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Bistahieversor sealeyi, gen. et sp. nov., a New Tyrannosauroid from New Mexico and the Origin of Deep Snouts in Tyrannosauroidea

2010-03-11T01:24:46+00:00

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Volume 30, Issue 1, Page 1-16, January 2010.
doi:10.1080/02724630903413032
Aves
Phascolarctidae
Diprotodontia
Coelophysis bauri
Allosaurus fragilis
Tyrannosaurus rex
Dilong paradoxus
Tyrannosauridae
Tyrannosauroidea
Dromaeosauridae
Velociraptor mongoliensis
Carcharodon carcharias
Acrocanthosaurus atokensis
Sinosauropteryx prima
Lamniformes
Albertosaurus sarcophagus
Troodontidae
Lamnidae
Therizinosauroidea
Tetanurae
Albertosaurus libratus
Monolophosaurus jiangi
Suchomimus tenerensis
Tyrannosaurus bataar
Bagaraatan ostromi
Eotyrannus lengi
Majungasaurus crenatissimus
Abelisauridae
Dryptosaurus aquilunguis
Stokesosaurus clevelandi
Appalachiosaurus montgomeriensis
Alioramus remotus
Aviatyrannis jurassica
Iliosuchus incognitus
Coelurus fragilis
Bistahieversor sealeyi

A Reappraisal of the Origin and Basal Radiation of the Osteichthyes

2010-03-11T01:24:45+00:00

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Volume 30, Issue 1, Page 36-56, January 2010.
doi:10.1080/02724630903409071
Acanthostega
Osteichthyes
Elasmobranchii
Chondrichthyes
Actinopterygii
Phascolarctidae
Acipenseriformes
Diprotodontia
Vertebrata
Sarcopterygii
Polypteridae
Carcharodon carcharias
Holostei
Amiidae
Polyodontidae
Lamniformes
Dipnoi
Agnatha
Eusthenopteron foordi
Ischnacanthiformes
Cladodus wildungensis
Griphognathus whitei
Dipterus valenciennesi
Porolepiformes
Lamnidae
Moythomasia nitida
Osorioichthys marginis
Tegeolepis clarki
Powichthys spitsbergensis
Glyptolepis groenlandica
Powichthys thorsteinssoni
Psarolepis romeri
Kentuckia
Gogonasus andrewsae
Calamoichthys calabaricus
Acanthodopsis
Osteolepiformes
Miguashaia bureaui
Coelacanthiformes
Placoderms
Escuminaspis laticeps
Mandageria fairfaxi
Megalichthys nitidus
Debeerius ellefseni
Gladbachus adentatus
Diplodoselache woodi
Ctenurella
Lawrencella schaefferi
Acanthodes boyi
Coccolepis bucklandi
Coccolepidae
Cladodoides wildungensis
Danaea fournieri
Lepisosteus aculatus
Brachiopterygii
Sorbitorhynchus deleaskitus
Onychodus jandemarri

A Morphometric Approach for Addressing Tooth-Based Species Delimitation in Fossil Mako Sharks, Isurus (Elasmobranchii: Lamniformes)

2010-03-11T01:24:45+00:00

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Volume 30, Issue 1, Page 17-25, January 2010.
doi:10.1080/02724630903409055
Hymenoptera
Mammalia
Sigmodon fulviventer
Mus musculus domesticus
Elasmobranchii
Carcharhinidae
Chondrichthyes
Phascolarctidae
Sphecidae
Larrinae
Insectivora
Dasyatis sabina
Scyliorhinidae
Holocephali
Diprotodontia
Pyknotylacanthus spathianus
Carcharias taurus
Carcharodon carcharias
Neoselachii
Hybodontoidea
Talpidae
Carcharhiniformes
Lamniformes
Squaliformes
Hemigaleidae
Triakidae
Heterodontiformes
Myliobatiformes
Odontaspididae
Rhombodontidae
Ctenacanthoidea
Isurus oxyrinchus
Etmopteridae
Priscusurus adruptodontus
Lamnidae
Carcharodon angustidens
Edaphodon kawai
Isurus hastalis
Isurus xiphodon
Procrustes superimposition
Callorhinchidae
Cretodus semiplicatus
Paragaleus antunesi
Trigonognathus kabeyai
Gladbachus adentatus
Oxyrhina spallanzanii
Physogaleus hemmooriensis
Mesopristis

New Information on the Enigmatic Tetrapodomorph Fish Marsdenichthys longioccipitus (Long, 1985)

2010-03-11T01:24:44+00:00

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Volume 30, Issue 1, Page 68-77, January 2010.
doi:10.1080/02724630903409105
Salmonidae
Osteichthyes
Phascolarctidae
Diprotodontia
Vertebrata
Sarcopterygii
Carcharodon carcharias
Lamniformes
Dipnoi
Agnatha
Porolepiformes
Lamnidae
Tristichopteridae
Gogonasus andrewsae
Rhizodopsis
Osteolepiformes
Coelacanthiformes
Rhizodopsis hanbuchi
Marsdenichthys longioccipitus
Litoptychus bryanti
Canowindra grossi
Megalichthys hibberti

Rhombichthys intoccabilis, gen. et sp. nov. (Ellimmichthyiformes, Clupeomorpha, Teleostei), from the Cenomanian (Upper Cretaceous) of Ein Yabrud, Middle East: Anatomical Description and Phylogenetic Implications

2010-03-11T01:24:44+00:00

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Volume 30, Issue 1, Page 57-67, January 2010.
doi:10.1080/02724630903409089
Teleostei
Acanthopterygii
Actinopterygii
Phascolarctidae
Ostariophysi
Clupeomorpha
Salmoniformes
Diprotodontia
Carcharodon carcharias
Amiidae
Haasiophis terrasanctus
Lamniformes
Anacanthini
Lamnidae
Tselfatiiformes
Triplomystus applegatei
Paraclupeidae
Paraclupea chetungensis
Ellimma branneri
Diplomystus shengliensis
Judeichthys haasi
Paraclupeinae
Pachyamia latimaxillaris
Enchodontidae
Saurorhamphus judeaensis
Tselfatia formosa
Judeichtyidae
Rhombichthys intoccabilis

Redescription of Acteosaurus tommasinii Von Meyer, 1860, and a Discussion of Evolutionary Trends within the Clade Ophidiomorpha

2010-03-11T01:24:43+00:00

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Volume 30, Issue 1, Page 94-108, January 2010.
doi:10.1080/02724630903409139
Reptilia
Squamata
Amphisbaenia
Phascolarctidae
Diprotodontia
Anguidae
Lepidosauria
Carcharodon carcharias
Scolecophidia
Pachyrhachis problematicus
Haasiophis terrasanctus
Lamniformes
Dolichosaurus longicollis
Coniasaurus crassidens
Aphanizocnemus libanensis
Dinilysia patagonica
Varanoidea
Mosasauridae
Lamnidae
Acteosaurus crassicostatus
Pontosaurus lesinensis
Acteosaurus tommasinii
Anilioidea
Mesophis nopcsai
Archaeophis proavus
Pachyrhachis lesinensis
Pachyrhachis kornhuberi

A New Small Short-Snouted Dyrosaurid (Crocodylomorpha, Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Paleocene of Northeastern Colombia

2010-03-11T01:24:42+00:00

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Volume 30, Issue 1, Page 139-162, January 2010.
doi:10.1080/02724630903409204
Reptilia
Alligator mississippiensis
Phascolarctidae
Diprotodontia
Archosauria
Vertebrata
Crocodylia
Carcharodon carcharias
Crocodilia
Lamniformes
Lamnidae
Crocodyliformes
Dyrosauridae
Dyrosaurus phosphaticus
Congosaurus bequaerti
Terminonaris robusta
Hallopus victor
Elosuchus cherifiensis
Atlantosuchus coupatezi
Congosaurus improcerus
Cerrejonisuchus improcerus

A Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Snake Assemblage from the Maevarano Formation, Mahajanga Basin, Madagascar

2010-03-11T01:24:42+00:00

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Volume 30, Issue 1, Page 109-138, January 2010.
doi:10.1080/02724630903409188
Mammalia
Amphibia
Serpentes
Colubridae
Anura
Reptilia
Squamata
Aniliidae
Uropeltidae
Boidae
Amphisbaenia
Gymnophiona
Phascolarctidae
Diprotodontia
Lepidosauria
Vertebrata
Iguanidae
Madtsoiidae
Wonambi naracoortensis
Avialae
Carcharodon carcharias
Ctenosaura pectinata
Coluber constrictor
Palaeophis colossaeus
Amphisbaenidae
Typhlopidae
Leptotyphlopidae
Scolecophidia
Pachyrhachis problematicus
Lamniformes
Dermophis mexicanus
Anomalepididae
Liotyphlops albirostris
Leptotyphlops scutifrons
Pituophis melanoleucus
Dinilysia patagonica
Bothremydidae
Lamnidae
Crocodyliformes
Podocnemididae
Majungasaurus crenatissimus
Abelisauridae
Titanosauridae
Pachyophis woodwardi
Nigerophiidae
Uropeltinae
Madtsoia madagascariensis
Diplometopon zarudnyi
Nanowana

A New Rhamphorhynchid Pterosaur from the Upper Jurassic of Xinjiang, China, and the Phylogenetic Relationships of Basal Pterosaurs

2010-03-11T01:24:41+00:00

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Volume 30, Issue 1, Page 163-187, January 2010.
doi:10.1080/02724630903409220
Reptilia
Phascolarctidae
Diprotodontia
Diapsida
Archosauria
Vertebrata
Carcharodon carcharias
Herrerasaurus ischigualastensis
Lamniformes
Azhdarchidae
Scleromochlus taylori
Sordes pilosus
Lamnidae
Harpactognathus gentryii
Eudimorphodon ranzii
Dorygnathus banthensis
Rhamphorhynchus muensteri
Scaphognathus crassirostris
Anurognathus ammoni
Campylognathoides liasicus
Tapejaridae
Raeticodactylus filisurensis
Jeholopterus ningchengensis
Rhamphorhynchidae
Anurognathidae
Dimorphodontidae
Campylognathoididae
Dimorphodon macronyx
Cearadactylus atrox
Ctenochasmatidae
Ornithosuchus longidens
Preondactylus buffarinii
Cacibupteryx caribensis
Dendrorhynchoides curvidentatus
Batrachognathus volans
Sericipterus wucaiwanensis

A New Ornithocheirid Pterosaur from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian—Turonian) Eagle Ford Group of Texas

2010-03-11T01:24:40+00:00

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Volume 30, Issue 1, Page 280-287, January 2010.
doi:10.1080/02724630903413099
Aves
Reptilia
Phascolarctidae
Diprotodontia
Vertebrata
Ammonoidea
Carcharodon carcharias
Lamniformes
Ornithocheiridae
Lamnidae
Cearadactylus atrox
Santanadactylus brasilensis
Huanhepterus quingyangensis
Anhangueridae
Coloborhynchus spielbergi
Mawsonia lavocati
Brasileodactylus araripensis

Rodents and Lagomorphs (Mammalia) from the Hemphillian (Late Miocene) of Utah

2010-03-11T01:24:40+00:00

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Volume 30, Issue 1, Page 226-235, January 2010.
doi:10.1080/02724630903412448
Mammalia
Rodentia
Artiodactyla
Leporidae
Lagomorpha
Peromyscus
Phascolarctidae
Diprotodontia
Vertebrata
Camelidae
Carcharodon carcharias
Paludicola
Cricetidae
Lamniformes
Lamnidae
Diprionomys minimus
Peromyscus pliocenicus
Hypolagus vetus
Archaeolaginae

New Oligocene Vertebrate Localities from Northern Kenya (Turkana Basin)

2010-03-11T01:24:39+00:00

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Volume 30, Issue 1, Page 293-299, January 2010.
doi:10.1080/02724630903413065
Mammalia
Rodentia
Artiodactyla
Teleostei
Proboscidea
Phascolarctidae
Ostariophysi
Hyracoidea
Diprotodontia
Carcharodon carcharias
Lamniformes
Lamnidae
Elephantiformes
Apterodon intermedius

Colonists and desperadoes: different fighting strategies in wing-dimorphic male Texas field crickets

