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NOTIFICATION LIST:

NEW TAXA: Actinobacteria:

A. F. Yassin, H. Hupfer, H.-P. Klenk, and C. Siering

Desmospora activa gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermoactinomycete isolated from sputum of a patient with suspected pulmonary tuberculosis, and emended description of the family Thermoactinomycetaceae Matsuo et al. 2006
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 454-459. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures]  

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

Streptomyces xiamenensis sp. nov., isolated from mangrove sediment
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 472-476. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Fatty acid profile]  

Jiang Bian, Yan Li, Jian Wang, Fu-Hang Song, Mei Liu, Huan-Qin Dai, Biao Ren, Hong Gao, Xinling Hu, Zhi-Heng Liu, Wen-Jun Li, and Li-Xin Zhang

Amycolatopsis marina sp. nov., an actinomycete isolated from an ocean sediment
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 477-481. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Taiki Katayama, Tomoko Kato, Michiko Tanaka, Thomas A. Douglas, Anatoli Brouchkov, Masami Fukuda, Fusao Tomita, and Kozo Asano

Glaciibacter superstes gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Microbacteriaceae isolated from a permafrost ice wedge
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 482-486. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Tables]  

M. Tseng, S.-F. Yang, K.-C. Hoang, H.-C. Liao, G.-F. Yuan, and C.-C. Liao

Actinomadura miaoliensis sp. nov., a thermotolerant polyester-degrading actinomycete
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 517-520. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Aurélie Renvoise, Didier Raoult, and Véronique Roux

Actinomyces massiliensis sp. nov., isolated from a patient blood culture
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 540-544. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yayoi Sakiyama, Nguyen K. N. Thao, Nguyen M. Giang, Shinji Miyadoh, Duong V. Hop, and Katsuhiko Ando

Kineosporia babensis sp. nov., isolated from plant litter in Vietnam
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 550-554. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Tables]  

Shu-Kun Tang, Yun Wang, Man Cai, Xiao-Yang Zhi, Kai Lou, Li-Hua Xu, Cheng-Lin Jiang, and Wen-Jun Li

Saccharopolyspora halophila sp. nov., a novel halophilic actinomycete isolated from a saline lake in China
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 555-558. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

Hua-Hong Chen, Sheng Qin, Jie Li, Yu-Qin Zhang, Li-Hua Xu, Cheng-Lin Jiang, Chang-Jin Kim, and Wen-Jun Li

Pseudonocardia endophytica sp. nov., isolated from the pharmaceutical plant Lobelia clavata
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 559-563. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

Yong-Xia Wang, Xiao-Yang Zhi, Yu-Qin Zhang, Xiao-Long Cui, Li-Hua Xu, and Wen-Jun Li

Stackebrandtia albiflava sp. nov. and emended description of the genus Stackebrandtia
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 574-577. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary figures]  

Xiao-Yang Zhi, Wen-Jun Li, and Erko Stackebrandt

An update of the structure and 16S rRNA gene sequence-based definition of higher ranks of the class Actinobacteria, with the proposal of two new suborders and four new families and emended descriptions of the existing higher taxa
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 589-608. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures]  

NEW TAXA: Firmicutes and Related Organisms:

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

Clostridium lavalense sp. nov., a glycopeptide-resistant species isolated from human faeces
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 498-503. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures S1-S4]  

A. I. Vela, A. Casamayor, V. Sánchez del Rey, L. Domínguez, and J. F. Fernández-Garayzábal

Streptococcus plurextorum sp. nov., isolated from pigs
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 504-508. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Neighbour-joining phylogenetic tree]  

Saowapar Khianngam, Ancharida Akaracharanya, Somboon Tanasupawat, Keun Chul Lee, and Jung-Sook Lee

Paenibacillus thailandensis sp. nov. and Paenibacillus nanensis sp. nov., xylanase-producing bacteria isolated from soil
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 564-568. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures S1-S4]  

Monique Haakensen, C. Melissa Dobson, Janet E. Hill, and Barry Ziola

Reclassification of Pediococcus dextrinicus (Coster and White 1964) Back 1978 (Approved Lists 1980) as Lactobacillus dextrinicus comb. nov., and emended description of the genus Lactobacillus
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 615-621. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEW TAXA: Proteobacteria:

Hae-Min Jung, Leonid N. Ten, Kyoung-Ho Kim, Dong Shan An, Wan-Taek Im, and Sung-Taik Lee

