Parshina, Sofia N., Kleerebezem, Robbert, Sanz, Jose Luis, Lettinga, Gatze, Nozhevnikova, Alla N., Kostrikina, Nadezhda A., Lysenko, Anatoly M., Stams, Alfons J. M.

p. 1791 https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.02668-0

Sulfurimonas autotrophica gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel sulfur-oxidizing {varepsilon}-proteobacterium isolated from hydrothermal sediments in the Mid-Okinawa Trough

Inagaki, Fumio, Takai, Ken, Kobayashi, Hideki, Nealson, Kenneth H., Horikoshi, Koki

p. 1801 https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.02682-0

Pseudoalteromonas sagamiensis sp. nov., a marine bacterium that produces protease inhibitors

Kobayashi, Takeshi, Imada, Chiaki, Hiraishi, Akira, Tsujibo, Hiroshi, Miyamoto, Katsushiro, Inamori, Yoshihiko, Hamada, Naoko, Watanabe, Etsuo

p. 1807 https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.02516-0

Vibrio superstes sp. nov., isolated from the gut of Australian abalones Haliotis laevigata and Haliotis rubra

Hayashi, Karin, Moriwaki, Jun, Sawabe, Tomoo, Thompson, Fabiano L., Swings, Jean, Gudkovs, Nicholas, Christen, Richard, Ezura, Yoshio

p. 1813 https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.02625-0

Achromobacter insolitus sp. nov. and Achromobacter spanius sp. nov., from human clinical samples

Coenye, Tom, Vancanneyt, Marc, Falsen, Enevold, Swings, Jean, Vandamme, Peter

p. 1819 https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.02698-0

Kerstersia gyiorum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel Alcaligenes faecalis-like organism isolated from human clinical samples, and reclassification of Alcaligenes denitrificans Ruger and Tan 1983 as Achromobacter denitrificans comb. nov.

Coenye, Tom, Vancanneyt, Marc, Cnockaert, Margo C., Falsen, Enevold, Swings, Jean, Vandamme, Peter

p. 1825 https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.02609-0

Molecular signatures in protein sequences that are characteristic of cyanobacteria and plastid homologues

Gupta, Radhey S., Pereira, Mark, Chandrasekera, Charu, Johari, Vanessa

p. 1833 https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.02720-0

Anaerolinea thermophila gen. nov., sp. nov. and Caldilinea aerophila gen. nov., sp. nov., novel filamentous thermophiles that represent a previously uncultured lineage of the domain Bacteria at the subphylum level

Sekiguchi, Yuji, Yamada, Takeshi, Hanada, Satoshi, Ohashi, Akiyoshi, Harada, Hideki, Kamagata, Yoichi

p. 1843 https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.02699-0

Fulvimarina pelagi gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium that forms a deep evolutionary lineage of descent in the order 'Rhizobiales'

Cho, Jang-Cheon, Giovannoni, Stephen J.

p. 1853 https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.02644-0

Phylogenetic relationships and genotyping of the genus Streptococcus by sequence determination of the RNase P RNA gene, rnpB

Tapp, Jenny, Thollesson, Mikael, Herrmann, Bjorn

p. 1861 https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.02639-0

Idiomarina loihiensis sp. nov., a halophilic {gamma}-Proteobacterium from the Lo'ihi submarine volcano, Hawai'i

Donachie, Stuart P., Hou, Shaobin, Gregory, Todd S., Malahoff, Alexander, Alam, Maqsudul

p. 1873 https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.02701-0

Arthrobacter gandavensis sp. nov., for strains of veterinary origin

Storms, Virginie, Devriese, Luc A., Coopman, Renata, Schumann, Peter, Vyncke, Frank, Gillis, Monique

p. 1881 https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.02353-0

Oceanisphaera litoralis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel halophilic bacterium from marine bottom sediments

Romanenko, L. A., Schumann, P., Zhukova, N. V., Rohde, M., Mikhailov, V. V., Stackebrandt, E.

p. 1885 https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.02774-0

Luteococcus sanguinis sp. nov., isolated from human blood

Collins, Matthew D., Hutson, Roger A., Nikolaitchouk, Natalia, Nyberg, Anders, Falsen, Enevold

p. 1889 https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.02236-0

Gene sequences useful for predicting relatedness of whole genomes in bacteria

Zeigler, Daniel R.

p. 1893 https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.02713-0

Oceanicaulis alexandrii gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel stalked bacterium isolated from a culture of the dinoflagellate Alexandrium tamarense (Lebour) Balech