2010-03-11T01:24:38+00:00

Publication year: 2010Source: Animal Behaviour, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 9 March 2010Patrick A., Guerra , Gerald S., PollackIn many species, males fight one another for mates or resources. Fighting can vary among males, however, such that some males are highly aggressive whereas others are not. We observed that fighting was negatively associated with flight capability in the wing-dimorphic field cricket, Gryllus texensis. Long-winged males capable of flight had a significantly lower fighting propensity and displayed lower levels of aggression than short-winged, flight-incapable males in staged contests. Long-winged males no longer able to fly as a result of the histolysis of their flight muscles were more aggressive than long-winged males that had functional flight muscles, but were still...
Lepidoptera
Orthoptera
Pyralidae
Thysanoptera
Insecta
Blaberidae
Gryllidae
Dictyoptera
Gryllus rubens
Gryllus texensis
Gryllus bimaculatus
Gryllus lineaticeps
Acheta domesticus
Gromphadorhina portentosa
Achroia grisella
Gryllus firmus
Gryllus fultoni
Gryllus vernalis
Gryllus pennsylvanicus
Gryllus veletis
Gryllus integer
Plebeiogryllus guttiventris
Gomi bimaculatus
Gomi texensis
Hoplothrips karnyi

The Goblin Spiders of the New Endemic Australian Genus Cavisternum (Araneae: Oonopidae)

2010-03-11T01:24:33+00:00

American Museum Novitates, Page 1-40, March 2010.
doi:10.1206/667.1
Isoptera
Arthropoda
Araneae
Araneidae
Oonopidae
Arachnida
Mygalomorphae
Nephilinae
Lycosidae
Zodariidae
Chelicerata
Mysmenidae
Microraptor zhaoianus
Anapidae
Dromaeosauridae
Trochanteriidae
Nicodamidae
Lamponidae
Lycosoidea
Ammoxenidae
Prodidomidae
Pararchaeidae
Araneoidea
Dysderoidea
Troodontidae
Saurornithoides
Incisivosaurus gauthieri
Gnaphosoidea
Zoropsidae
Stiphidiidae
Amaurobioidea
Barychelidae
Cithaeronidae
Orsolobidae
Gallieniellidae
Cavisternum

The Braincase of Apatosaurus (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) Based on Computed Tomography of a New Specimen with Comments on Variation and Evolution in Sauropod Neuroanatomy

2010-03-11T01:24:32+00:00

American Museum Novitates, Page 1-32, March 2010.
Isoptera
Reptilia
Diapsida
Archosauria
Vertebrata
Tyrannosaurus rex
Microraptor zhaoianus
Dromaeosauridae
Thecodontosaurus antiquus
Acrocanthosaurus atokensis
Diplodocidae
Rebbachisaurus tessonei
Nemegtosaurus mongoliensis
Batrachotomus kupferzellensis
Suuwassea emilieae
Diplodocoidea
Tornieria africana
Dicraeosauridae
Troodontidae
Saurornithoides
Incisivosaurus gauthieri
Camarasaurus lentus
Majungasaurus crenatissimus
Abelisauridae

First Crania and Assessment of Species Boundaries in Nimbadon (Marsupialia: Diprotodontidae) from the Middle Miocene of Australia

2010-03-11T01:24:32+00:00

American Museum Novitates, Page 1-60, March 2010.
Mammalia
Isoptera
Marsupialia
Didelphimorphia
Phalangeridae
Macropodidae
Diprotodontia
Vombatiformes
Microchiroptera
Microraptor zhaoianus
Dromaeosauridae
Macropodoidea
Troodontidae
Strigocuscus celebensis
Trichosurini
Saurornithoides
Incisivosaurus gauthieri
Ekaltadeta ima
Lestodelphys halli
Wynyardia bassiana
Wyulda squamicaudata
Diprotodontoidea
Nimbadon lavarackorum
Nimbadon whitelawi
Neohelos stirtoni
Neohelos lavarackorum
Propalorchestes novaculacephalus
Propalorchestes ponticulus
Alkwertatherium webbi
Zygomaturinae
Raemeotherium yatkolai
Silvabestius

Colonists and desperadoes: different fighting strategies in wing-dimorphic male Texas field crickets

2010-03-11T01:24:31+00:00

A Review of Microhydromys (Rodentia: Murinae), with Description of a New Species from Southern New Guinea

2010-03-11T01:24:31+00:00

American Museum Novitates, Page 1-24, March 2010.
Diptera
Mammalia
Muridae
Rodentia
Culicidae
Isoptera
Aves
Marsupialia
Chiroptera
Macropodidae
Dasyuridae
Mollusca
Pteropodidae
Murinae
Aegothelidae
Muroidea
Microraptor zhaoianus
Cricetinae
Dromaeosauridae
Anopheles punctulatus
Morelia viridis
Hydromys chrysogaster
Troodontidae
Saurornithoides
Incisivosaurus gauthieri
Thylogale brunii
Hydromyinae
Xeromys myoides
Microperoryctes aplini
Melomys albidens
Peroryctes broadbenti
Microhydromys musseri
Melomys rufescens paveli
Microhydromys richardsoni
Microhydromys argenteus

Three Remarkable New Fungus-Growing Ant Species of the Genus Myrmicocrypta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), With a Reassessment of the Characters That Define the Genus and Its Position Within the Attini

2010-03-10T01:12:42+00:00

doi:10.1603/AN09108
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/esa/aesa/2010/00000103/00000002/art00006
Hymenoptera
Formicidae
Myrmicinae
Attini
Myrmicocrypta bucki
Myrmicocrypta camargoi
Myrmicocrypta erectapilosa

Ploufolia cerciforme gen. et comb. nov.: Aquatic angiosperm leaves from the upper Albian of north-eastern Spain

2010-03-10T01:12:37+00:00

Publication year: 2010Source: Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 7 March 2010L.M., Sender , B., Gomez , J.B., Diez , C., Coiffard , C., Martín-Closas , ...An aquatic angiosperm, Ploufolia cerciforme gen. et comb. nov., is reported from the upper Albian of the Utrillas Formation at the Plou locality, Teruel Province, north-eastern Spain. Ploufolia cerciforme shows eccentric peltate attachment, elliptic to obovate nanophylls, one medial primary vein and lateral veins that dichotomize several times before merging into an intramarginal vein, which links small glands that occur on the convex portions of the marginal undulations. Ploufolia cerciforme shows most affinities with extant Nymphaeales and both sedimentological and taphonomic evidence supports a freshwater lacustrine habit for P. cerciforme. The presence of marginal glands in leaves of P. cerciforme...
Nymphaeales
Grielum humifusum
Frenelopsis
Neurada procumbens
Neuradaceae
Clathropteris meniscoides
Frenelopsis teixeirae
Ploufolia cerciforme

Reassessment of the cheirolepidiaceous conifer Frenelopsis teixeirae Alvin et Pais from the Early Cretaceous (Hauterivian) of Portugal and palaeoenvironmental considerations

2010-03-10T01:12:34+00:00

Publication year: 2010Source: Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 7 March 2010Mário Miguel, Mendes , Jorge L., Dinis , Bernard, Gomez , João, PaisFrenelopsis teixeirae Alvin et Pais is reported from the Lower Cretaceous (Hauterivian) of the Vale Cortiço clay pit, Santa Susana Formation, near Torres Vedras, western Portugal. This is the second occurrence of Frenelopsis teixeirae, previously known from a single specimen from the Valanginian of the Vale de Lobos Formation exposed at the Beach cliff near Sesimbra. The diagnosis is emended and the description is completed based on well preserved leafs and twigs compressions. The specimens consists of leafy axes with whorls of either two or three leaves, each of the abaxial and adaxial surfaces showing a central horseshoe-shaped notch at...
Aquifoliaceae
Nymphaeales
Frenelopsis
Ilex cornuta
Clathropteris meniscoides
Frenelopsis teixeirae
Ploufolia cerciforme

Predation upon Hatchling Dinosaurs by a New Snake from the Late Cretaceous of India.

2010-03-10T01:12:32+00:00

Related Articles Predation upon Hatchling Dinosaurs by a New Snake from the Late Cretaceous of India. PLoS Biol. 2010;8(3):e1000322 Authors: Wilson JA, Mohabey DM, Peters SE, Head JJ Derived large-mouthed snakes (macrostomatans) possess numerous specializations in their skull and lower jaws that allow them to consume large vertebrate prey. In contrast, basal snakes lack these adaptations and feed primarily on small prey items. The sequence of osteological and behavioral modifications involved in the evolution of the macrostomatan condition has remained an open question because of disagreement about the origin and interrelationships of snakes, the paucity of well-preserved early snake fossils on many continental landmasses, and the lack of information about the feeding ecology of early snakes. We report on a partial skeleton of a new 3.5-m-long snake, Sanajeh indicus gen. et sp. nov., recovered from Upper Cretaceous rocks of western India. S. indicus was fossilized in association with a sauropod dinosaur egg clutch, coiled around an egg and adjacent to the remains of a ca. 0.5-m-long hatchling. Multiple snake-egg associations at the site strongly suggest that S. indicus frequented nesting grounds and preyed on hatchling sauropods. We interpret this pattern as "ethofossil" preservation of feeding behavior. S. indicus lacks specializations of modern egg-eaters and of macrostomatans, and skull and vertebral synapomorphies place it in an intermediate position in snake phylogeny. Sanajeh and its large-bodied madtsoiid sister taxa Yurlunggur camfieldensis and Wonambi naracoortensis from the Neogene of Australia show specializations for intraoral prey transport but lack the adaptations for wide gape that characterize living macrostomatan snakes. The Dholi Dungri fossils are the second definitive association between sauropod eggs and embryonic or hatchling remains. New fossils from western India provide direct evidence of feeding ecology in a Mesozoic snake and demonstrate predation risks for hatchling sauropod dinosaurs. Our results suggest that large body size and jaw mobility afforded some non-macrostomatan snakes a greater diversity of prey items than previously suspected on the basis of extant basal snakes. PMID: 20209142 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1000322
Wonambi naracoortensis
Bonitasaura salgadoi
Yurlunggur camfieldensis
Sanajeh indicus

Cohnella damensis sp. nov., a motile xylanolytic bacteria isolated from a low altitude area in Tibet.

2010-03-10T01:12:27+00:00

Related Articles Cohnella damensis sp. nov., a motile xylanolytic bacteria isolated from a low altitude area in Tibet. J Microbiol Biotechnol. 2010 Feb;20(2):410-414 Authors: Luo X, Wang Z, Dai J, Zhang L, Fang C A bacterial strain, 13-25T with xylanolytic activity isolated from a single present soil sample, was characterized with respect to its phenetic and phylogenetic characteristics. The cells of the isolate are gram staining variable rods. The predominant fatty acids are anteiso-C15 : 0, iso-C15 : 0 and iso-C16 : 0, the major respiratory quinone is menaquinone (MK-7), with a polar lipid profile with unknown aminophospholipids. The G+C content is 54.3 mol%. The 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis indicates that this organism belongs to the genus Cohnella, with Cohnella panacarvi as the closest phylogenetic neighbor. Low levels of 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity (<97.0%) with respect to other taxa with published names and the identification of distinctive phenetic features in the isolate indicate that the strain 13-25T represents a novel species of the genus Cohnella, for which the name Cohnella damensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is 13-25T (=CCTCC AB 208103T =KCTC 13422T). PMID: 20208449 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Cohnella panacarvi
Cohnella fontinalis
Cohnella luojiensis
Cohnella thailandensis
Cohnella xylanilytica
Cohnella terrae
Cohnella damensis

Pedobacter xinjiangensis sp. nov., from desert, Xinjiang.

2010-03-10T01:12:26+00:00

Related Articles Pedobacter xinjiangensis sp. nov., from desert, Xinjiang. J Microbiol Biotechnol. 2010 Feb;20(2):397-402 Authors: Tang Y, Wang Y, Ji S, Zhang K, Dai J, Zhang L, Peng F, Fang C A Gram-negative, rod-shaped, gliding, aerobic bacterium, designated 12157T, was isolated from the desert of Xinjiang, China and subjected to a polyphasic taxonomic study. The strain 12157T grew optimally at pH 7.0 and 30 degrees . MK-7 was the predominant respiratory menaquinone. The DNA G+C content was 42.0 mol%. Phylogenetic analysis based on the 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that the isolate was mostly related to the members of the genus Pedobacter, with similarities ranging from 90.0 % to 93.7 &percnt;. Phylogenetic evidence and the results of phenotypic, genotypic and chemotaxonomic analysis support the establishment of a novel species, Pedobacter xinjiangensis sp. nov., with strain 12157T (=CCTCC AB 208092T=NRRL B-51338 T) as the type strain. PMID: 20208447 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Bacteroidetes
Hymenobacter xinjiangensis
Hymenobacter deserti
Dyadobacter alkalitolerans
Bacillus korlensis
Pontibacter xinjiangensis
Pontibacter roseus
Pedobacter xinjiangensis

Haloarcula salaria sp. nov. and Haloarcula tradensis sp. nov. from salt in Thai fish sauce.

