novel obligately chemolithoautotrophic, halophilic, sulfur-oxidizing gammaproteobacteria from hypersaline habitats
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1685-1692. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

Rhizobium multihospitium sp. nov., isolated from multiple legume species native of Xinjiang, China
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1693-1699. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures and Table][Supplementary Figures and Table]  

Masayuki Miyazaki, Yuichi Nogi, Yoshihiro Fujiwara, and Koki Horikoshi

Psychromonas japonica sp. nov., Psychromonas aquimarina sp. nov., Psychromonas macrocephali sp. nov. and Psychromonas ossibalaenae sp. nov., psychrotrophic bacteria isolated from sediment adjacent to sperm whale carcasses off Kagoshima, Japan
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1709-1714. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  

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

Marinomonas arctica sp. nov., a psychrotolerant bacterium isolated from the Arctic
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1715-1718. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table]  

V. Venkata Ramana, Ch. Sasikala, and Ch. V. Ramana

Rhodobacter maris sp. nov., a phototrophic alphaproteobacterium isolated from a marine habitat of India
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1719-1722. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures]  

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

Rhodovulum kholense sp. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1723-1726. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEW TAXA: Bacteroidetes:

Hidetoshi Matsuyama, Hiromichi Katoh, Takahumi Ohkushi, Atsushi Satoh, Kazuyoshi Kawahara, and Isao Yumoto

Sphingobacterium kitahiroshimense sp. nov., isolated from soil
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1576-1579. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jung-Hoon Yoon, So-Jung Kang, Yong-Taek Jung, and Tae-Kwang Oh

Muricauda lutimaris sp. nov., isolated from a tidal flat of the Yellow Sea
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1603-1607. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Seong Woon Roh, Zhe-Xue Quan, Young-Do Nam, Ho-Won Chang, Kyoung-Ho Kim, Myung-Kyum Kim, Wan-Taek Im, Long Jin, Seung-Hye Kim, Sung-Taik Lee, and Jin-Woo Bae

Pedobacter agri sp. nov., from soil
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1640-1643. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hao Do Manh, Yoshihide Matsuo, Atsuko Katsuta, Satoru Matsuda, Yoshikazu Shizuri, and Hiroaki Kasai

Robiginitalea myxolifaciens sp. nov., a novel myxol-producing bacterium isolated from marine sediment, and emended description of the genus Robiginitalea
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1660-1664. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  

Simran Jit, Mandeep Dadhwal, Om Prakash, and Rup Lal

Flavobacterium lindanitolerans sp. nov., isolated from hexachlorocyclohexane-contaminated soil
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1665-1669. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

Shams Tabrez Khan, Yasuyoshi Nakagawa, and Shigeaki Harayama

Fulvibacter tottoriensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from marine sediment
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1670-1674. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEW TAXA: Eukaryotic Micro-organisms:

Paramee Noonim, Warapa Mahakarnchanakul, Janos Varga, Jens C. Frisvad, and Robert A. Samson

Two novel species of Aspergillus section Nigri from Thai coffee beans
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1727-1734. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures]  

NEW TAXA: Other Bacteria:

Minoru Takeda, Akiko Yoneya, Yuichi Miyazaki, Keiko Kondo, Hiroko Makita, Masashi Kondoh, Ichiro Suzuki, and Jun-ichi Koizumi

Prosthecobacter fluviatilis sp. nov., which lacks the bacterial tubulin btubA and btubB genes
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1561-1565. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures]  

Takao Iino, Tatsunori Nakagawa, Koji Mori, Shigeaki Harayama, and Ken-ichiro Suzuki

Calditerrivibrio nitroreducens gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic, nitrate-reducing bacterium isolated from a terrestrial hot spring in Japan
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1675-1679. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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