Strompl, Carsten, Hold, Georgina L., Lunsdorf, Heinrich, Graham, Jennifer, Gallacher, Susan, Abraham, Wolf-Rainer, Moore, Edward R. B., Timmis, Kenneth N.

p. 1901 https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.02635-0

Rapid identification of filamentous actinomycetes to the genus level using genus-specific 16S rRNA gene restriction fragment patterns

Cook, Andrew E., Meyers, Paul R.

p. 1907 https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.02680-0

Aeromicrobium marinum sp. nov., an abundant pelagic bacterium isolated from the German Wadden Sea

Bruns, Alke, Philipp, Helge, Cypionka, Heribert, Brinkhoff, Thorsten

p. 1917 https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.02735-0

'Candidatus Phytoplasma oryzae', a novel phytoplasma taxon associated with rice yellow dwarf disease

Jung, Hee-Young, Sawayanagi, Toshimi, Wongkaew, Porntip, Kakizawa, Shigeyuki, Nishigawa, Hisashi, Wei, Wei, Oshima, Kenro, Miyata, Shin-ichi et al.

p. 1925 https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.02531-0

Methanocaldococcus indicus sp. nov., a novel hyperthermophilic methanogen isolated from the Central Indian Ridge

L'Haridon, S., Reysenbach, A.-L., Banta, A., Messner, P., Schumann, P., Stackebrandt, E., Jeanthon, C.

p. 1931 https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.02700-0

Dialister invisus sp. nov., isolated from the human oral cavity

Downes, J., Munson, M., Wade, W. G.

p. 1937 https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.02640-0

rDNA sequence analyses of Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis isolates from pigs

Kawata, Koji, Minakami, Taichi, Mori, Yukari, Katsumi, Masanori, Kataoka, Yasushi, Ezawa, Ayako, Kikuchi, Naoya, Takahashi, Tatsuhumi

p. 1941 https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.02666-0

Balnearium lithotrophicum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thermophilic, strictly anaerobic, hydrogen-oxidizing chemolithoautotroph isolated from a black smoker chimney in the Suiyo Seamount hydrothermal system

Takai, Ken, Nakagawa, Satoshi, Sako, Yoshihiko, Horikoshi, Koki

p. 1947 https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.02773-0

Brachybacterium muris sp. nov., isolated from the liver of a laboratory mouse strain

Buczolits, Sandra, Schumann, Peter, Weidler, Gerhard, Radax, Christian, Busse, Hans-Jurgen

p. 1955 https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.02728-0

Thermomonas fusca sp. nov. and Thermomonas brevis sp. nov., two mesophilic species isolated from a denitrification reactor with poly({varepsilon}-caprolactone) plastic granules as fixed bed, and emended description of the genus Thermomonas

Mergaert, Joris, Cnockaert, Margo C., Swings, Jean

p. 1961 https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.02684-0

Mesonia algae gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from the green alga Acrosiphonia sonderi (Kutz) Kornm

Nedashkovskaya, Olga I., Kim, Seung Bum, Han, Suk Kyun, Lysenko, Anatoly M., Rohde, Manfred, Zhukova, Natalia V., Falsen, Enevold, Frolova, Galina M. et al.

p. 1967 https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.02626-0

Rheinheimera pacifica sp. nov., a novel halotolerant bacterium isolated from deep sea water of the Pacific

Romanenko, Lyudmila A., Uchino, Masataka, Falsen, Enevold, Zhukova, Natalia V., Mikhailov, Valery V., Uchimura, Tai

p. 1973 https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.02252-0

Herbaspirillum lusitanum sp. nov., a novel nitrogen-fixing bacterium associated with root nodules of Phaseolus vulgaris

Valverde, Angel, Velazquez, Encarna, Gutierrez, Carmen, Cervantes, Emilio, Ventosa, Antonio, Igual, Jose-Mariano

p. 1979 https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.02677-0

Psychrobacter okhotskensis sp. nov., a lipase-producing facultative psychrophile isolated from the coast of the Okhotsk Sea

Yumoto, Isao, Hirota, Kikue, Sogabe, Yoko, Nodasaka, Yoshinobu, Yokota, Yuji, Hoshino, Tamotsu

p. 1985 https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.02686-0

Propionicimonas paludicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel facultatively anaerobic, Gram-positive, propionate-producing bacterium isolated from plant residue in irrigated rice-field soil

