NOTIFICATION LIST:

NEW TAXA: Actinobacteria:

Guo-Zhen Zhao, Jie Li, Sheng Qin, Yu-Qin Zhang, Wen-Yong Zhu, Cheng-Lin Jiang, Li-Hua Xu, and Wen-Jun Li

Micrococcus yunnanensis sp. nov., a novel actinobacterium isolated from surface-sterilized Polyspora axillaris roots
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2383-2387. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary material][Supplementary material]  

Andrew S. Lamm, Arshdeep Khare, Patricia Conville, Peter C. K. Lau, Hélène Bergeron, and John P. N. Rosazza

Nocardia iowensis sp. nov., an organism rich in biocatalytically important enzymes and nitric oxide synthase
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2408-2414. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jia-Yue Zhang, Xing-Yu Liu, and Shuang-Jiang Liu

Nocardioides terrae sp. nov., isolated from forest soil
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2444-2448. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures]  

J. Schäfer, H.-J. Busse, and P. Kämpfer

Pseudonocardia parietis sp. nov., from the indoor environment
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2449-2452. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sheng Qin, Guo-Zhen Zhao, Jie Li, Wen-Yong Zhu, Li-Hua Xu, and Wen-Jun Li

Actinomadura flavalba sp. nov., an endophytic actinomycete isolated from leaves of Maytenus austroyunnanensis
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2453-2457. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

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

Corynebacterium maris sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from the mucus of the coral Fungia granulosa
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2458-2463. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Extended phylogenetic tree]  

Man Cai, Shu-Kun Tang, Yi-Guang Chen, Yan Li, Yu-Qin Zhang, and Wen-Jun Li

Streptomonospora amylolytica sp. nov. and Streptomonospora flavalba sp. nov., two novel halophilic actinomycetes isolated from a salt lake
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2471-2475. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  

Sheng Qin, Jie Li, Yu-Qin Zhang, Wen-Yong Zhu, Guo-Zhen Zhao, Li-Hua Xu, and Wen-Jun Li

Plantactinospora mayteni gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Micromonosporaceae
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2527-2533. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Signature nucleotides]  

Jing Xiao, Yin Wang, Yingxue Luo, Shu-Jie Xie, Ji-Sheng Ruan, and Jun Xu

Streptomyces avicenniae sp. nov., a novel actinomycete isolated from the rhizosphere of the mangrove plant Avicennia mariana
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2624-2628. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Tables]  

NEW TAXA: Firmicutes and Related Organisms:

Xu Guo, Xiao-Yan You, Li-Jun Liu, Jia-Yue Zhang, Shuang-Jiang Liu, and Cheng-Ying Jiang

Alicyclobacillus aeris sp. nov., a novel ferrous- and sulfur-oxidizing bacterium isolated from a copper mine
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2415-2420. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  

Alejandro P. Rooney, Neil P. J. Price, Christopher Ehrhardt, James L. Swezey, and Jason D. Bannan

Phylogeny and molecular taxonomy of the Bacillus subtilis species complex and description of Bacillus subtilis subsp. inaquosorum subsp. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2429-2436. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary material]  

Verena S. J. Schmidt, Ralf Mayr, Mareike Wenning, Jana Glöckner, Hans-Jürgen Busse, and Siegfried Scherer

Bavariicoccus seileri gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the surface and smear water of German red smear soft cheese
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2437-2443. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures and Tables]  

Yan Zhao, Qingrong Sun, Wei Wei, Robert E. Davis, Wei Wu, and Qingzhong Liu

‘Candidatus Phytoplasma tamaricis’, a novel taxon discovered in witches'-broom-diseased salt cedar (Tamarix chinensis Lour.)
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2496-2504. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [PCR amplification results]  

Yi-Guang Chen, Yu-Qin Zhang, Zhu-Xiang Liu, Da-Chun Zhuang, Hans-Peter Klenk, Shu-Kun Tang, Xiao-Long Cui, and Wen-Jun Li

Halobacillus salsuginis sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium from a subterranean brine
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2505-2509. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