2010-03-10T01:12:24+00:00

Related Articles Haloarcula salaria sp. nov. and Haloarcula tradensis sp. nov. from salt in Thai fish sauce. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2010 Mar 5; Authors: Namwong S, Tanasupawat S, Kudo T, Itoh T Two lipid-hydrolytic, red-pigmented, strictly aerobic, rod-shaped and extremely halophilic archaea, designated HST01-2RT and HST03T, were isolated from salt in fish sauce fermentation, Thailand. They grew optimally at 37 degrees C, pH 7.0, and in the presence of 20-25%, w/v NaCl. The DNA G+C contents of the isolates were 61.6-62.2 mol%. Phylogenetic analysis based on the comparison of 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that strains HST01-2RT and HST03T were closely consorted with Haloarcula amylolyticus JCM 13557T, Haloarcula hispanica JCM 8911T and Haloarcula argentinensis JCM 9737T (97.5-99.5% similarities), and the chemotaxonomic attributes of these strains corresponded with those of the genus Haloarcula i.e., MK-8 as a major menaquinone component, and C20C20 and C20C25 derivatives of phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol methylphosphate and a triglycosyl diether as major polar lipids. Nevertheless, several phenotypic features, and low DNA-DNA relatedness between the two strains and related Haloarcula species (9.3-15.2 %) warrant that the respective strains discriminated from each other and the recognized Haloarcula species. Therefore, strains HST01-2RT and HST03T should be classified in two novel species of the genus Haloarcula, for which the name Haloarcula salarius nov. sp. and Haloarcula tradensis nov. sp., respectively, are proposed. The type strains are HST01-2RT (=BCC 40029T =JCM 15759T =PCU 313T) and HST03T (=BCC 40030T=JCM 15760T=PCU 314T). PMID: 20207809 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
doi:10.1099/ijs.0.021790-0
Lentibacillus halophilus
Lentibacillus juripiscarius
Haloarcula hispanica
Halococcus thailandensis
Lentibacillus salicampi
Halobacterium piscisalsi
Natrinema gari
Haloarcula salaria
Haloarcula tradens
Haloarcula amylolyticus
Haloarcula argentinensis
Haloarcula salarius
Haloarcula tradensis

Aeromonas rivuli sp. nov. isolated from the upstream region of a karst water rivulet in Germany.

2010-03-10T01:12:23+00:00

Related Articles Aeromonas rivuli sp. nov. isolated from the upstream region of a karst water rivulet in Germany. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2010 Mar 5; Authors: Figueras MJ, Alperi A, Beaz-Hidalgo R, Stackebrandt E, Brambilla E, Monera A, Martínez-Murcia AJ Two freshwater isolates (WB4.1-19(T) and WB4.4-101), sharing 99.9% 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity among each other, were highly related to members of Aeromonas sobria (99.7% similarity; 6 bp differences). A phylogenetic tree derived from the Multi-Locus-Phylogenetic-Analysis (MLPA) of concatenated sequences of 5 housekeeping genes (gyrB, rpoD, recA, dnaJ and gyrA; 3684 bp) clustered both strains as an independent phylogenetic line next to members of the species A. molluscorum and A. bivalvium. The DNA-DNA reassociation values obtained for these two isolates was 89.3%, and between strain WB4.1-19(T) and the type strains of the other species tested <70%. The phenotypic characterization differentiated these two strains from all other Aeromonas type strains. These data indicated that both strains belong to a novel Aeromonas species, for which the name Aeromonas rivuli sp. nov. is proposed, with the type strain WB4.1-19(T) (=CECT 7518(T)=DSM 22539(T)). PMID: 20207806 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
doi:10.1099/ijs.0.016139-0
Aeromonas sobria
Aeromonas molluscorum
Pedobacter steynii
Pedobacter duraquae
Pedobacter metabolipauper
Aeromonas piscicola
Flavobacterium rivuli
Flavobacterium swingsii
Flavobacterium reichenbachii
Aeromonas fluvialis
Aeromonas taiwanensis
Aeromonas sanarellii
Aeromonas rivuli

Candida andamanensis sp. nov., Candida laemsonensis sp. nov., and Candida ranongensis sp. nov., three anamorphic yeast species isolated from estuarine waters in a mangrove forest in Ranong Province, Thailand.

2010-03-10T01:12:23+00:00

Related Articles Candida andamanensis sp. nov., Candida laemsonensis sp. nov., and Candida ranongensis sp. nov., three anamorphic yeast species isolated from estuarine waters in a mangrove forest in Ranong Province, Thailand. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2010 Mar 5; Authors: Am-In S, Limtong S, Yongmanitchai W, Jindamorakot S Five strains (RV5, RV140, R31, RS17 and RS28) of three novel anamorphic ascomycetous yeast species were isolated by membrane filtration from estuarine waters collected from a mangrove forest in Laem Son National Park, Ranong Province, Thailand in difference period. On the basis of morphological, biochemical, physiological and chemotaxonomic characteristics, the sequence analysis of the D1/D2 domain of the large subunit rRNA gene and the internal transcribed spacer region, and the phylogenetic analysis, the three strains were found to represent two novel Candida species. Two strains (RV5 and RV140) represented a single novel species, for which the name Candida laemsonensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is RV5(T) (BCC 35154(T) = NBRC 105873(T) = CBS 11418(T)). Strain R31 was assigned as one novel species which was named as Candida andamanensis sp. nov. The type strain is R31(T) (BCC 25965(T) = NBRC 103862(T) = CBS 10859(T)). On the basis of morphological, biochemical, physiological and chemotaxonomic characteristics, the sequence analysis of the D1/D2 domain of the large subunit rRNA gene, and the phylogenetic analysis, the two strains (RS17 and RS28) represented another single species of Candida, for which the name Candida ranongensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is RS28(T) (BCC 25964(T) = NBRC 103861(T) = CBS 10861(T)). PMID: 20207807 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
doi:10.1099/ijs.0.022038-0
Candida thaimueangensis
Candida phangngensis
Candida khaoyaiensis
Candida ratchasimensis
Wickerhamomyces edaphicus
Pichia jaroonii
Candida sanitii
Candida sekii
Candida andamanensis
Candida ranongensis
Candida laemsonensis

Terrabacter carboxydivorans sp. nov., a carbon monoxide oxidizing actinomycete.

2010-03-10T01:12:22+00:00

Related Articles Terrabacter carboxydivorans sp. nov., a carbon monoxide oxidizing actinomycete. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2010 Mar 5; Authors: Kim SM, Park SW, Park ST, Kim YM A bacterial strain, PY2(T), capable of oxidizing carbon monoxide, was isolated from a soil sample collected from a roadside in Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea. On the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, strain PY2(T) was shown to belong to the genus Terrabacter and was related most closely to the type strain of Terrabacter lapilli (99.1% similarity). Strain PY2(T) was characterized chemotaxonomically as having iso-C(15:0) as the predominant fatty acid, MK-8(H(4)) as major menaquinone, LL-diaminopimelic acid in the cell wall, a polar lipid profile including diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylinositol, phosphatidylinositol polymannoside, unknown amino-containing lipids, and unknown amino-containing phosphoglycolipids and a DNA G+C content of 75.6 mol%. DNA-DNA relatedness between strain PY2(T) and the type strains of T. lapilli, Terrabacter tumescens, Terrabacter terrae, and Terrabacter aerolatus were 20.0%, 22.9%, 35.9%, and 64.5%, respectively. Based on the combination of the phylogenetic analysis, fatty acid profiles, chemotaxonomic data, and DNA-DNA hybridization experiments, it is proposed that strain PY2(T) (=KCCM 42922(T)=JCM 16259(T)) be classified as the type strain of a novel species, Terrabacter carboxydivorans sp. nov. PMID: 20207805 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
doi:10.1099/ijs.0.020826-0
Terrabacter tumescens
Terrabacter terrae
Nonomuraea maheshkhaliensis
Terrabacter aerolatus
Terrabacter lapilli
Pseudonocardia carboxydivorans
Terrabacter aeriphilus
Terrabacter carboxydivorans

Comamonas zonglianii sp. nov., isolated from phenol-contaminated soil.

2010-03-10T01:12:21+00:00

Related Articles Comamonas zonglianii sp. nov., isolated from phenol-contaminated soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2010 Mar 5; Authors: Yu XY, Li YF, Zheng JW, Li Y, Li L, He J, Li SP A bacterial strain, designated BF-3T, isolated from phenol-contaminated soil, was investigated by polyphasic taxonomic approach. The cells were short rod, Gram-negative, non-sporulating and non-motile. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain BF-3T formed a monophyletic branch at the periphery of the evolutionary radiation occupied by the genus Comamonas; it showed highest sequence similarities to Comamonas aquatica LMG 2370T (96.8 %), Comamonas nitrativorans DSM 13191T (96.4 %), Comamonas odontotermitis LMG 23579T (96.4 %), Comamonas kerstersii LMG 3475T (96.3 %), Comamonas koreensis KCTC 12005T (96.1 %) and Comamonas terrigena LMG 1253T (96.0 %). The major cellular fatty acid were 16:0, 18:1/18:1omega7c, 17:0 cyclo and summed feature 3 (16:1omega7c and/or 15:0 iso 2-OH). Based on the phylogenetic analysis, DNA-DNA hybridization, whole-cell fatty acid composition as well as biochemical characteristics, strain BF-3T was clearly distinguished from all recognized Comamonas species and should be classified as a novel species of the genus Comamonas, for which the name Comamonas zonglianii sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is BF-3T (=CCTCC AB 209170T =DSM 22523T). PMID: 20207803 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
doi:10.1099/ijs.0.019612-0
Odontotermes formosanus
Comamonas terrigena
Comamonas odontotermitis
Comamonas koreensis
Comamonas composti
Sphingobacterium anhuiense
Comamonas granuli
Comamonas nitrativorans
Comamonas aquatica
Comamonas kerstersii
Comamonas zonglianii

Jeotgalicoccus coquinae sp. nov. and Jeotgalicoccus aerolatus sp. nov. isolated from poultry houses.

2010-03-10T01:12:19+00:00

Related Articles Jeotgalicoccus coquinae sp. nov. and Jeotgalicoccus aerolatus sp. nov. isolated from poultry houses. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2010 Mar 5; Authors: Martin E, Klug K, Frischmann A, Busse HJ, Kämpfer P, Jäckel U Two Gram-positive, non-motile, non-spore-forming, cocci (strains MK-7T and MPA-33(T)) were isolated from poultry houses. Strain MK-7(T) was isolated from coquina, a food supplement for female ducks used in a duck fattening farm, on marine broth agar. Strain MPA-33(T) was isolated from the air of a turkey house on TSA medium after filter sampling. On the basis the 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity studies, both strains were shown to belong to the genus Jeotgalicoccus, MK-7(T) is most closely related to Jeotgalicoccus psychrophilus (99.3 %) and MPA-33(T) is most closely related to Jeotgalicoccus halotolerans (98.8 %). The quinone system of MK-7(T) was composed of equal amounts of menaquinone MK-7 and MK-6 and that of MPA-33(T) contained MK-7 (76 %) and MK-6 (24 %). The polar lipid profile of strain MK-7(T) consisted of the major compounds diphosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylglycerol and seven unidentified lipids present in minor to moderate amounts. In strains MPA-33(T) diphosphatidylglycerol was the single predominant lipid whereas phosphatidylglycerol was detected in moderate amounts. In addition, one unidentified phospholipid and four unidentified lipids were detected. The fatty acid profiles comprising iso 15:0 and anteiso 15:0 as major fatty acids supported the affiliation of strain to the genus Jeotgalicoccus. The results of physiological and biochemical tests as well as DNA-DNA hybridizations allowed a clear phenotypic differentiation of strains MK-7(T) and MPA-33(T) from the most closely related species. Strains MK-7(T) and MPA-33(T) represent new species, for which the names Jeotgalicoccus coquinae sp. nov. and Jeotgalicoccus aerolatus sp nov., respectively are proposed, with the type strain MK-7(T) (= DSM 22419(T) = CCM 7682(T)) and MPA-33(T) (= DSM 22420(T) = CCM 7679(T)). PMID: 20207804 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
doi:10.1099/ijs.0.021675-0
Agaricus blazei
Jeotgalicoccus halotolerans
Jeotgalicoccus psychrophilus
Dietzia aerolata
Microbacterium agarici
Microbacterium humi
Microbacterium pseudoresistens
Jeotgalicoccus huakuii
Leucobacter aerolatus
Jeotgalicoccus coquinae
Jeotgalicoccus aerolatus

Burkholderia oxyphila sp. nov., isolated from acidic forest soil that catabolizes (+)-catechin and its putative aromatic derivatives.