Akasaka, Hiroshi, Ueki, Atsuko, Hanada, Satoshi, Kamagata, Yoichi, Ueki, Katsuji

p. 1991 https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.02764-0

Emended description of Janibacter terrae, including ten dibenzofuran-degrading strains and Janibacter brevis as its later heterotypic synonym

Lang, Elke, Kroppenstedt, Reiner M., Swiderski, Jolanthe, Schumann, Peter, Ludwig, Wolfgang, Schmid, Andreas, Weiss, Norbert

p. 1999 https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.02602-0

Staphylococcus nepalensis sp. nov., isolated from goats of the Himalayan region

Spergser, Joachim, Wieser, Monika, Taubel, Martin, Rossello-Mora, Ramon A., Rosengarten, Renate, Busse, Hans-Jurgen

p. 2007 https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.02646-0

Planococcus maritimus sp. nov., isolated from sea water of a tidal flat in Korea

Yoon, Jung-Hoon, Weiss, Norbert, Kang, Kook Hee, Oh, Tae-Kwang, Park, Yong-Ha

p. 2013 https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.02557-0

Evolution of symbiosis in the Vibrionaceae: a combined approach using molecules and physiology

Nishiguchi, Michele K., Nair, Vinod S.

p. 2019 https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.02792-0

Corynebacterium suicordis sp. nov., from pigs

Vela, A. I., Mateos, A., Collins, M. D., Briones, V., Hutson, R. A., Dominguez, L., Fernandez-Garayzabal, J. F.

p. 2027 https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.02645-0

Kitasatospora putterlickiae sp. nov., isolated from rhizosphere soil, transfer of Streptomyces kifunensis to the genus Kitasatospora as Kitasatospora kifunensis comb. nov., and emended description of Streptomyces aureofaciens Duggar 1948

Groth, Ingrid, Schutze, Barbara, Boettcher, Theresa, Pullen, Christian B., Rodriguez, Carlos, Leistner, Eckhard, Goodfellow, Michael

p. 2033 https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.02674-0

Reclassification of Subtercola pratensis Behrendt et al. 2002 as Agreia pratensis comb. nov.

Schumann, Peter, Behrendt, Undine, Ulrich, Andreas, Suzuki, Ken-ichiro

p. 2041 https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.02664-0

Sphingobium amiense sp. nov., a novel nonylphenol-degrading bacterium isolated from a river sediment

Ushiba, Yuuji, Takahara, Yoshiharu, Ohta, Hiroyuki

p. 2045 https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.02581-0

Streptomyces luridiscabiei sp. nov., Streptomyces puniciscabiei sp. nov. and Streptomyces niveiscabiei sp. nov., which cause potato common scab disease in Korea

Park, Duck Hwan, Kim, Jeom Soon, Kwon, Soon Wo, Wilson, Calum, Yu, Yong Man, Hur, Jang Hyun, Lim, Chun Keun

p. 2049 https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.02629-0

Lactobacillus kitasatonis sp. nov., from chicken intestine

Mukai, Takao, Arihara, Keizo, Ikeda, Ami, Nomura, Kazuhito, Suzuki, Fumihiko, Ohori, Hitoshi

p. 2055 https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.02815-0

Salinibacterium amurskyense gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel genus of the family Microbacteriaceae from the marine environment

Han, Suk Kyun, Nedashkovskaya, Olga I., Mikhailov, Valery V., Kim, Seung Bum, Bae, Kyung Sook

p. 2061 https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.02627-0

Bensingtonia changbaiensis sp. nov. and Bensingtonia sorbi sp. nov., novel ballistoconidium-forming yeast species from plant leaves

Wang, Qi-Ming, Bai, Feng-Yan, Zhao, Jian-Hua, Jia, Jian-Hua

p. 2085 https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.02736-0

Request For An Opinion

The genus name Ensifer Casida 1982 takes priority over Sinorhizobium Chen et al. 1988, and Sinorhizobium morelense Wang et al. 2002 is a later synonym of Ensifer adhaerens Casida 1982. Is the combination ‘Sinorhizobium adhaerens’ (Casida 1982) Willems et al. 2003 legitimate? Request for an Opinion

J. M. Young

p. 2107–2110 https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.02665-0

Proposal to conserve the adjectival form of the specific epithet in the reclassification of Bacteroides forsythus Tanner et al. 1986 to the genus Tannerella Sakamoto et al. 2002 as Tannerella forsythia corrig., gen. nov., comb. nov. Request for an Opinion

Maiden, M. F. J., Cohee, P., Tanner, A. C. R.

p. 2111 https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.02641-0