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International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology — Volume 55, Issue 5
Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 3, of the IJSEM
In memoriam - David R. Boone (1952-2005)
Is 'localimania' becoming a fashion for prokaryote taxonomists?
Sanguibacter marinus sp. nov., isolated from coastal sediment
Salinispora arenicola gen. nov., sp. nov. and Salinispora tropica sp. nov., obligate marine actinomycetes belonging to the family Micromonosporaceae
Genomovars 11 to 18 of Pseudomonas stutzeri, identified among isolates from soil and marine sediment
Quadrisphaera granulorum gen. nov., sp. nov., a Gram-positive polyphosphate-accumulating coccus in tetrads or aggregates isolated from aerobic granules
Tetrathiobacter kashmirensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel mesophilic, neutrophilic, tetrathionate-oxidizing, facultatively chemolithotrophic betaproteobacterium isolated from soil from a temperate orchard in Jammu and Kashmir, India
Thalassobacillus devorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic, phenol-degrading, Gram-positive bacterium
Roseivirga echinicomitans sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium isolated from the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus intermedius, and emended description of the genus Roseivirga
Marinococcus halotolerans sp. nov., isolated from Qinghai, north-west China
Lentibacillus lacisalsi sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from a saline lake in China
Paenibacillus motobuensis sp. nov., isolated from a composting machine utilizing soil from Motobu-town, Okinawa, Japan
Methylohalobius crimeensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic, methanotrophic bacterium isolated from hypersaline lakes of Crimea
Aminobacter ciceronei sp. nov. and Aminobacter lissarensis sp. nov., isolated from various terrestrial environments
Virgibacillus dokdonensis sp. nov., isolated from a Korean island, Dokdo, located at the edge of the East Sea in Korea
Prevotella multisaccharivorax sp. nov., isolated from human subgingival plaque
Gaetbulibacter saemankumensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from a tidal flat sediment in Korea
Ferrimonas marina sp. nov.
'Candidatus Liberibacter americanus', associated with citrus huanglongbing (greening disease) in Sao Paulo State, Brazil
'Candidatus Protochlamydia amoebophila', an endosymbiont of Acanthamoeba spp.
Isoptericola halotolerans sp. nov., a novel actinobacterium isolated from saline soil from Qinghai Province, north-west China
Gordonia otitidis sp. nov., isolated from a patient with external otitis
Methylothermus thermalis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel moderately thermophilic obligate methanotroph from a hot spring in Japan
Psychrobacter celer sp. nov., isolated from sea water of the South Sea in Korea
Reclassification of Bacillus haloalkaliphilus Fritze 1996 as Alkalibacillus haloalkaliphilus gen. nov., comb. nov. and the description of Alkalibacillus salilacus sp. nov., a novel halophilic bacterium isolated from a salt lake in China
Agromyces subbeticus sp. nov., isolated from a cave in southern Spain
Chryseobacterium shigense sp. nov., a yellow-pigmented, aerobic bacterium isolated from a lactic acid beverage
The hierarchical system of the 'Alphaproteobacteria': description of Hyphomonadaceae fam. nov., Xanthobacteraceae fam. nov. and Erythrobacteraceae fam. nov.
Nocardia jiangxiensis sp. nov. and Nocardia miyunensis sp. nov., isolated from acidic soils
Mitsuaria chitosanitabida gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic, chitosanase-producing member of the 'Betaproteobacteria'
Proposal of Yaniaceae fam. nov. and Yania flava sp. nov. and emended description of the genus Yania
Streptomyces jietaisiensis sp. nov., isolated from soil in northern China
Bacillus litoralis sp. nov., isolated from a tidal flat of the Yellow Sea in Korea
Halobiforma lacisalsi sp. nov., isolated from a salt lake in China
Staphylococcus simiae sp. nov., isolated from South American squirrel monkeys
Thalassobacter stenotrophicus Macian et al. 2005 is a later synonym of Jannaschia cystaugens Adachi et al. 2004, with emended description of the genus Thalassobacter
Hexachlorocyclohexane-degrading bacterial strains Sphingomonas paucimobilis B90A, UT26 and Sp+, having similar lin genes, represent three distinct species, Sphingobium indicum sp. nov., Sphingobium japonicum sp. nov. and Sphingobium francense sp. nov., and reclassification of [Sphingomonas] chungbukensis as Sphingobium chungbukense comb. nov.