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Related Articles Burkholderia oxyphila sp. nov., isolated from acidic forest soil that catabolizes (+)-catechin and its putative aromatic derivatives. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2010 Mar 5; Authors: Otsuka Y, Muramatsu Y, Nakagawa Y, Matsuda M, Nakamura M, Murata H The bacterial strain OX-01(T), isolated from acidic soil as an agent that catabolizes (+)-catechin into taxifolin, was taxonomically investigated. The strain OX-01(T) is a Gram-negative, aerobic, non-sporulating, non-motile and rod-shaped bacterium. Phylogenetic position based on the sequence of the 16S rRNA gene assigns this strain as a member of the genus Burkholderia, the position closest to, but clearly distinct from, B. sacchari. The strain OX-01(T) does not have any nif genes required for N(2)-fixation in the genome, a feature that is reminiscent of the luck of nifH in B. sacchari but is distinct from N(2)-fixing features in many other phylogenetically related taxa, such as B. ferrariae, B. heleia, B. mimosarum, B. nodosa, B. silvatlantica, B. tropica and B. unamae. It has the following chemotaxonomic characteristics. The major ubiquinone is Q-8, the DNA G+C content is 64 mol%, and the major fatty acids are C(16:0), C(17:0) cyclo, and C(18:0)omega7c. It also has a unique profile in utilizing carbohydrates among species of Burkholderia. This strain cannot assimilate many pentoses, hexoses and oligosaccharides, whereas it can catabolize (+)-catechin and its putative aromatic derivatives, such as 4-hydroxy-3-methoxycinnamic acid, protocatechuic acid, p-hydroxy benzoic acid, trans-p-coumaric acid and vanillic acid. On the basis of morphological, physiological and chemotaxonomic characteristics, together with DNA-DNA reasssociation values and 16S rRNA gene sequence comparison data, we propose to establish a new species Burkholderia oxyphila sp. nov. (type strain OX-01(T) = NBRC 105797 = DSM 22550) to accommodate this accession. PMID: 20207808 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
doi:10.1099/ijs.0.017368-0
Burkholderia tropica
Burkholderia silvatlantica
Burkholderia mimosarum
Burkholderia ferrariae
Burkholderia sacchari
Burkholderia unamae
Burkholderia kururiensis
Burkholderia nodosa
Eleocharis dulcis
Sporosarcina macmurdoensis
Paenisporosarcina quisquiliarum
Paenisporosarcina macmurdoensis
Burkholderia heleia
Burkholderia acidipaludis
Burkholderia kururiensis thiooxydans
Burkholderia kururiensis kururiensis
Burkholderia oxyphila

Allocatelliglobosispora scoriae gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from volcanic ash.

2010-03-10T01:12:18+00:00

Related Articles Allocatelliglobosispora scoriae gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from volcanic ash. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2010 Mar 5; Authors: Lee DW, Lee SD A novel actinomycete, designated strain Sco-B14T, was isolated from volcanic ash which was collected near Darangshi Oreum (a parasitic volcano) in Jeju, Republic of Korea. The organism formed well-developed, branched substrate mycelia, on which short chains of non-motile spores arranged singly or in cluster. Aerial mycelium was not produced. Globose bodies were observed. The reverse colour of colonies was light brown to brown. Diffusible pigments were produced on ISP medium 3 and oatmeal-nitrate agar. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain Sco-B14T formed a lineage within the family Micromonosporaceae and distinct from all of the established genera. The 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity values of strain Sco-B14T to related genera of the family were with Catellatospora (95.0-95.7% sequence similarity), Hamadaea tsunoensis (94.8%), Longispora albida (94.7%) and Catelliglobosispora koreensis (94.1%). 3-OH-DAP was the diagnostic diamino acid in the cell-wall peptidoglycan. Whole-cell sugars were glucose, rhamnose, ribose, xylose, arabinose, galactose and mannose. The polar lipids include diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylinositol. The menaquinone profiles contained MK-10(H4) (49%), MK-9(H4) (24%), MK-10(H6) (18%) and MK-9(H6) (9%). The predominant fatty acids were i-C15:0 and C17:0. The DNA G+C content was 70.1 mol%. The combination of chemotaxonomic and phylogenetic data clearly separated the isolate from the type strains of all of the genera in the family Micromonosporaceae. On the basis of phylogenetic and chemotaxonomic data presented in this paper, strain Sco-B14T (= KCTC 19661T = DSM 45362T) is considered to represent a novel species of a new genus in the family Micromonosporaceae, for which the name Allocatelliglobosispora scoriae gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. PMID: 20207801 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
doi:10.1099/ijs.0.020313-0
Micromonosporaceae
Catellatospora koreensis
Marmoricola scoriae
Actinomadura scrupuli
Longispora albida
Phytohabitans suffuscus
Scopulibacillus darangshiensis
Allocatelliglobosispora scoriae

Proposal of Novosphingobium soli sp. nov., isolated from soil.

2010-03-10T01:12:18+00:00

Related Articles Proposal of Novosphingobium soli sp. nov., isolated from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2010 Mar 5; Authors: Kämpfer P, Young CC, Busse HJ, Lin SY, Rekha PD, Arun AB, Chen WM, Shen FT, Wu YH A yellow pigmented, Gram-negative, rod-shaped, non-spore-forming bacterium (strain CC-TPE-1T), was isolated from oil-contaminated soil near the oil refinery located in Kaohsiung County, Taiwan. The 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis of strain CC-TPE-1T showed highest sequence similarity to Novosphingobium naphthalenivorans DSM 18518T (98.1%), Novosphingobium panipatense SM16T (97.9%), and Novosphingobium mathurense SM117T (97.6%) and lower (< 97%) sequence similarity to all other Novosphingobium species. DNA-DNA hybridizations of strain CC-TPE-1T and N. naphthalenivorans DSM 18518T, N. panipatense SM16T and N. mathurense SM117T showed low similarity values of 30% (reciprocal: 35%), 29.1% (reciprocal 30.6%), and 35% (reciprocal 23.6%), respectively. The major respiratory quinone was ubiquinone Q-10, the pre-dominant fatty acid C18:1 omega7c (49.9%), and three 2-hydroxy fatty acids, C14:0 2-OH (8.2%), C15:0 2-OH (2.45%), and C16:0 2-OH (1.05%) was detected. Polar lipids consisted mainly of phospatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidyldimethylethanolamine, two sphingoglycolipids, phosphatidylmonomethylethanolamine and several unidentified lipids and also a yellow pigment was detected. The polyamine pattern contained the single major compound spermidine. Characterization by 16S rRNA gene sequence, physiological parameters, pigment analysis, polyamine, ubiquinone, polar lipid, and fatty acid composition revealed that strain CC-TPE-1T represents a new species of the genus Novosphingobium. For this reason we propose the Novosphingobium soli sp. nov. with the type strain CC-TPE-1T (= DSM 22821T = CCM 7706T). PMID: 20207802 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
doi:10.1099/ijs.0.022178-0
Agaricus blazei
Xanthomonadaceae
Novosphingobium naphthalenivorans
Pseudoxanthobacter soli
Novosphingobium panipatense
Novosphingobium mathurense
Novosphingobium acidiphilum
Microbacterium agarici
Microbacterium humi
Microbacterium pseudoresistens
Pseudofulvimonas gallinarii
Novosphingobium soli

Bacterial Diversity in Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae) with a Focus on Members of the Genus Rickettsia

2010-03-07T18:39:53+00:00

Journal of Medical Entomology, Volume 47, Issue 2, Page 258-268, March 2010.
doi:10.1603/ME09197
Coxiella
Diptera
Culicidae
Borrelia burgdorferi
Acari
Ehrlichia chaffeensis
Odocoileus virginianus
Ixodidae
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
Rhipicephalus turanicus
Aedes albopictus
Calliphoridae
Chrysomya rufifacies
Chrysomya megacephala
Rickettsia rickettsii
Anaplasma phagocytophilum
Ixodes scapularis
Dermacentor variabilis
Amblyomma americanum
Amblyomma cajennense
Rickettsiales
Ehrlichia canis
Ehrlichieae
Rhipicephalus sanguineus
Borrelia lonestari
Ixodes dentatus
Rickettsia tamurae
Amblyomma testudinarium
Ehrlichia ewingii
Rickettsia massiliae
Brevibacterium avium
Rickettsia asiatica
Ixodes uriae
Rickettsia amblyommii
Rickettsia raoultii

Two new species of Paurodontella Husain Khan, 1968 (Nematoda: Sphaerulariidae) associated with wheat and a diagnostic compendium to the genus

2010-03-07T18:39:52+00:00

doi:10.1163/156854109X461730
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/brill/nemy/2010/00000012/00000002/art00004
Triticum aestivum
Nematoda
Paurodontella
Sphaerulariidae
Paurodontella myceliophaga

Morphological, morphometrical and molecular characterisation of Filenchus fungivorus n. sp., a fungivorous nematode from Japan in a most likely polyphyletic genus (Nematoda: Tylenchina)

2010-03-07T18:39:50+00:00

doi:10.1163/138855409X12470437876116
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/brill/nemy/2010/00000012/00000002/art00009
Nematoda
Tylenchina
Tylenchidae
Filenchus misellus
Filenchus fungivorus
Malenchus andrassyi

Polystichum speluncicola sp. nov. (sect. Haplopolystichum, Dryopteridaceae) Based on Morphological, Palynological, and Molecular Evidence with Reference to the Non-Monophyly of Cyrtogonellum

2010-03-07T18:39:46+00:00

http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/aspt/sb/2010/00000035/00000001/art00005
Dryopteridaceae
Polystichum subacutidens
Polystichum speluncicola
Polystichum yuanum

Austral Hepaticae 45. A Monograph of the Genus Chiloscyphus Corda (Lophocoleaceae) for Australasia

2010-03-07T18:39:26+00:00

Fieldiana Botany, Page 1-206, March 2010.
doi:10.3158/0015-0746-48.1.1
Eukaryotes
Plantae
Ericaceae
Bryophyta
Hepaticae
Plagiochilaceae
Geocalycaceae
Jungermanniopsida
Jungermanniales
Hepatophyta
Anthocerotae
Lepidoziaceae
Schistochilaceae
Lophocoleoideae
Australasiae
Lophocoleaceae
Lophocolea semiteres
Leptophyllopsis
Trichotemnomaceae
Chiloscyphus anisolobus
Leptophyllopsis laxus
Chiloscyphus semiteres
Chiloscyphus septatus
Chiloscyphus hookeri
Chiloscyphus amplectens
Leptoscyphoideae
Chiloscyphus perpusillus
Chiloscyphus trichocoleoides
Perdusenia rheophila
Chiloscyphus aequifolius
Telaranea murphyae
Lophocolea bispinosa
Leptoscyphopsis

Parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) Attacking Aphids Feeding on Solanaceae and Cucurbitaceae Crops in Southeastern Europe: Aphidiine-Aphid-Plant Associations and Key

2010-03-07T18:39:23+00:00

Annals of the Entomological Society of America, Volume 103, Issue 2, Page 153-164, March 2010.
doi:10.1603/AN09004
Hymenoptera
Acyrthosiphon pisum
Aphididae
Coleoptera
Hemiptera
Solanaceae
Homoptera
Braconidae
Coccinellidae
Aphis gossypii
Lycopersicon esculentum
Myzus persicae
Apoidea
Aphidius ervi
Lysiphlebus testaceipes
Aphidiidae
Dittrichia viscosa
Zygomycetes
Cucurbita pepo
Capsicum annuum
Cucurbitaceae
Aphidoidea
Entomophthorales
Aphidiinae
Aphidius colemani
Aphidius matricariae
Ichneumonoidea
Citrullus vulgaris
Maloideae
Rubus ulmifolius
Vitex agnus castus
Euphorbia characias wulfenii
Prunoideae
Lysiphlebus confusus
Lycium europaeum
Coccinella undecimnotata
Lysiphlebus ambiguus

