NOTIFICATION LIST:

NEW TAXA: Actinobacteria:

Ling-Ling Yang, Shu-Kun Tang, Yu-Qin Zhang, Xiao-Yang Zhi, Dong Wang, Li-Hua Xu, and Wen-Jun Li

Thermobifida halotolerans sp. nov., isolated from a salt mine sample, and emended description of the genus Thermobifida
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1821-1825. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yali Tang, Guoling Zhou, Lei Zhang, Jing Mao, Xuesong Luo, Mengxi Wang, and Chengxiang Fang

Aeromicrobium flavum sp. nov., isolated from air
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1860-1863. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jui-Hsing Chou, Nian-Tsz Cho, A. B. Arun, Chiu-Chung Young, and Wen-Ming Chen

Nocardioides fonticola sp. nov., a novel actinomycete isolated from spring water
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1864-1868. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table]  

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

Frigoribacterium mesophilum sp. nov., a mesophilic actinobacterium isolated from Bigeum Island, Korea
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1869-1872. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yong-Xia Wang, Man Cai, Xiao-Yang Zhi, Yu-Qin Zhang, Shu-Kun Tang, Li-Hua Xu, Xiao-Long Cui, and Wen-Jun Li

Microlunatus aurantiacus sp. nov., a novel actinobacterium isolated from a rhizosphere soil sample
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1873-1877. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Min-Ho Yoon, Leonid N. Ten, Wan-Taek Im, and Sung-Taik Lee

Cellulomonas chitinilytica sp. nov., a chitinolytic bacterium isolated from cattle-farm compost
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1878-1884. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Tables and Figure]  

Kwang Kyu Kim, Keun Chul Lee, Hee-Mock Oh, Mi Jeong Kim, Mi Kyung Eom, and Jung-Sook Lee

Arthrobacter defluvii sp. nov., 4-chlorophenol-degrading bacteria isolated from sewage
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1916-1921. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Extended phylogenetic tree]  

Hui-Ying Luo, Li-Hong Miao, Chengxiang Fang, Pei-Long Yang, Ya-Ru Wang, Peng-Jun Shi, Bin Yao, and Yun-Liu Fan

Nesterenkonia flava sp. nov., isolated from paper-mill effluent
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1927-1930. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table]  

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

Leifsonia bigeumensis sp. nov., isolated from soil on Bigeum Island, Korea
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1935-1938. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ismet Ara, Mohammad Abdul Bakir, and Takuji Kudo

Transfer of Catellatospora koreensis Lee et al. 2000 as Catelliglobosispora koreensis gen. nov., comb. nov. and Catellatospora tsunoense Asano et al. 1989 as Hamadaea tsunoensis gen. nov., comb. nov., and emended description of the genus Catellatospora Asano and Kawamoto 1986 emend. Lee and Hah 2002
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1950-1960. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Tables]  

NEW TAXA: Other Gram-positive Bacteria:

Jae-Chan Lee, Wen-Jun Li, Li-Hua Xu, Cheng-Lin Jiang, and Chang-Jin Kim

Lentibacillus salis sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from a salt lake
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1838-1843. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sung-Lim Cho, Sun-Woo Nam, Jung-Hoon Yoon, Jung-Sook Lee, Ampaitip Sukhoom, and Wonyong Kim

Lactococcus chungangensis sp. nov., a lactic acid bacterium isolated from activated sludge foam
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1844-1849. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Raúl Rivas, Paula García-Fraile, José Luis Zurdo-Piñeiro, Pedro F. Mateos, Eustoquio Martínez-Molina, Eulogio J. Bedmar, Juan Sánchez-Raya, and Encarna Velázquez

Saccharibacillus sacchari gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from sugar cane
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1850-1854. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  

Paula García-Fraile, Encarna Velázquez, Pedro F. Mateos, Eustoquio Martínez-Molina, and Raúl Rivas

Cohnella phaseoli sp. nov., isolated from root nodules of Phaseolus coccineus in Spain, and emended description of the genus Cohnella
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1855-1859. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures]  

Chengxu Liu, Sydney M. Finegold, Yuli Song, and Paul A. Lawson

Reclassification of Clostridium coccoides, Ruminococcus hansenii, Ruminococcus hydrogenotrophicus, Ruminococcus luti, Ruminococcus productus and Ruminococcus schinkii as Blautia coccoides gen. nov., comb. nov., Blautia hansenii comb. nov., Blautia hydrogenotrophica comb. nov., Blautia luti comb. nov., Blautia producta comb. nov., Blautia schinkii comb. nov. and description of Blautia wexlerae sp. nov., isolated from human faeces
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1896-1902. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure S1.]  

