Phenylobacterium lituiforme sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic bacterium from a subsurface aquifer, and emended description of the genus Phenylobacterium.

Silanimonas mangrovi sp. nov., a novel bacterium of the family Xanthomonadaceae isolated from mangrove sediment and emended description of the genus Silanimonas

Tepidimicrobium xylanilyticum sp. nov., an anaerobic xylanolytic bacterium, and emended description of the genus Tepidimicrobium.

A novel, xylanolytic, anaerobic, moderately thermophilic bacterium, strain PML14(T), was isolated from the sludge of a thermophilic anaerobic digester treating municipal solid waste and sewage in Beijing, China. The strain was a Gram-positive, spore-forming and motile rod. Growth of the novel strain was observed at 25-67 degrees C (optimum 60 degrees C) and pH 5.8-9.3 (optimum pH 8.5). Strain P...

Sulfurihydrogenibium yellowstonense sp. nov., an extremely thermophilic, facultatively heterotrophic, sulfur-oxidizing bacterium from Yellowstone National Park, and emended descriptions of the genus Sulfurihydrogenibium, S. subterraneum and S. azorense

A novel thermophilic, sulfur-oxidizing Gram-negative bacterium, designated strain SS-5, was isolated from the Calcite Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park, USA. The cells were motile rods (1?2–2?8 mm long and 0?6–0?8 mm wide). The new isolate was a facultative heterotroph capable of using elemental sulfur or thiosulfate as an electron donor and O2 (1–18 %; optimum 6 %, v/v) as an electron a...

Sulfurihydrogenibium yellowstonense sp. nov., an extremely thermophilic, facultatively heterotrophic, sulfur-oxidizing bacterium from Yellowstone National Park, and emended descriptions of the genus Sulfurihydrogenibium, Sulfurihydrogenibium subterraneum and Sulfurihydrogenibium azorense.

A novel thermophilic, sulfur-oxidizing Gram-negative bacterium, designated strain SS-5T, was isolated from the Calcite Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park, USA. The cells were motile rods (1.2-2.8 microm long and 0.6-0.8 microm wide). The new isolate was a facultative heterotroph capable of using elemental sulfur or thiosulfate as an electron donor and O2 (1-18 %; optimum 6 %, v/v) as an e...

Petrobacter succinatimandens gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic, nitrate-reducing bacterium isolated from an Australian oil well.

A novel Gram-negative, aerobic and moderately thermophilic bacterium, strain 4BON(T), was isolated from a non-water-flooded Australian terrestrial oil reservoir. Cells were non-spore-forming straight rods, which were motile by means of a polar flagellum. The optimum growth conditions were 55 degrees C, pH 6.9 and 0.5 % NaCl. Strain 4BON(T) was oxidase- and catalase-positive; it grew on fumarate...