Polystichum speluncicola sp. nov. (sect. Haplopolystichum, Dryopteridaceae) Based on Morphological, Palynological, and Molecular Evidence with Reference to the Non-Monophyly of Cyrtogonellum

2010-03-07T18:39:23+00:00

Systematic Botany, Volume 35, Issue 1, Page 13-19, January 2010.
Pinaceae
Geraniaceae
Celastrales
Chloranthaceae
Primulaceae
Soldanella
Dryopteridaceae
Cyrtomium falcatum
Polystichum lonchitis
Cyrtomidictyum lepidocaulon
Polystichum tripteron
Polystichum deltodon
Polystichum nepalense
Polystichum longipaleatum
Cyrtogonellum fraxinellum
Cyrtogonellum inaequalis
Cyrtomium balansae
Cyrtomium caryotideum
Cyrtomium hookerianum
Cyrtomium macrophyllum
Cyrtomium uniseriale
Cyrtomium urophyllum
Polystichum christii
Polystichum craspedosorum
Polystichum omeiense
Polystichum stenophyllum
Polystichum subacutidens
Polystichum speluncicola
Polystichum yuanum
Polystichum minutissimum
Polystichum puteicola
Cyrtogonellum xichouense
Polystichum acutidens
Polystichum attenuatum
Polystichum auriculum
Polystichum chunii
Polystichum dielsii
Polystichum erosum
Polystichum formosanum
Polystichum makinoi
Polystichum obliquum
Polystichum thomsonii

Phytoseiid Mite Species from Croatia, with Description of a New Species of the Genus Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus)

2010-03-07T18:39:21+00:00

Annals of the Entomological Society of America, Volume 103, Issue 2, Page 165-180, March 2010.
doi:10.1603/AN09092
Hymenoptera
Acari
Acarina
Apoidea
Arachnida
Parasitiformes
Mesostigmata
Phytoseiidae
Tetranychidae
Prostigmata
Eriophyidae
Acariformes
Eriophyoidea
Stigmaeidae
Myriapoda
Typhlodromus pyri
Scorpiones
Ascidae
Amblyseiinae
Tenuipalpidae
Neoseiulella
Laelaptidae
Kampimodromus aberrans
Tetranychoidea
Gamasides
Phytoseiinae
Typhlodrominae
Malus communis
Tuckerellidae
Caligonellidae
Typhlodromus
Aceosejidae
Amblyseiini
Typhlodromini
Pegodromus crassipilis
Gamasidae
Typhlodromus talbii
Neoseiulini
Kampimodromini
Amblyseiina
Arrenoseiina
Indoseiulini
Amblydromella
Typhlodromus kadii
Typhlodromus rarus
Kampimodromus langei
Typhlodromus erymanthii
Typhlodromus krimbasi
Phytoseius echinus
Typhlodromus tetramedius
Typhlodromipsini
Phytoseiulini

Three Remarkable New Fungus-Growing Ant Species of the Genus Myrmicocrypta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a Reassessment of the Characters That Define the Genus and Its Position within the Attini

2010-03-07T18:39:19+00:00

Annals of the Entomological Society of America, Volume 103, Issue 2, Page 181-195, March 2010.
doi:10.1603/AN09108
Hymenoptera
Formicidae
Apoidea
Myrmicinae
Attini
Cyphomyrmex rimosus
Mycocepurus smithii
Myrmicocrypta ednaella
Myrmicocrypta bucki
Myrmicocrypta camargoi
Mycetagroicus
Kalathomyrmex
Myrmicocrypta erectapilosa

Ecologically distinct dinosaurian sister group shows early diversification of Ornithodira.

2010-03-07T18:39:18+00:00

Ecologically distinct dinosaurian sister group shows early diversification of Ornithodira. Nature. 2010 Mar 4;464(7285):95-8 Authors: Nesbitt SJ, Sidor CA, Irmis RB, Angielczyk KD, Smith RM, Tsuji LA The early evolutionary history of Ornithodira (avian-line archosaurs) has hitherto been documented by incomplete (Lagerpeton) or unusually specialized forms (pterosaurs and Silesaurus). Recently, a variety of Silesaurus-like taxa have been reported from the Triassic period of both Gondwana and Laurasia, but their relationships to each other and to dinosaurs remain a subject of debate. Here we report on a new avian-line archosaur from the early Middle Triassic (Anisian) of Tanzania. Phylogenetic analysis places Asilisaurus kongwe gen. et sp. nov. as an avian-line archosaur and a member of the Silesauridae, which is here considered the sister taxon to Dinosauria. Silesaurids were diverse and had a wide distribution by the Late Triassic, with a novel ornithodiran bauplan including leaf-shaped teeth, a beak-like lower jaw, long, gracile limbs, and a quadrupedal stance. Our analysis suggests that the dentition and diet of silesaurids, ornithischians and sauropodomorphs evolved independently from a plesiomorphic carnivorous form. As the oldest avian-line archosaur, Asilisaurus demonstrates the antiquity of both Ornithodira and the dinosaurian lineage. The initial diversification of Archosauria, previously documented by crocodilian-line archosaurs in the Anisian, can now be shown to include a contemporaneous avian-line radiation. The unparalleled taxonomic diversity of the Manda archosaur assemblage indicates that archosaur diversification was well underway by the Middle Triassic or earlier. PMID: 20203608 [PubMed - in process]
doi:10.1038/nature08718
Archosauria
Asilisaurus kongwe

Candidatus Bartonella mayotimonensis and Endocarditis.

2010-03-07T18:39:15+00:00

Related Articles Candidatus Bartonella mayotimonensis and Endocarditis. Emerg Infect Dis. 2010 Mar;16(3):500-3 Authors: Lin EY, Tsigrelis C, Baddour LM, Lepidi H, Rolain JM, Patel R, Raoult D We describe a new Bartonella species for which we propose the name Candidatus Bartonella mayotimonensis. It was isolated from native aortic valve tissue of a person with infective endocarditis. The new species was identified by using PCR amplification and sequencing of 5 genes (16S rRNA gene, ftsZ, rpoB, gltA, and internal transcribed spacer region). PMID: 20202430 [PubMed - in process]
Bartonella
Bartonella henselae
Bartonella koehlerae
Bartonella thailandensis
Bartonella japonica
Bartonella silvatica

Production of Biofuels from Synthesis Gas Using Microbial Catalysts

2010-03-07T18:39:13+00:00

Publication year: 2010Source: Advances in Applied Microbiology, Volume 70, 2010, Pages 57-92Oscar, Tirado-Acevedo , Mari S., Chinn , Amy M., Grunden Abstract: World energy consumption is expected to increase 44% in the next 20 years. Today, the main sources of energy are oil, coal, and natural gas, all fossil fuels. These fuels are unsustainable and contribute to environmental pollution. Biofuels are a promising source of sustainable energy. Feedstocks for biofuels used today such as grain starch are expensive and compete with food markets. Lignocellulosic biomass is abundant and readily available from a variety of sources, for example, energy crops and agricultural/industrial waste. Conversion of these materials to biofuels by microorganisms through direct hydrolysis and fermentation can be challenging. Alternatively, biomass can be...
Escherichia coli
Bacillus subtilis
Lactococcus lactis
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Clostridium saccharoperbutylacetonicum
Citrobacter amalonaticus
Poa pratensis
Rhodopseudomonas palustris
Zymomonas mobilis
Clostridium acetobutylicum
Methanosarcina acetivorans
Rubrivivax gelatinosus
Quercus petraea
Rhodospirillum rubrum
Carboxydocella
Clostridium thermoaceticum
Carboxydothermus hydrogenoformans
Methanosarcina barkeri
Moorella thermoacetica
Clostridium glycolicum
Methanosarcina mazei
Carboxydobrachium pacificum
Thermosinus carboxydivorans
Carboxydocella thermautotrophica
Clostridium beijerinckii
Thermolithobacter ferrireducens
Thermolithobacter carboxydivorans
Rhodopseudomonas rubrum
Acetobacterium woodii
Clostridium drakei
Moorella
Clostridium autoethanogenum
Clostridium ljungdahlii
Clostridium scatologenes
Clostridium carboxidivorans
Butyribacterium methylotrophicum
Citrobacter acetobutylicum
Caldanaerobacter subterraneus pacificus
Thermincola carboxydiphila
Thermolithobacter carboxidivorans
Thermosinus carboxidivorans
Rubrivivax rubrum
Clostridium saccharobutylicum
Rubrivivax palustris
Moorella barkeri
Moorella formicicum

Gymnocranius oblongus, a new large-eye bream species from New Caledonia (Teleostei: Lethrinidae)

2010-03-07T18:39:00+00:00

Publication year: 2010Source: Comptes Rendus Biologies, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 5 March 2010Philippe, Borsa , Philippe, BÃ©arez , Wei-Jen, ChenGymnocranius oblongus is described as a new species of the subfamily Monotaxinae (Sparoidea: Lethrinidae), a group of commercially important fishes distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific, from six specimens collected in New Caledonia. It is characterized by an oblong, fusiform body, slightly rounded snout, elongate tail with rounded tips and sub-horizontal, wavy blue lines or dashes on snout and cheeks. It is distinct from sympatric G.Â grandoculis by a more slender body which is also more symmetrical dorso-ventrally and a more elongated caudal fin. Both mitochondrial-DNA and nuclear-DNA markers provide a genetic basis to the distinction of G.Â oblongus from G.Â grandoculis.
Monogenea
Diplectanidae
Megaptera novaeangliae
Dicentrarchus labrax
Lethrinidae
Mugilidae
Teleostei
Stenella longirostris
Salmo salar
Labridae
Balaenoptera borealis
Physeter macrocephalus
Nemipteridae
Kogia breviceps
Kogia sima
Carcharhinidae
Serranidae
Siganidae
Lutjanidae
Balaenoptera musculus
Delphinus delphis
Tursiops aduncus
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Mullidae
Arctocephalus forsteri
Takifugu rubripes
Scyliorhinidae
Xiphias gladius
Carangidae
Pomacentridae
Dugong dugon
Beryx splendens
Scaridae
Menidae
Acanthuridae
Carcharhiniformes
Triakidae
Mesoplodon densirostris
Pseudotriakidae
Balaenoptera bonaerensis
Globicephala macrorhynchus
Lethrinus rubrioperculatus
Peponocephala electra
Carassius cuvieri
Pentanchidae
Sparoidea
Gymnocranius euanus
Lamellodiscus tubulicornis
Lamellodiscus magnicornis
Lamellodiscus parvicornis
Monotaxinae
Gymnocranius grandoculis
Gymnocranius oblongus
Cantharus grandoculis
Gymnocranius robinsoni
Gymnocranius lethrinoides
Gymnocranius elongatus
Pentapus dux
Pentapus curtus
Paradentex marshalli
Lethrinus ornatus
Gymnocranius frenatus
Gymnocranius microdon
Scolopsis taeniopterus
Decapterus russelli

Myrtaceae, a cache of fungal biodiversity.

