NOTIFICATION LIST:

NEW TAXA: Archaea:

Rocco L. Mancinelli, Ragnhild Landheim, Cristina Sánchez-Porro, Marion Dornmayr-Pfaffenhuemer, Claudia Gruber, Andrea Legat, Antonio Ventosa, Christian Radax, Kunio Ihara, Melisa R. White, and Helga Stan-Lotter

Halorubrum chaoviator sp. nov., a haloarchaeon isolated from sea salt in Baja California, Mexico, Western Australia and Naxos, Greece
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 1908-1913. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures]  

NEW TAXA: Actinobacteria:

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

Transfer of Actinomadura spadix Nonomura and Ohara 1971 to Actinoallomurus spadix gen. nov., comb. nov., and description of Actinoallomurus amamiensis sp. nov., Actinoallomurus caesius sp. nov., Actinoallomurus coprocola sp. nov., Actinoallomurus fulvus sp. nov., Actinoallomurus iriomotensis sp. nov., Actinoallomurus luridus sp. nov., Actinoallomurus purpureus sp. nov. and Actinoallomurus yoronensis sp. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 1867-1874. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures and Tables]  

Moriyuki Hamada, Tomohiko Tamura, Yuumi Ishida, and Ken-ichiro Suzuki

Georgenia thermotolerans sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from forest soil
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 1875-1879. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vicky Merhej, Enevold Falsen, Didier Raoult, and Véronique Roux

Corynebacterium timonense sp. nov. and Corynebacterium massiliense sp. nov., isolated from human blood and human articular hip fluid
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 1953-1959. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures]  

Véronique Roux and Didier Raoult

Brevibacterium massiliense sp. nov., isolated from a human ankle discharge
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 1960-1964. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table]  

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

Gordonia kroppenstedtii sp. nov., a phenol-degrading actinomycete isolated from a polluted stream
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 1992-1996. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table]  

J. Killer, J. Kopecny, J. Mrázek, V. Rada, O. Benada, I. Koppová, J. Havlík, and J. Straka

Bifidobacterium bombi sp. nov., from the bumblebee digestive tract
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2020-2024. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shu-Kun Tang, Yun Wang, Yun Chen, Kai Lou, Lan-Lan Cao, Li-Hua Xu, and Wen-Jun Li

Zhihengliuella alba sp. nov., and emended description of the genus Zhihengliuella
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2025-2032. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  

Marilize Le Roes-Hill, Jeffrey Rohland, Paul R. Meyers, Don A. Cowan, and Stephanie G. Burton

Streptomyces hypolithicus sp. nov., isolated from an Antarctic hypolith community
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2032-2035. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table]  

Ivone Vaz-Moreira, Ana R. Lopes, Cátia Faria, Cathrin Spröer, Peter Schumann, Olga C. Nunes, and Célia M. Manaia

Microbacterium invictum sp. nov., isolated from homemade compost
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2036-2041. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Guido Funke, Reinhard Frodl, Kathryn A. Bernard, and Ralf Englert

Corynebacterium freiburgense sp. nov., isolated from a wound obtained from a dog bite
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2054-2057. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shams Tabrez Khan, Shigeaki Harayama, Tomohiko Tamura, Katsuhiko Ando, Motoki Takagi, and Shin-ya Kazuo

Paraoerskovia marina gen. nov., sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from marine sediment
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2094-2098. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table]  

NEW TAXA: Firmicutes and Related Organisms:

Rosario Mañes-Lázaro, Sergi Ferrer, Ramón Rosselló-Mora, and Isabel Pardo

Lactobacillus oeni sp. nov., from wine
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2010-2014. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures]  

David Newcombe, Anne Dekas, Shanmugam Mayilraj, and Kasthuri Venkateswaran

Bacillus canaveralius sp. nov., an alkali-tolerant bacterium isolated from a spacecraft assembly facility
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2015-2019. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Noha M. Mesbah and Juergen Wiegel

Natronovirga wadinatrunensis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Natranaerobius trueperi sp. nov., halophilic, alkalithermophilic micro-organisms from soda lakes of the Wadi An Natrun, Egypt
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2042-2048. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yi-Guang Chen, Xiao-Long Cui, Yong-Xia Wang, Yu-Qin Zhang, Shu-Kun Tang, Wen-Jun Li, Zhu-Xiang Liu, Meng-Liang Wen, and Qian Peng