C. Sanchez-Porro, M. A. Amoozegar, R. Rohban, M. Hajighasemi, and A. Ventosa

Thalassobacillus cyri sp. nov., a moderately halophilic Gram-positive bacterium from a hypersaline lake
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2565-2570. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

R. Manorama, P. K. Pindi, G. S. N. Reddy, and S. Shivaji

Bhargavaea cecembensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the Chagos–Laccadive ridge system in the Indian Ocean
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2618-2623. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure and Table]  

NEW TAXA: Proteobacteria:

Peter Kämpfer, Birgit Huber, Nicole Lodders, Isabel Warfolomeow, Hans-Jürgen Busse, and Holger C. Scholz

Pseudochrobactrum lubricantis sp. nov., isolated from a metal-working fluid
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2464-2467. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peter Kämpfer, Elena Martin, Nicole Lodders, and Udo Jäckel

Transfer of Defluvibacter lusatiensis to the genus Aquamicrobium as Aquamicrobium lusatiense comb. nov. and description of Aquamicrobium aerolatum sp. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2468-2470. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Elena P. Ivanova, Richard Christen, Chantal Bizet, Dominique Clermont, Laurence Motreff, Christiane Bouchier, Natalia V. Zhukova, Russell J. Crawford, and Elena A. Kiprianova

Pseudomonas brassicacearum subsp. neoaurantiaca subsp. nov., orange-pigmented bacteria isolated from soil and the rhizosphere of agricultural plants
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2476-2481. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Tables]  

Shih-Yi Sheu, Tzu Fang Chiu, Jui-Hsing Chou, Der-Shyan Sheu, A. B. Arun, Chiu-Chung Young, Chaolun Allen Chen, Jih-Terng Wang, and Wen-Ming Chen

Andreprevotia lacus sp. nov., isolated from a fish-culture pond
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2482-2485. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peter Kämpfer, Hans-Jürgen Busse, and Holger C. Scholz

Chromobacterium piscinae sp. nov. and Chromobacterium pseudoviolaceum sp. nov., from environmental samples
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2486-2490. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alexey V. Vorob'ev, Wietse de Boer, Larissa B. Folman, Paul L. E. Bodelier, Nina V. Doronina, Natalia E. Suzina, Yuri A. Trotsenko, and Svetlana N. Dedysh

Methylovirgula ligni gen. nov., sp. nov., an obligately acidophilic, facultatively methylotrophic bacterium with a highly divergent mxaF gene
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2538-2545. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures]  

Erko Stackebrandt, Susanne Verbarg, Anja Frühling, Hans-Jürgen Busse, and Brian J. Tindall

Dissection of the genus Methylibium: reclassification of Methylibium fulvum as Rhizobacter fulvus comb. nov., Methylibium aquaticum as Piscinibacter aquaticus gen. nov., comb. nov. and Methylibium subsaxonicum as Rivibacter subsaxonicus gen. nov., comb. nov. and emended descriptions of the genera Rhizobacter and Methylibium
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2552-2560. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Tables and Figure]  

Jung-Hoon Yoon, So-Jung Kang, Soo-Young Lee, and Tae-Kwang Oh

Salinihabitans flavidus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a marine solar saltern
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2561-2564. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yong-Xia Wang, Ji-Hui Liu, Xiao-Xia Zhang, Yi-Guang Chen, Zhi-Gang Wang, Yun Chen, Qin-Yuan Li, Qian Peng, and Xiao-Long Cui

Fodinicurvata sediminis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Fodinicurvata fenggangensis sp. nov., poly-β-hydroxybutyrate-producing bacteria in the family Rhodospirillaceae
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2575-2581. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  

Yi-Ping Xiao, Wei Hui, Qiang Wang, Seong Woon Roh, Xue-Qing Shi, Jin-Huan Shi, and Zhe-Xue Quan

Pseudomonas caeni sp. nov., a denitrifying bacterium isolated from the sludge of an anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bioreactor
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2594-2598. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [TEM of a cell of strain HY-14T]  