2010-03-06T00:36:14+00:00

Related Articles Myrtaceae, a cache of fungal biodiversity. Persoonia. 2009 Dec;23:55-85 Authors: Cheewangkoon R, Groenewald JZ, Summerell BA, Hyde KD, To-Anun C, Crous PW Twenty-six species of microfungi are treated, the majority of which are associated with leaf spots of Corymbia, Eucalyptus and Syzygium spp. (Myrtaceae). The treated species include three new genera, Bagadiella, Foliocryphia and Pseudoramichloridium, 20 new species and one new combination. Novelties on Eucalyptus include: Antennariella placitae, Bagadiellalunata, Cladoriella rubrigena, C. paleospora, Cyphellophora eucalypti, Elsinoë eucalypticola, Foliocryphia eucalypti, Leptoxyphium madagascariense, Neofabraea eucalypti, Polyscytalum algarvense, Quambalaria simpsonii, Selenophoma australiensis, Sphaceloma tectificae, Strelitziana australiensis and Zeloasperisporium eucalyptorum.Stylaspergillus synanamorphs are reported for two species of Parasympodiella, P. eucalypti sp. nov. and P. elongata, while Blastacervulus eucalypti, Minimedusa obcoronata and Sydowia eucalypti are described from culture. Furthermore, Penidiella corymbia and Pseudoramichloridium henryi are newly described on Corymbia, Pseudocercospora palleobrunnea on Syzygium and Rachicladosporium americanum on leaf litter. To facilitate species identification, as well as determine phylogenetic relationships, DNA sequence data were generated from the internal transcribed spacers (ITS1, 5.8S nrDNA, ITS2) and the 28S nrDNA (LSU) regions of all taxa studied. PMID: 20198162 [PubMed - in process]
doi:10.3767/003158509X474752
Myrtaceae
Mycosphaerella
Coniella
Pilidiella
Minimedusa obcoronata
Quambalariaceae
Antennariella
Cyphellophora eucalypti
Leptoxyphium madagascariense
Neofabraea eucalypti
Polyscytalum algarvense
Quambalaria simpsonii
Selenophoma australiensis
Zeloasperisporium eucalyptorum
Parasympodiella
Parasympodiella eucalypti
Parasympodiella elongata
Blastacervulus eucalypti
Sydowia eucalypti

Phylogenetic and morphological assessment of two new species of Amniculicola and their allies (Pleosporales).

2010-03-06T00:36:13+00:00

Related Articles Phylogenetic and morphological assessment of two new species of Amniculicola and their allies (Pleosporales). Persoonia. 2009 Dec;23:48-54 Authors: Zhang Y, Fournier J, Crous PW, Pointing SB, Hyde KD Two new species of Amniculicola, A. immersa sp. nov. and A. parva sp. nov. from submerged wood in a freshwater environment in Denmark and France are respectively described and illustrated. In addition, partial 28S rDNA sequence data is analysed to investigate their phylogenetic relationships with other pleosporalean taxa. All presently known Amniculicola species, A. immersa, A. lignicola and A. parva, form a robust clade together with the anamorphic species Anguillospora longissima, Spirosphaera cupreorufescens and Repetophragma ontariense. These six species, which are all from freshwater and mostly from Europe, constitute a well-supported group containing Pleospora rubicunda and Massariosphaeria typhicola. This putative monophyletic assemblage may represent an aquatic group in the Pleosporales. It is also pertinent that all five ascomycete taxa in this group stain their host substrates purple. PMID: 20198161 [PubMed - in process]
doi:10.3767/003158509X472187
Anguillospora longissima
Pleosporales
Berkleasmium crunisia
Aquaphila albicans
Massariosphaeria typhicola
Spirosphaera cupreorufescens
Repetophragma ontariense
Pleospora rubicunda
Tubeufia asiana

Ophiostoma denticiliatum sp. nov. and other Ophiostoma species associated with the birch bark beetle in southern Norway.

2010-03-06T00:36:12+00:00

Related Articles Ophiostoma denticiliatum sp. nov. and other Ophiostoma species associated with the birch bark beetle in southern Norway. Persoonia. 2009 Dec;23:9-15 Authors: Linnakoski R, de Beer ZW, Rousi M, Solheim H, Wingfield MJ Ophiostomatoid fungi were isolated from Scolytus ratzeburgi infesting Betula pendula and B. pubescens in Norway. Fungi were identified based on morphology, DNA sequence comparison for two gene regions and phylogenetic analyses. The most abundant fungus was Ophiostoma karelicum, suggesting a specific relationship between the fungus, the vector insect and the host tree. Our results suggest that O. karelicum occurs across the geographic range of S. ratzeburgi and its close relatedness to the Dutch elm disease fungi suggests that it could be important if introduced into other parts of the world. Other fungi, only occasionally isolated from S. ratzeburgi, were identified as O. quercus and a novel taxon, described here as O. denticiliatum sp. nov. PMID: 20198157 [PubMed - in process]
doi:10.3767/003158509X468038
Ascomycota
Betula pubescens
Betula pendula
Ophiostoma piceae
Ophiostoma quercus
Ophiostomatales
Ophiostoma breviusculum
Ophiostoma pulvinisporum
Ophiostoma aurorae
Ophiostoma karelicum
Scolytus ratzeburgi
Ophiostoma denticiliatum

When metagenomics meets stable-isotope probing: progress and perspectives

2010-03-06T00:36:10+00:00

Publication year: 2010Source: Trends in Microbiology, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 4 March 2010Yin, Chen , J. Colin, MurrellThe application of metagenomics, the culture-independent capture and subsequent analysis of genomic DNA from the environment, has greatly expanded our knowledge of the diversity of microbes and microbial protein families; however, the metabolic functions of many microorganisms remain largely unknown. DNA stable-isotope probing (DNA-SIP) is a recently developed method in which the incorporation of stable isotope from a labelled substrate is used to identify the function of microorganisms in the environment. The technique has now been used in conjunction with metagenomics to establish links between microbial identity and particular metabolic functions. The combination of DNA-SIP and metagenomics not only permits...
Escherichia coli
Micrococcus luteus
Burkholderiales
Methylotenera mobilis
Methylophilaceae
Methylocapsa acidiphila

[Review] The Chicxulub Asteroid Impact and Mass Extinction at the Cretaceous-Paleogene Boundary

2010-03-06T00:36:10+00:00

Authors: Peter Schulte, Laia Alegret, Ignacio Arenillas, José A. Arz, Penny J. Barton, Paul R. Bown, Timothy J. Bralower, Gail L. Christeson, Philippe Claeys, Charles S. Cockell, Gareth S. Collins, Alexander Deutsch, Tamara J. Goldin, Kazuhisa Goto, José M. Grajales-Nishimura, Richard A. F. Grieve, Sean P. S. Gulick, Kirk R. Johnson, Wolfgang Kiessling, Christian Koeberl, David A. Kring, Kenneth G. MacLeod, Takafumi Matsui, Jay Melosh, Alessandro Montanari, Joanna V. Morgan, Clive R. Neal, Douglas J. Nichols, Richard D. Norris, Elisabetta Pierazzo, Greg Ravizza, Mario Rebolledo-Vieyra, Wolf Uwe Reimold, Eric Robin, Tobias Salge, Robert P. Speijer, Arthur R. Sweet, Jaime Urrutia-Fucugauchi, Vivi Vajda, Michael T. Whalen, Pi S. Willumsen
Palynodinium minus

[On the problem of identification of homoxenous trypanosome cultures with the description of a new species Wallaceina podlipaevi sp. n. (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae)]

2010-03-06T00:36:05+00:00

Related Articles [On the problem of identification of homoxenous trypanosome cultures with the description of a new species Wallaceina podlipaevi sp. n. (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae)] Parazitologiia. 2009 Nov-Dec;43(6):502-15 Authors: The type culture of Leptomonas peterhoffi Podlipaev, 1985 (stamm P-101) was examined using light and electron microscopy. The hapantotype of L. peterhoffi Podlipaev, 1985 was reexamined with a light microscope. As a result, a new species of homoxenous trypanosomes, Wallaceina podlipaevi, sp. n. was described. PMID: 20198968 [PubMed - in process]
Kinetoplastida
Trypanosomatidae
Wallaceina podlipaevi
Leptomonas peterhoffi

Bryoplana xerophila n. g. n. sp., a New Limnoterrestrial Microturbellarian (Platyhelminthes, Typhloplanidae, Protoplanellinae) from Epilithic Mosses, with Notes on Its Ecology.

2010-03-04T13:20:25+00:00

Bryoplana xerophila n. g. n. sp., a New Limnoterrestrial Microturbellarian (Platyhelminthes, Typhloplanidae, Protoplanellinae) from Epilithic Mosses, with Notes on Its Ecology. Zoolog Sci. 2010 Mar;27(3):285-91 Authors: Van Steenkiste N, Davison P, Artois T Bryoplana xerophila, a new genus and species of limnoterrestrial protoplanelline platyhelminth, was found in moss and soil covering a concrete wall in northern Alabama, USA. Bryoplana xerophila is the first taxon of limnoterrestrial Protoplanellinae recorded from North America and is one of the few rhabdocoels known from dry habitats. It is unique within Protoplanellinae in lacking rhabdites, having a pharynx rosulatus in the frontal half of the body, and lacking sclerotized parts in the male system. Notes on encystment, reproduction and feeding behavior are given. An updated identification key to all known genera of Protoplanellinae is presented. PMID: 20192698 [PubMed - in process]
doi:10.2108/zsj.27.285
Gastropoda
Siphonaptera
Acanthocephala
Leptopsyllidae
Platyhelminthes
Physidae
Typhloplanidae
Pomphorhynchidae
Pomphorhynchus spindletruncatus
Rhabdocoela
Protoplanellinae

Two new species of semicytherura (podocopa: ostracoda) from akkeshi bay, hokkaido, Japan, with comments on their speciation and related species.

2010-03-04T13:20:25+00:00

Two new species of semicytherura (podocopa: ostracoda) from akkeshi bay, hokkaido, Japan, with comments on their speciation and related species. Zoolog Sci. 2010 Mar;27(3):292-302 Authors: Yamada S, Tsukagoshi A Two new ostracod species, Semicytherura maxima n. sp. and S. ikeyai n. sp., both belonging to the S. henryhowel group of the genus, are described. They were collected from Akkeshi Bay in northeastern Japan, and inhabit the marine sediment surface in places deeper than the intertidal zone. Their distributions in northern Japan seem to be influenced by the cold-water Chishima Current (Oyashio). The geological distribution and species diversity were surveyed for each of the subgroups recognized in the S. henryhowei group. The results suggest that these subgroups split from each other in the NW Pacific by the Early Miocene, and that one of them has spread around the Northern Hemisphere, while the other has remained in the NW Pacific since that time. PMID: 20192699 [PubMed - in process]
doi:10.2108/zsj.27.292
Gastropoda
Siphonaptera
Leptopsyllidae
Physidae
Semicytherura henryhowei
Semicytherura maxima
Semicytherura ikeyai

Revision of the Anguine Lizard Pseudopus laurillardi (Squamata, Anguidae) from the Miocene of Europe, with Comments on Paleoecology

2010-03-04T13:20:24+00:00

Journal of Paleontology, Volume 84, Issue 2, Page 159-196, March 2010.
doi:10.1666/09-033R1.1
Mammalia
Rodentia
Amphibia
Teleostei
Osteichthyes
Anura
Caudata
Reptilia
Squamata
Sauria
Urodela
Amphisbaenia
Ranidae
Anguidae
Testudines
Iguanidae
Crocodylia
Ctenosaura pectinata
Lacertilia
Olenelloidea
Cricetidae
Scleroglossa
Anguimorpha
Shinisaurus crocodilurus
Pseudopus apodus
Anguinae
Cricetodontini
Peachella
Pseudopus laurillardi
Propseudopus fraasii
Pseudopus fraasi
Pseudopus moguntinus
Ophisaurus moguntinus
Pseudopus pannonicus
Ophisaurus ulmensis
Ophisaurus acuminatus
Lacerta apoda descripta
Cricetodon bolligeri
Ophisauriscus quadrupes

A new species of condyloderes (cyclorhagida, kinorhyncha) from Korea.