Virgibacillus sediminis sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from a salt lake in China
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2058-2063. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table and Figure]  

Li-Ting Wang, Hsiao-Ping Kuo, Yen-Chi Wu, Chun-Ju Tai, and Fwu-Ling Lee

Lactobacillus taiwanensis sp. nov., isolated from silage
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2064-2068. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures and Table]  

Tamotsu Hoshino, Takuto Nakabayashi, Kikue Hirota, Toshihide Matsuno, Ryuuichi Koiwa, Seiichi Fujiu, Izumi Saito, Oleg B. Tkachenko, Hidetoshi Matsuyama, and Isao Yumoto

Paenibacillus macquariensis subsp. defensor subsp. nov., isolated from boreal soil
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2074-2079. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table and Figures]  

Kegui Zhang and Xiuzhu Dong

Selenomonas bovis sp. nov., isolated from yak rumen contents
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2080-2083. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

NEW TAXA: Proteobacteria:

Wen Dar Jean, Ssu-Po Huang, Tung Yen Liu, Jwo-Sheng Chen, and Wung Yang Shieh

Aliagarivorans marinus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Aliagarivorans taiwanensis sp. nov., facultatively anaerobic marine bacteria capable of agar degradation
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 1880-1887. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Seong Chan Park, Keun Sik Baik, Mi Sun Kim, Duwoon Kim, and Chi Nam Seong

Shewanella marina sp. nov., isolated from seawater
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 1888-1894. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [ Supplementary figure and table]  

A. Gibello, A. I. Vela, M. Martín, A. Barra-Caracciolo, P. Grenni, and J. F. Fernández-Garayzábal

Reclassification of the members of the genus Tetrathiobacter Ghosh et al. 2005 to the genus Advenella Coenye et al. 2005
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 1914-1918. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dong Xu Lin, Wen Feng Chen, Feng Qin Wang, Dong Hu, En Tao Wang, Xin Hua Sui, and Wen Xin Chen

Rhizobium mesosinicum sp. nov., isolated from root nodules of three different legumes
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 1919-1923. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures and Table]  

Yun Wang, Shu-Kun Tang, Kai Lou, Pei-Hong Mao, Xiang Jin, Cheng-Lin Jiang, Li-Hua Xu, and Wen-Jun Li

Paracoccus saliphilus sp. nov., a halophilic bacterium isolated from a saline soil
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 1924-1928. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Martha Helena Ramírez-Bahena, Alvaro Peix, Raúl Rivas, María Camacho, Dulce N. Rodríguez-Navarro, Pedro F. Mateos, Eustoquio Martínez-Molina, Anne Willems, and Encarna Velázquez

Bradyrhizobium pachyrhizi sp. nov. and Bradyrhizobium jicamae sp. nov., isolated from effective nodules of Pachyrhizus erosus
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 1929-1934. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Tables and Figures]  

Matthias Labrenz, Paul A. Lawson, Brian J. Tindall, and Peter Hirsch

Roseibaca ekhonensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an alkalitolerant and aerobic bacteriochlorophyll a-producing alphaproteobacterium from hypersaline Ekho Lake
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 1935-1940. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jesse D. Noar and Daniel H. Buckley

Ideonella azotifigens sp. nov., an aerobic diazotroph of the Betaproteobacteria isolated from grass rhizosphere soil, and emended description of the genus Ideonella
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 1941-1946. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Leonid N. Ten, Hae-Min Jung, Wan-Taek Im, Hyun Woo Oh, Deok-Chun Yang, Soon-Ae Yoo, and Sung-Taik Lee

Dokdonella ginsengisoli sp. nov., isolated from soil from a ginseng field, and emended description of the genus Dokdonella
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 1947-1952. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures]  

Seung-Hee Yoo, Hang-Yeon Weon, Rangasamy Anandham, Byung-Yong Kim, Seung-Beom Hong, Young-Ah Jeon, Bon-Sung Koo, and Soon-Wo Kwon

