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Isolates of ‘Candidatus Nostocoida limicola’ Blackall et al. 2000 should be described as three novel species of the genus Tetrasphaera, as Tetrasphaera jenkinsii sp. nov., Tetrasphaera vanveenii sp. nov. and Tetrasphaera veronensis sp. nov

Citation
McKenzie et al. (2006). International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 56 (10)
Names
Ca. Nostocoida limicola
Abstract
Despite differences in their morphologies, comparative analyses of 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed high levels of similarity (>94 %) between strains of the filamentous bacterium ‘Candidatus Nostocoida limicola’ and the cocci Tetrasphaera australiensis and Tetrasphaera japonica and the rod Tetrasphaera elongata, all isolated from activated sludge. These sequence data and their chemotaxonomic characters, including cell wall, menaquinone and lipid compositions and fingerprints of their 16S–23S

‘Candidatus Phytoplasma americanum’, a phytoplasma associated with a potato purple top wilt disease complex

Citation
Lee et al. (2006). International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 56 (7)
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Ca. Phytoplasma americanum
Abstract
Potato purple top wilt (PPT) is a devastating disease that occurs in various regions of North America and Mexico. At least three distinct phytoplasma strains belonging to three different phytoplasma groups (16SrI, 16SrII and 16SrVI) have been associated with this disease. A new disease with symptoms similar to PPT was recently observed in Texas and Nebraska, USA. Two distinct phytoplasma strain clusters were identified. One belongs to the 16SrI phytoplasma group, subgroup A, and the other is a n

List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published

Citation
Anonymous (2006). International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 56 (7)
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“Actinobaculum massiliense”
Abstract
The purpose of this announcement is to effect the valid publication of the following new names and new combinations under the procedure described in the Bacteriological Code (1990 Revision). Authors and other individuals wishing to have new names and/or combinations included in future lists should send three copies of the pertinent reprint or photocopies thereof to the IJSEM Editorial Office for confirmation that all of the other requirements for valid publication have been met. It is also a req

‘Candidatus Paenicardinium endonii’, an endosymbiont of the plant-parasitic nematode Heterodera glycines (Nemata: Tylenchida), affiliated to the phylum Bacteroidetes

Citation
Noel et al. (2006). International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 56 (7)
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Ca. Paenicardinium endonii
Abstract
Bacteria-like endosymbionts of females of the plant-parasitic nematodes Globodera rostochiensis and Heterodera goettingiana and juveniles of Heterodera glycines were first observed during transmission electron microscopy (TEM) studies conducted in the 1970s. These organisms were characterized as being rod-shaped, ranging in size from 0.3 to 0.5 μm in diameter and 1.8 to 3 μm in length and containing structures labelled as striated inclusion bodies or tubular structures. A population of H. glycin

‘Candidatus Streptomyces philanthi’, an endosymbiotic streptomycete in the antennae of Philanthus digger wasps

Citation
Kaltenpoth et al. (2006). International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 56 (6)
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Ca. Streptomyces philanthi
Abstract
Symbiotic interactions with bacteria are essential for the survival and reproduction of many insects. The European beewolf (Philanthus triangulum, Hymenoptera, Crabronidae) engages in a highly specific association with bacteria of the genus Streptomyces that appears to protect beewolf offspring against infection by pathogens. Using transmission and scanning electron microscopy, the bacteria were located in the antennal glands of female wasps, where they form dense cell clusters. Using genetic me

Tepidimicrobium ferriphilum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel moderately thermophilic, Fe(III)-reducing bacterium of the order Clostridiales

Citation
Slobodkin et al. (2006). International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 56 (2)
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Tepidimicrobium
Abstract
A moderately thermophilic, anaerobic bacterium (strain SB91T) was isolated from a freshwater hot spring at Barguzin Valley, Buryatiya, Russia. Cells of strain SB91T were straight to slightly curved rods, 0·5–0·6 μm in diameter and 3·0–7·0 μm in length. Formation of endospores was not observed. The temperature range for growth was 26–62 °C, with an optimum at 50 °C. The pH range for growth was 5·5–9·5, with an optimum at pH 7·5–8·0. The substrates utilized by strain SB91T in the presence of 9,10-