2010-03-04T13:20:24+00:00

Related Articles A new species of condyloderes (cyclorhagida, kinorhyncha) from Korea. Zoolog Sci. 2010 Mar;27(3):234-42 Authors: Sørensen MV, Rho HS, Kim D A new kinorhynch species, Condyloderes megastigma sp. nov., is described from the Korea Strait. The new species is characterized by the presence of 16 placids with either eight, four, or two knobby projections, middorsal and lateroventral acicular spines on segments 1 to 9, lateroventral cuspidate spines on segment 2 in females only, but otherwise lateroventral cuspidate spines on segments 4 and 5, and 8 and 9 in both sexes. Unique for the new species is furthermore the presence of paired ventromedial appendages on segments 7 and 8, giant ventromedial sensory spots on segment 9, and a terminal segment consisting of one tergal and one sternal plate. The mouth cone and introvert armature are described in detail for the first time for the genus Condyloderes Higgins, 1969. This study reveals similarities in several morphological characters between this genus and species of Campyloderes Zelinka, 1913. PMID: 20192691 [PubMed - in process]
doi:10.2108/zsj.27.234
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Copepoda
Deltocephalinae
Macrodasyida
Kinorhyncha
Harpacticoida
Attheyella
Canthocamptidae
Thaumastodermatidae
Ptychostomella
Cyclorhagida
Condyloderes
Condyloderes megastigma
Campyloderes
Antygomonas
Echinoderes sensibilis

New Cyriacotheriid Pantodonts (Mammalia, Pantodonta) from the Paleocene of Alberta, Canada, and the Relationships of Cyriacotheriidae

2010-03-04T13:20:23+00:00

Journal of Paleontology, Volume 84, Issue 2, Page 197-215, March 2010.
doi:10.1666/09-109R.1
Mammalia
Marsupialia
Insectivora
Eutheria
Vertebrata
Dermoptera
Olenelloidea
Edentata
Plesiadapiformes
Cynocephalidae
Ungulata
Titanoides
Microsyopoidea
Peachella
Barylambda churchilli
Pantolambdidae
Alcidedorbignya opinata
Cyriacotherium argyreum
Presbytherium
Presbytherium rhodorugatus
Presbytherium taurus

Life Cycle of Early Cambrian Microalgae from the Skiagia-plexus acritarchs

2010-03-04T13:20:22+00:00

Journal of Paleontology, Volume 84, Issue 2, Page 216-230, March 2010.
doi:10.1666/09-117R.1
Eukaryotes
Volvox carteri
Chlorophyta
Dinoflagellata
Dinoflagellate
Protoctista
Chlorella
Alexandrium tamarense
Lingulodinium polyedrum
Volvocales
Chlorophyceae
Haematococcus pluvialis
Chlorococcales
Tasmanites
Leiosphaeridia
Acritarchs
Lingulodinium machaerophorum
Olenelloidea
Desmidiaceae
Eustigmatophyceae
Chlorella fusca
Cosmarium botrytis
Peachella
Scrippsiella trifida
Nanochlorum eucaryotum
Skiagia plexus
Leiosphaeridia plexus
Atractomorpha echinata
Spirotaenia condensata
Cosmarium turpinii
Golenkinia minutissima
Skiagia scottica
Skiagia ornata

Chondrichthyans from the Lower Ferron Sandstone Member of the Mancos Shale (upper Cretaceous: Middle Turonian) of Emery and Carbon Counties, Utah, USA

2010-03-04T13:20:21+00:00

Journal of Paleontology, Volume 84, Issue 2, Page 248-266, March 2010.
doi:10.1666/09-053R.1
Mammalia
Teleostei
Elasmobranchii
Chondrichthyes
Pristidae
Vertebrata
Pristiorajea
Rajiformes
Carcharodon carcharias
Cretoxyrhina mantelli
Cretalamna appendiculata
Ptychodus mammillaris
Paludicola
Euselachii
Ptychodus anonymus
Olenelloidea
Mitsukurinidae
Pristiophoridae
Hemiscylliidae
Ischyrhiza mira
Ptychotrygon vermiculata
Anacoracidae
Squalicorax pristodontus
Sclerorhynchidae
Ischyrhiza schneideri
Ptychotrygon triangularis
Hybodontidae
Cretoxyrhinidae
Mitsukurina owstoni
Collignoniceras woollgari
Ptychodus whipplei
Cretodus crassidens
Scapanorhynchus raphiodon
Hybodontiformes
Prionocyclus hyatti
Peachella
Protoplatyrhina hopii
Cretodus semiplicatus
Enchodus shumardi

New Sea Turtle from the Miocene of Peru and the Iterative Evolution of Feeding Ecomorphologies since the Cretaceous

2010-03-04T13:20:21+00:00

Journal of Paleontology, Volume 84, Issue 2, Page 231-247, March 2010.
doi:10.1666/09-077R.1
Gastropoda
Mammalia
Amphibia
Cetacea
Aves
Reptilia
Chelonia mydas
Dermochelys coriacea
Carnivora
Chelonia
Trionychidae
Eretmochelys imbricata
Cheloniidae
Dermochelyidae
Emydidae
Testudines
Chelonioidea
Paludicola
Batrachia
Cryptodira
Puppigerus camperi
Olenelloidea
Lepidochelys olivacea
Toxochelys latiremis
Lepidochelys kempii
Turritellidae
Natator depressus
Chelone mydas
Euclastes acutirostris
Euclastes wielandi
Euclastes hutchisoni
Osteopygoides priscus
Peachella
Euclastes coahuilaensis
Eochelone brabantica
Osteopyginae
Ornithopsis
Ctenochelys stenoporus
Syllomus aegyptiacus
Pampa hutchisoni
Pampa urbinai
Ctenochelys tenuitesta
Lophochelys natatrix
Ctenochelys acris
Argillochelys cuneiceps
Neogene depressus
Ctenochelys procax
Ctenochelys stenopora
Argillochelys antiqua
Glarus planimentum
Procolpochelys grandaeva
Caretta patriciae
Pacifichelys urbinai
Pacifichelys hutchisoni
Nichollsemys baieri

The Middle Eocene Belosaepia ungula (Cephalopoda: Coleoida) from Texas: Structure, Ontogeny and Function

2010-03-04T13:20:20+00:00

Journal of Paleontology, Volume 84, Issue 2, Page 267-287, March 2010.
doi:10.1666/09-018R.1
Cephalopoda
Gastropoda
Mollusca
Coleoidea
Scaphopoda
Olenelloidea
Sepiida
Sepiolidae
Nautilus belauensis
Rossia pacifica
Sepiidae
Peachella
Belosaepia ungula
Belosaepia uncinata
Belosaepia harrisi
Belosaepia alabamensis voltzi
Belosaepia veatchii
Belosaepia saccaria
Belosaepia alabamensis
Ceratisepia elongata
Spirulirostra anomala

The Plio-Pleistocene Ancestor of Wild Dogs, Lycaon sekowei n. sp

2010-03-04T13:20:19+00:00

Journal of Paleontology, Volume 84, Issue 2, Page 299-308, March 2010.
doi:10.1666/09-124.1
Mammalia
Canis lupus
Lycaon pictus
Carnivora
Canidae
Felidae
Olenelloidea
Xenocyon lycaonoides
Caninae
Machairodontinae
Peachella
Xenocyon falconeri
Cava lupus
Lycaon sekowei

A Possible Anomalocaridid from the Cambrian Sirius Passet Lagerstätte, North Greenland

2010-03-04T13:20:18+00:00

Journal of Paleontology, Volume 84, Issue 2, Page 352-355, March 2010.
doi:10.1666/09-136R1.1
Crustacea
Chelicerata
Kerygmachela kierkegaardi
Olenelloidea
Mobergella
Opabinia regalis
Dinocarida
Peachella
Tamisiocaris borealis

A Corset-Like Fossil from the Cambrian Sirius Passet Lagerstätte of North Greenland and Its Implications for Cycloneuralian Evolution

2010-03-04T13:20:18+00:00

Journal of Paleontology, Volume 84, Issue 2, Page 332-340, March 2010.
doi:10.1666/09-102R.1
Arthropoda
Ecdysozoa
Nematomorpha
Loricifera
Priapulida
Kerygmachela kierkegaardi
Priapulidae
Olenelloidea
Palaeoscolex piscatorum
Halicryptus spinulosus
Nemathelminthes
Priapulus caudatus
Hadimopanella apicata
Scalidophora
Halicryptus higginsi
Tubiluchus corallicola
Peachella
Kleptothule rasmusseni
Nanaloricidae
Armorloricus kristenseni
Nanaloricus mysticus
Sirilorica carlsbergi

The Rise and Fall of Human Oesophagostomiasis

2010-03-04T13:20:17+00:00

Publication year: 2010Source: Advances in Parasitology, Volume 71, 2010, Pages 93-155A.M., Polderman , M., Eberhard , S., Baeta , Robin B., Gasser , L., van Lieshout , ...Until recently, the infections of humans with representatives of the genus Oesophagostomum were thought to be rare and of zoonotic origin. In the 1980s, it was recognised that intense transmission associated with the disease was taking place in northern Togo and Ghana. Pathology can be severe and two clinical presentations, called ‘Dapaong Tumour’ and ‘multinodular disease’, have been described. Lesions can now be efficiently and specifically visualised by ultrasound. The prevalence of infection appeared to be high in many villages, although its distribution was limited and focal. Parasitological diagnosis has been based on the demonstration of third-stage larvae in stool...
Strongyloides
Nematoda
Ascaris lumbricoides
Strongyloides stercoralis
Necator americanus
Papio anubis
Oesophagostomum radiatum
Oesophagostomum venulosum
Ancylostoma duodenale
Oesophagostomum bifurcum
Bursa copulatrix
Oesophagostomum dentatum
Cercopithecus mona
Ascaris duodenale
Colobus vellerosus
Oesophagostomum columbianum
Oesophagostomum quadrispinulatum
Oesophagostomum stephanostomum
Cercopithecus patas
Oesophagostomum brumpti
Oesophagostomum aculeatum
Ternidens deminutus
Oesophagostomum prevalence
Cercopithecus sabeus
Oesophagostomum bifurcum colon

Re-evaluation of Phytophthora citricola isolates from multiple woody hosts in Europe and North America reveals a new species, Phytophthora plurivora sp. nov.

2010-03-04T13:20:10+00:00

Re-evaluation of Phytophthora citricola isolates from multiple woody hosts in Europe and North America reveals a new species, Phytophthora plurivora sp. nov. Persoonia. 2009 Jun;22:95-110 Authors: Jung T, Burgess TI During large-scale surveys for soilborne Phytophthora species in forests and semi-natural stands and nurseries in Europe during the last decade, homothallic Phytophthora isolates with paragynous antheridia, semipapillate persistent sporangia and a growth optimum around 25 degrees C which did not form catenulate hyphal swellings, were recovered from 39 host species in 16 families. Based on their morphological and physiological characters and the similarity of their ITS DNA sequences with P. citricola as designated on GenBank, these isolates were routinely identified as P. citricola. In this study DNA sequence data from the internal transcribed spacer regions (ITS1 and ITS2) and 5.8S gene of the rRNA operon, the mitochondrial cox1 and beta-tubulin genes were used in combination with morphological and physiological characteristics to characterise these isolates and compare them to the ex-type and the authentic type isolates of P. citricola, and two other taxa of the P. citricola complex, P. citricola I and the recently described P. multivora. Due to their unique combination of morphological, physiological and molecular characters these semipapillate homothallic isolates are described here as a new species, P. plurivora sp. nov. PMID: 20198142 [PubMed - in process]
doi:10.3767/003158509X442612
Phytophthora citricola
Phytophthora plurivora

Ceratocystis larium sp. nov., a new species from Styrax benzoin wounds associated with incense harvesting in Indonesia.

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Ceratocystis larium sp. nov., a new species from Styrax benzoin wounds associated with incense harvesting in Indonesia. Persoonia. 2009 Jun;22:75-82 Authors: van Wyk M, Wingfield BD, Clegg PA, Wingfield MJ Styrax benzoin trees, native to the island Sumatra, Indonesia are wounded to produce resin that is collected and burned as incense. These wounds on trees commonly develop into expanding cankers that lead to tree death. The aim of this study was to consider whether Ophiostomatoid fungi, typically associated with wounds on trees might be associated with resin harvesting on S. benzoin. Samples were collected from the edges of artificially induced wounds, and particularly where cankers and staining of the vascular tissue was evident. Tissue samples were incubated in moist chambers and carrot baiting was also used to detect the presence of Ceratocystis spp. Fruiting structures with morphology typical of species in the C. fimbriata s.l. species complex and species in the anamorph genus Thielaviopsis were found, on both the incubated wood and the carrot baits. DNA sequences were generated for the Internal Transcribed Spacer regions 1 and 2 including the 5.8S rRNA gene, part of the beta-tubulin and the Transcription Elongation Factor 1-alpha gene regions. These data were compared with those of other species in the C. fimbriata s.l. species complex and Thielaviopsis using phylogenetic analysis. Morphology of the isolates in culture as well as phylogenetic inference showed that the Thielaviopsis sp. present on the wounds was T. basicola. The Ceratocystis sp. from S. benzoin represents a new taxon in the C. fimbriata s.l. complex described here as C. larium sp. nov. PMID: 20198140 [PubMed - in process]
doi:10.3767/003158509X439076
Ceratocystis fimbriata
Thielaviopsis basicola
Thielaviopsis
Styrax benzoin
Ceratocystis larium

Phytophthora multivora sp. nov., a new species recovered from declining Eucalyptus, Banksia, Agonis and other plant species in Western Australia.