M. C. Márquez, I. J. Carrasco, Y. Xue, Y. Ma, D. A. Cowan, B. E. Jones, W. D. Grant, and A. Ventosa

Aquisalibacillus elongatus gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium of the family Bacillaceae isolated from a saline lake
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1922-1926. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures]  

I. J. Carrasco, M. C. Márquez, Y. Xue, Y. Ma, D. A. Cowan, B. E. Jones, W. D. Grant, and A. Ventosa

Sediminibacillus halophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic, Gram-positive bacterium from a hypersaline lake
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1961-1967. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEW TAXA: Proteobacteria:

K. Arunasri, V. Venkata Ramana, C. Spröer, Ch. Sasikala, and Ch. V. Ramana

Rhodobacter megalophilus sp. nov., a phototroph from the Indian Himalayas possessing a wide temperature range for growth
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1792-1796. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures]  

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

Rubellimicrobium mesophilum sp. nov., a mesophilic, pigmented bacterium isolated from soil
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1797-1800. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

C.-C. Young, A. B. Arun, P. Kämpfer, H.-J. Busse, W.-A. Lai, W.-M. Chen, F.-T. Shen, and P. D. Rekha

Sphingobium rhizovicinum sp. nov., isolated from rhizosphere soil of Fortunella hindsii (Champ. ex Benth.) Swingle
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1801-1806. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure and Table][Erratum]  

Ines Kaesler, Ingeborg Graeber, Martin S. Borchert, Thomas Pape, Ralf Dieckmann, Hans von Döhren, Preben Nielsen, Rudi Lurz, Walter Michaelis, and Ulrich Szewzyk

Spongiispira norvegica gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from the boreal sponge Isops phlegraei
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1815-1820. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Koji Mori and Ken-ichiro Suzuki

Thiofaba tepidiphila gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel obligately chemolithoautotrophic, sulfur-oxidizing bacterium of the Gammaproteobacteria isolated from a hot spring
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1885-1891. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ho-Won Chang, Seong Woon Roh, Kyoung-Ho Kim, Young-Do Nam, Che Ok Jeon, Hee-Mock Oh, and Jin-Woo Bae

Vibrio areninigrae sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from black sand
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1903-1906. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ho-Won Chang, Seong Woon Roh, Kyoung-Ho Kim, Young-Do Nam, Che Ok Jeon, Hee-Mock Oh, and Jin-Woo Bae

Shewanella basaltis sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from black sand
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1907-1910. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Qiliang Lai and Zongze Shao

Pseudomonas xiamenensis sp. nov., a denitrifying bacterium isolated from activated sludge
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1911-1915. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures and Tables]  

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

Colwellia polaris sp. nov., a psychrotolerant bacterium isolated from Arctic sea ice
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1931-1934. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table]  

Wolf-Rainer Abraham, Alexandre J. Macedo, Heinrich Lünsdorf, Roman Fischer, Sonja Pawelczyk, John Smit, and Marc Vancanneyt

Phylogeny by a polyphasic approach of the order Caulobacterales, proposal of Caulobacter mirabilis sp. nov., Phenylobacterium haematophilum sp. nov. and Phenylobacterium conjunctum sp. nov., and emendation of the genus Phenylobacterium
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1939-1949. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  

NEW TAXA: Bacteroidetes:

Julia Downes, Samuel J. Hooper, Melanie J. Wilson, and William G. Wade

Prevotella histicola sp. nov., isolated from the human oral cavity
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1788-1791. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure and Table]  

Jung-Hoon Yoon, So-Jung Kang, Mi-Hwa Lee, and Tae-Kwang Oh

Tamlana agarivorans sp. nov., isolated from seawater off Jeju Island in Korea
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1892-1895. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEW TAXA: Eukaryotic Micro-organisms:

Wladyslav I. Golubev, Ilona Pfeiffer, and Maria A. Tomashevskaya

Cryptococcus pinus sp. nov., an anamorphic basidiomycetous yeast isolated from pine litter
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1968-1971. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure S1.]  

EVOLUTION, PHYLOGENY AND BIODIVERSITY:

Jennifer Hodgetts, Neil Boonham, Rick Mumford, Nigel Harrison, and Matthew Dickinson

Phytoplasma phylogenetics based on analysis of secA and 23S rRNA gene sequences for improved resolution of candidate species of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma’
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1826-1837. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table]  

METHODS:

Toïdi Adékambi, Thomas M. Shinnick, Didier Raoult, and Michel Drancourt

Complete rpoB gene sequencing as a suitable supplement to DNA–DNA hybridization for bacterial species and genus delineation
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008 58: 1807-1814. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  

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