Kurt Houf, Stephen L. W. On, Tom Coenye, Lies Debruyne, Sarah De Smet, and Peter Vandamme

Arcobacter thereius sp. nov., isolated from pigs and ducks
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2599-2604. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures]  

Chung-Yi Wang, Chang-Chai Ng, Wen-Sheng Tzeng, and Yuan-Tay Shyu

Marinobacter szutsaonensis sp. nov., isolated from a solar saltern
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2605-2609. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  

Jui-Hsing Chou, Yi-Ju Chou, A. B. Arun, Chiu-Chung Young, Chaolun Allen Chen, Jih-Terng Wang, and Wen-Ming Chen

Vogesella lacus sp. nov., isolated from a soft-shell turtle culture pond
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2629-2632. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEW TAXA: Bacteroidetes:

Ju Hyoung Lim, Sang-Hoon Baek, and Sung-Taik Lee

Ferruginibacter alkalilentus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Ferruginibacter lapsinanis sp. nov., novel members of the family ‘Chitinophagaceae’ in the phylum Bacteroidetes, isolated from freshwater sediment
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2394-2399. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Li-Ping Chen, Hai-Ying Xu, Song-Zhe Fu, Hong-Xia Fan, Yu-Guang Zhou, and Zhi-Pei Liu

Lishizhenia tianjinensis sp. nov., isolated from coastal seawater
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2400-2403. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure and Table]  

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

Psychroflexus salinarum sp. nov., isolated from a marine solar saltern
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2404-2407. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peter Kämpfer, Mario Vaneechoutte, Nicole Lodders, Thierry De Baere, Véronique Avesani, Michèle Janssens, Hans-Jürgen Busse, and Georges Wauters

Description of Chryseobacterium anthropi sp. nov. to accommodate clinical isolates biochemically similar to Kaistella koreensis and Chryseobacterium haifense, proposal to reclassify Kaistella koreensis as Chryseobacterium koreense comb. nov. and emended description of the genus Chryseobacterium
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2421-2428. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yeji Jeon, Jeong Myeong Kim, Jin Ho Park, Se Hee Lee, Chi-Nam Seong, Sang-Suk Lee, and Che Ok Jeon

Pedobacter oryzae sp. nov., isolated from rice paddy soil
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2491-2495. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

A. B. Arun, Chiu-Chung Young, Wen-Ming Chen, Mei-Hua Hung, Wei-An Lai, Jui-Hsing Chou, P. D. Rekha, Fo-Ting Shen, and Shiawhwa Paul Su

Belliella pelovolcani sp. nov., isolated from a mud-volcano in Taiwan
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2534-2537. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shih-Yi Sheu, Tzu Fang Chiu, Nian-Tsz Cho, Jui-Hsing Chou, Der-Shyan Sheu, A. B. Arun, Chiu-Chung Young, Chaolun Allen Chen, Jih-Terng Wang, and Wen-Ming Chen

Flectobacillus roseus sp. nov., isolated from freshwater in Taiwan
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2546-2551. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Natalie Vaisman and Aharon Oren

Salisaeta longa gen. nov., sp. nov., a red, halophilic member of the Bacteroidetes
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2571-2574. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

Zahid Ali, Sylvie Cousin, Anja Frühling, Evelyne Brambilla, Peter Schumann, Yun Yang, and Erko Stackebrandt

Flavobacterium rivuli sp. nov., Flavobacterium subsaxonicum sp. nov., Flavobacterium swingsii sp. nov. and Flavobacterium reichenbachii sp. nov., isolated from a hard water rivulet
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2610-2617. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Dendrogram based on MALDI-TOF]  

EVOLUTION, PHYLOGENY AND BIODIVERSITY:

Neil Parkinson, David Stead, Janice Bew, John Heeney, Leah Tsror (Lahkim), and John Elphinstone

Dickeya species relatedness and clade structure determined by comparison of recA sequences
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2388-2393. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Tables and Figure]  

Radhey S. Gupta

Protein signatures (molecular synapomorphies) that are distinctive characteristics of the major cyanobacterial clades
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2510-2526. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary table and figures]  

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