Dokdonella soli sp. nov., a gammaproteobacterium isolated from soil
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 1965-1968. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table]  

Jianli Zhang, Fei Song, Yu Hua Xin, Jun Zhang, and Caiyuan Fang

Microvirga guangxiensis sp. nov., a novel alphaproteobacterium from soil, and emended description of the genus Microvirga
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 1997-2001. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table]  

Martin W. Hahn, Elke Lang, Ulrike Brandt, Qinglong L. Wu, and Thomas Scheuerl

Emended description of the genus Polynucleobacter and the species Polynucleobacter necessarius and proposal of two subspecies, P. necessarius subsp. necessarius subsp. nov. and P. necessarius subsp. asymbioticus subsp. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2002-2009. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  

A. F. Yassin and H.-J. Busse

Psychrobacter lutiphocae sp. nov., isolated from the faeces of a seal
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2049-2053. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Tables S1 and S2]  

Jun Yuan, Qiliang Lai, Tianling Zheng, and Zongze Shao

Novosphingobium indicum sp. nov., a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading bacterium isolated from a deep-sea environment
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2084-2088. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures and Tables]  

P. Anil Kumar, T. N. R. Srinivas, S. Takaichi, T. Maoka, Ch. Sasikala, and Ch. V. Ramana

Phaeospirillum chandramohanii sp. nov., a phototrophic alphaproteobacterium with carotenoid glycosides
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2089-2093. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  

Xue-Wei Xu, Yue-Hong Wu, Chun-Sheng Wang, Aharon Oren, and Min Wu

Vibrio hangzhouensis sp. nov., isolated from sediment of the East China Sea
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2099-2103. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  

NEW TAXA: Bacteroidetes:

Chung Y. Hwang, Min H. Kim, Gi D. Bae, Gwang I. Zhang, Young H. Kim, and Byung C. Cho

Muricauda olearia sp. nov., isolated from crude-oil-contaminated seawater, and emended description of the genus Muricauda
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 1856-1861. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Masami Morotomi, Fumiko Nagai, Hiroshi Sakon, and Ryuichiro Tanaka

Paraprevotella clara gen. nov., sp. nov. and Paraprevotella xylaniphila sp. nov., members of the family ‘Prevotellaceae’ isolated from human faeces
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 1895-1900. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tomomi Nishiyama, Atsuko Ueki, Nobuo Kaku, Kazuya Watanabe, and Katsuji Ueki

Bacteroides graminisolvens sp. nov., a xylanolytic anaerobe isolated from a methanogenic reactor treating cattle waste
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 1901-1907. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

Solitalea koreensis gen. nov., sp. nov. and the reclassification of [Flexibacter] canadensis as Solitalea canadensis comb. nov.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 1969-1975. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  

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

Lutaonella thermophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic member of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from a coastal hot spring
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2069-2073. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEW TAXA: Eukaryotic Micro-organisms:

Anne C. Barbosa, Raquel M. Cadete, Fátima C. O. Gomes, Marc-André Lachance, and Carlos A. Rosa

Candida materiae sp. nov., a yeast species isolated from rotting wood in the Atlantic Rain Forest
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 2104-2106. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEW TAXA: Other Bacteria:

Yinjie Yang, Takashi Itoh, Shin-ichi Yokobori, Shiho Itahashi, Haruo Shimada, Katsuya Satoh, Hirofumi Ohba, Issay Narumi, and Akihiko Yamagishi

Deinococcus aerius sp. nov., isolated from the high atmosphere
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 1862-1866. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Tables]  

EVOLUTION, PHYLOGENY AND BIODIVERSITY:

David Miñana-Galbis, Aintzane Urbizu-Serrano, Maribel Farfán, M. Carmen Fusté, and J. Gaspar Lorén

Phylogenetic analysis and identification of Aeromonas species based on sequencing of the cpn60 universal target
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 1976-1983. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures]  

N. A. Wulff, S. Eveillard, X. Foissac, A. J. Ayres, and J.-M. Bové

rRNA operons and genome size of ‘Candidatus Liberibacter americanus’, a bacterium associated with citrus huanglongbing in Brazil
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 59: 1984-1991. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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