Dyella ginsengisoli sp. nov., isolated from soil of a ginseng field in South Korea
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 460-465. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Taweesak Malimas, Pattaraporn Yukphan, Mai Takahashi, Yuki Muramatsu, Mika Kaneyasu, Wanchern Potacharoen, Somboon Tanasupawat, Yasuyoshi Nakagawa, Morakot Tanticharoen, and Yuzo Yamada

Gluconobacter japonicus sp. nov., an acetic acid bacterium in the Alphaproteobacteria
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 466-471. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table]  

Byung-Yong Kim, Hang-Yeon Weon, Jung-A Son, Chang-Muk Lee, Seung-Beom Hong, Young-Ah Jeon, Bon-Sung Koo, and Soon-Wo Kwon

Thalassobacter arenae sp. nov., isolated from sea sand in Korea
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 487-490. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures]  

Yi-Guang Chen, Yu-Qin Zhang, Ke Huang, Shu-Kun Tang, Yao Cao, Jin-Xiao Shi, Huai-Dong Xiao, Xiao-Long Cui, and Wen-Jun Li

Pigmentiphaga litoralis sp. nov., a facultatively anaerobic bacterium isolated from a tidal flat sediment
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 521-525. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  

Yongqi Shao, Bok Sil Chung, Seung Sik Lee, Woojun Park, Sang-Suk Lee, and Che Ok Jeon

Zoogloea caeni sp. nov., a floc-forming bacterium isolated from activated sludge
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 526-530. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary table and figure]  

Keiko Okamura, Toshio Kanbe, and Akira Hiraishi

Rhodoplanes serenus sp. nov., a purple non-sulfur bacterium isolated from pond water
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 531-535. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures]  

Toru Matsui, Naoya Shinzato, Hideyuki Tamaki, Mizuho Muramatsu, and Satoshi Hanada

Shinella yambaruensis sp. nov., a 3-methyl-sulfolane-assimilating bacterium isolated from soil
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 536-539. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chun-Sheng Wang, Yu Wang, Xue-Wei Xu, Dong-Sheng Zhang, Yue-Hong Wu, and Min Wu

Microbulbifer donghaiensis sp. nov., isolated from marine sediment of the East China Sea
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 545-549. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Tables]  

María Arenas, Patricia I. Bañón, José L. Copa-Patiño, Cristina Sánchez-Porro, Antonio Ventosa, and Juan Soliveri

Halomonas ilicicola sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from a saltern
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 578-582. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Additional phylogenetic trees]  

Claudia Kellermann and Christian Griebler

Thiobacillus thiophilus sp. nov., a chemolithoautotrophic, thiosulfate-oxidizing bacterium isolated from contaminated aquifer sediments
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 583-588. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures]  

Chung Y. Hwang, Kyung D. Cho, Wonho Yih, and Byung C. Cho

Maritalea myrionectae gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a culture of the marine ciliate Myrionecta rubra
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 609-614. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures]  

NEW TAXA: Bacteroidetes:

Yi-Guang Chen, Xiao-Long Cui, Yong-Xia Wang, Shu-Kun Tang, Yu-Qin Zhang, Wen-Jun Li, Ji-Hui Liu, Qian Peng, and Li-Hua Xu

Psychroflexus sediminis sp. nov., a mesophilic bacterium isolated from salt lake sediment in China
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 569-573. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table]  

NEW TAXA: Eukaryotic Micro-organisms:

Diego Libkind, Mário Gadanho, Maria van Broock, and José Paulo Sampaio

Cystofilobasidium lacus-mascardii sp. nov., a basidiomycetous yeast species isolated from aquatic environments of the Patagonian Andes, and Cystofilobasidium macerans sp. nov., the sexual stage of Cryptococcus macerans
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 622-630. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Juliana Crestani, Melissa Fontes Landell, Josiane Faganello, Marilene Henning Vainstein, Helen Simpson Vishniac, and Patrícia Valente

Cryptococcus terrestris sp. nov., a tremellaceous, anamorphic yeast phylogenetically related to Cryptococcus flavescens
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 631-636. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEW TAXA: Other Bacteria:

Jian-Shen Zhao, Dominic Manno, and Jalal Hawari

Psychrilyobacter atlanticus gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine member of the phylum Fusobacteria that produces H₂ and degrades nitramine explosives under low temperature conditions
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 491-497. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE ON SYSTEMATICS OF PROKARYOTES: Taxonomic Notes:

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