Streptomyces bangladeshensis sp. nov., isolated from soil, which produces bis-(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate
Reclassification of Nonomuraea flexuosa (Meyer 1989) Zhang et al. 1998 as Thermopolyspora flexuosa gen. nov., comb. nov., nom. rev.
Phyllobacterium trifolii sp. nov., nodulating Trifolium and Lupinus in Spanish soils
Halobacillus dabanensis sp. nov. and Halobacillus aidingensis sp. nov., isolated from salt lakes in Xinjiang, China
Devosia limi sp. nov., isolated from a nitrifying inoculum
Phenylobacterium koreense sp. nov., isolated from South Korea
Halomonas almeriensis sp. nov., a moderately halophilic, exopolysaccharide-producing bacterium from Cabo de Gata, Almeria, south-east Spain
EVOLUTION, PHYLOGENY AND BIODIVERSITY
Phylogeny of the Enterobacteriaceae based on genes encoding elongation factor Tu and F-ATPase β-subunit
Halomonas taeanensis sp. nov., a novel moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from a solar saltern in Korea
Kordiimonas gwangyangensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from marine sediments that forms a distinct phyletic lineage (Kordiimonadales ord. nov.) in the 'Alphaproteobacteria'
Phylogenetic relationships and species differentiation of 39 Legionella species by sequence determination of the RNase P RNA gene rnpB
Maribacter dokdonensis sp. nov., isolated from sea water off a Korean island, Dokdo
Amycolatopsis plumensis sp. nov., a novel bioactive actinomycete isolated from a New-Caledonian brown hypermagnesian ultramafic soil
Dechloromonas hortensis sp. nov. and strain ASK-1, two novel (per)chlorate-reducing bacteria, and taxonomic description of strain GR-1
Thermincola carboxydiphila gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel anaerobic, carboxydotrophic, hydrogenogenic bacterium from a hot spring of the Lake Baikal area
Microbacterium xylanilyticum sp. nov., a xylan-degrading bacterium isolated from a biofilm
Nocardia concava sp. nov., isolated from Japanese patients
Clostridium carboxidivorans sp. nov., a solvent-producing clostridium isolated from an agricultural settling lagoon, and reclassification of the acetogen Clostridium scatologenes strain SL1 as Clostridium drakei sp. nov.
Paenibacillus wynnii sp. nov., a novel species harbouring the nifH gene, isolated from Alexander Island, Antarctica
Planifilum fimeticola gen. nov., sp. nov. and Planifilum fulgidum sp. nov., novel members of the family 'Thermoactinomycetaceae' isolated from compost
Defluvicoccus vanus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel Gram-negative coccus/coccobacillus in the 'Alphaproteobacteria' from activated sludge
Dyadobacter hamtensis sp. nov., from Hamta glacier, located in the Himalayas, India
Bacillus herbersteinensis sp. nov.
Bacillus acidicola sp. nov., a novel mesophilic, acidophilic species isolated from acidic Sphagnum peat bogs in Wisconsin
Phylogenetic positions of 'Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris' and Spiroplasma kunkelii as inferred from multiple sets of concatenated core housekeeping proteins
Bacteroides plebeius sp. nov. and Bacteroides coprocola sp. nov., isolated from human faeces
Chryseobacterium vrystaatense sp. nov., isolated from raw chicken in a chicken-processing plant
Serratia ureilytica sp. nov., a novel urea-utilizing species
Desulfotomaculum carboxydivorans sp. nov., a novel sulfate-reducing bacterium capable of growth at 100 % CO
Pediococcus cellicola sp. nov., a novel lactic acid coccus isolated from a distilled-spirit-fermenting cellar
Aeromicrobium alkaliterrae sp. nov., isolated from an alkaline soil, and emended description of the genus Aeromicrobium
Enterococcus canintestini sp. nov., from faecal samples of healthy dogs
Enterococcus aquimarinus sp. nov., isolated from sea water
Fluviicola taffensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel freshwater bacterium of the family Cryomorphaceae in the phylum 'Bacteroidetes'
Gram-Positive Bacteria