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Phytophthora multivora sp. nov., a new species recovered from declining Eucalyptus, Banksia, Agonis and other plant species in Western Australia. Persoonia. 2009 Jun;22:1-13 Authors: Scott PM, Burgess TI, Barber PA, Shearer BL, Stukely MJ, Hardy GE, Jung T A new Phytophthora species, isolated from rhizosphere soil of declining or dead trees of Eucalyptus gomphocephala, E. marginata, Agonis flexuosa, and another 13 plant species, and from fine roots of E. marginata and collar lesions of Banksia attenuata in Western Australia, is described as Phytophthora multivora sp. nov. It is homothallic and produces semipapillate sporangia, smooth-walled oogonia containing thick-walled oospores, and paragynous antheridia. Although morphologically similar to P. citricola, phylogenetic analyses of the ITS and cox1 gene regions demonstrate that P. multivora is unique. Phytophthora multivora is pathogenic to bark and cambium of E. gomphocephala and E. marginata and is believed to be involved in the decline syndrome of both eucalypt species within the tuart woodland in south-west Western Australia. PMID: 20198133 [PubMed - in process]
doi:10.3767/003158509X415450
Eucalyptus marginata
Phytophthora citricola
Banksia attenuata
Eucalyptus gomphocephala
Agonis flexuosa
Phytophthora multivora

Paenibacillus xylanisolvens sp. nov., a xylan-degrading bacterium from Thai soil.

2010-03-03T10:44:18+00:00

Paenibacillus xylanisolvens sp. nov., a xylan-degrading bacterium from Thai soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2010 Feb 26; Authors: Khianngam S, Tanasupawat S, Akaracharanya A, Kim KK, Lee KC, Lee JS A xylan-degrading bacterium, strain X11-1T was isolated from soil collected in Nan province, Thailand. It was characterized taxonomically based on its phenotypic and chemotaxonomic characteristics including the 16S rRNA gene sequence comparison. The strain was Gram-positive, facultatively anaerobic, spore-forming, rod-shaped bacterium. It contained meso-diaminopimelic in cell wall-peptidoglycan. Major menaquinone was MK-7. Anteiso-C15:0 (56.6%) and C16:0 (14.0%) were predominant cellular fatty acids. Diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylmonomethylethanolamine, phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylglycerol were major polar lipids. The DNA G+C content was 51.6 mol%. Phylogenetic analysis using 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain X11-1T was affiliated to the genus Paenibacillus, which was closely related to Paenibacillus validus CCM 3894T and Paenibacillus naphthalenovorans KACC 11505T with 96.6 and 96.1% sequence similarity, respectively. Strain X11-1T could be clearly distinguished from Paenibacillus validus CCM 3894T and Paenibacillus naphthalenovorans KACC 11505T based on its physiological and biochemical characteristics as well as its phylogenetic position. Therefore, the strain represent a novel species of the genus Paenibacillus, for which the name Paenibacillus xylanisolvenae sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is X11-1T (=KCTC 13042T =PCU 311T =TISTR 1829T). PMID: 20190026 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
doi:10.1099/ijs.0.022269-0
Paenibacillus validus
Paenibacillus naphthalenovorans
Paenibacillus siamensis
Paenibacillus septentrionalis
Paenibacillus montaniterrae
Paenibacillus thailandensis
Paenibacillus nanensis
Paenibacillus cellulositrophicus
Cohnella thailandensis
Cohnella xylanilytica
Cohnella terrae
Paenibacillus xylanisolvens
Paenibacillus xylanisolvenae

Inquilinus ginsengisoli sp. nov., isolated from soil of a ginseng field.

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Inquilinus ginsengisoli sp. nov., isolated from soil of a ginseng field. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2010 Feb 26; Authors: Jung HM, Lee JS, Yi TH, Kim SY, Lee ST, Im WT A Gram-reaction negative, chemo-organotrophic, non-motile, non-spore-forming, rod-shaped bacterium (Gsoil 080T) was isolated from the soil collected in a ginseng field in Pocheon province, South Korea, and was investigated using a polyphasic taxonomic approach. Comparative 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis showed that the closest related taxa were Inquilinus limosus AU0476T (98.9%) and Inquilinus sp. AU1979 (98.9%), and lower sequence similarities (91.3%) were found with all validly named species. And strain Gsoil 080T was belonged to the family Rhodospirillaceae in the order Rhodospirillales of the class Alphaproteobacteria. The predominant ubiquinone was Q-10 and the major fatty acids were Summed feature 7(C18:1omega9c/omega12t/omega7c) and C19:0 cyclo omega8c. The G + C content of genomic DNA of strain Gsoil 080T was 69.9%. DNA-DNA relatedness value with Inquilinus limosus AU0476T was 12 %. The results of the genotypic analyses in combination with chemotaxonomic and physiological data demonstrated that strain Gsoil 080T represented a novel species within the genus Inquilinus, for which the name Inquilinus ginsengisoli sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is Gsoil 080T (=KCTC 12574T = LMG 23638T). PMID: 20190024 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
doi:10.1099/ijs.0.018689-0
Alphaproteobacteria
Rhodospirillaceae
Pedobacter ginsengisoli
Rhodospirillales
Inquilinus limosus
Sphingopyxis ginsengisoli
Dyella ginsengisoli
Variovorax ginsengisoli
Caulobacter ginsengisoli
Inquilinus ginsengisoli

Gordonia neofelifaecis sp. nov., a cholesterol side-chain cleaving actinomycete isolated from the faeces of Neofelis nebulosa.

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Gordonia neofelifaecis sp. nov., a cholesterol side-chain cleaving actinomycete isolated from the faeces of Neofelis nebulosa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2010 Feb 26; Authors: Liu Y, Ge L, Chen G, Li W, Ma P, Zhang G, Zeng L A cholesterol side-chain cleaving bacterial strain, AD-6T, was isolated from fresh faeces of Neofelis nebulosa, and was subjected to a polyphasic taxonomic study. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis showed that the strain formed a distinct subline within the genus Gordonia, its closest neighbours being the type strains of Gordonia cholesterolivorans, Gordonia sihwensis, and Gordonia hydrophobica, with sequence similarity values of 98.2%, 97.8% and 97.6%, respectively. The gyrB gene sequence of strain AD-6T exhibited similarity of 77 to 91 % to other Gordonia gyrB sequences, it was most closely related to G. sihwensis, G. hydrophobica and Gordonia hirsute (91, 87 and 84%, respectively). The results of the whole-cell fatty acid pattern and DNA-DNA relatedness data readily distinguished the isolate from its nearest neighbours. Strain AD-6T is therefore a novel species within the genus Gordonia, for which the name Gordonia neofelifaecis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is AD-6T (= NRRL B-59395 T = CCTCC AB-209144T). PMID: 20190025 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
doi:10.1099/ijs.0.020321-0
Neofelis nebulosa
Gordonia araii
Gordonia effusa
Gordonia hydrophobica
Gordonia sihwensis
Gordonia defluvii
Gordonia soli
Gordonia shandongensis
Gordonia cholesterolivorans
Gordonia hirsute
Gordonia neofelifaecis

Geodermatophilus ruber sp. nov., a novel actinobacterium isolated from the rhizosphere soil of a medicinal plant.

2010-03-03T10:44:16+00:00

Geodermatophilus ruber sp. nov., a novel actinobacterium isolated from the rhizosphere soil of a medicinal plant. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2010 Feb 26; Authors: Zhang YQ, Chen J, Liu HY, Zhang YQ, Li WJ, Yu LY A novel actinobacterial strain, designated CPCC 201356T, was isolated from the rhizosphere soil sample of the medicinal plant Astragalus membranaceus and subjected to polyphasic taxonomy. Good growth occurred at 20-32 degrees C, pH 7.0-7.5 with 0-1 % (w/v) NaCl. The colonies on R2A and ISP 2 agar were light-red to red, round, and lack of aerial mycelia, and the cells adhered to the agar. The peptidoglycan contained meso-diaminopimelic acid as the diagnostic diamino acid. The predominant menaquinones were MK-9(H4) and MK-9. Polar lipids consisted of diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, and two unknown phospholipids. The major cellular fatty acids were i-C16 : 0, i-C15 : 0 and C17 : 1 CIS9. The G+C content of the genomic DNA was 72.8 mol%. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that the isolate belonged to the family Geodermatophilaceae and consistently formed a distinct sub-branch with Geodermatophilus obscurus DSM 43160T. The organism showed 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity of 97.7 % with Geodermatophilus obscurus DSM 43160T. DNA-DNA hybridization value between the new isolate and Geodermatophilus obscurus DSM 43160T was 17.4 %. On the basis of the polyphasic taxonomy evidence, a novel species, Geodermatophilus ruber sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is CPCC 201356T (=DSM 45317T=CCM 7619T). PMID: 20190022 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
doi:10.1099/ijs.0.020610-0
Amycolatopsis
Geodermatophilaceae
Pseudonocardineae
Astragalus membranaceus
Geodermatophilus obscurus
Nocardiopsis quinghaiensis
Georgenia halophila
Frondihabitans peucedani
Amycolatopsis xylanica
Haloechinothrix alba
Geodermatophilus ruber

Haloactinopolyspora alba gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel halophilic filamentous actinomycete isolated from a salt lake in China, with proposal of Jiangellaceae fam. nov. and Jiangellineae subord. nov.

2010-03-03T10:44:16+00:00

Haloactinopolyspora alba gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel halophilic filamentous actinomycete isolated from a salt lake in China, with proposal of Jiangellaceae fam. nov. and Jiangellineae subord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2010 Feb 26; Authors: Tang SK, Zhi XY, Wang Y, Shi R, Lou K, Xu LH, Li WJ A halophilic filamentous actinomycete strain, designated YIM 93246T, was isolated from a salt lake in Xinjiang province, north-west China and subjected to polyphasic taxonomic characterisation. The isolate grew in the presence of 7~23 % (w/v) NaCl, but not in the absence of NaCl. Strain YIM 93246T had particular morphological properties, forming aerial mycelium that had long spore chains and formed root-like spores heap at maturity. LL-DAP was the cell wall diamino acid and glucosamine, mannose, glucose, arabinose and galactose were the cell wall sugars. The major fatty acids were iso-C16:0, anteiso-C15:0 and anteiso-C17:0. MK-9 (H4) was the predominant menaquinone and the genomic DNA G+C content was 70.5 mol%. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain YIM 93246T clustered with the genus Jiangella. The sequence similarities among strain YIM 93246T and Jiangella alba, Jiangella gansuensis and Jiangella alkaliphila were 96.9, 96.9, 96.6%, respectively. Based on a battery of morphological, physiological and chemotaxonomic differences and phylogenetic analysis, a novel genus and species, Haloactinopolyspora alba gen. nov., sp. nov., is proposed. The type strain of the species is YIM 93246T (=DSM 45211T=KCTC 19409T). Additionally, phylogenetic analysis placed the genus Jiangella together with strain YIM 93246T within the order Actinomycetales as an independent lineage, clearly distinguished from other described suborders of the class Actinobacteria. Hence, based on phylogenetic characteristics and signature nucleotide patterns, the genus Jiangella together with the newly proposed genus Haloactinopolyspora are proposed to be classified as Jiangellaceae fam. nov. and Jiangellineae subord. nov. PMID: 20190023 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
doi:10.1099/ijs.0.021725-0
Actinomycetales
Actinobacteria
Pseudonocardineae
Jiangella gansuensis
Jiangella alkaliphila
Nocardiopsaceae
Haloactinospora alba
Maytenus austroyunnanensis
Jiangella alba
Amycolatopsis halophila
Ruaniaceae
Haloactinobacterium album
Haloechinothrix alba
Jiangellaceae
Haloactinopolyspora alba

Flavobacterium beibuense sp. nov., isolated from marine sediment.

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Flavobacterium beibuense sp. nov., isolated from marine sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2010 Feb 26; Authors: Fu Y, Tang X, Lai Q, Zhang C, Zhong H, Li W, Liu Y, Chen L, Sun F, Shao Z A taxonomic study was carried out on strain F44-8T, which was isolated from a crude oil-degrading consortium, enriched from marine sediment of the Beibu Gulf, P. R. of China. The 16S rRNA gene sequence of strain F44-8T showed the highest similarity with Flavobacterium frigoris LMG 21922T (93.3 %), Flavobacterium terrae R2A1-13T (93.3 %) and Flavobacterium gelidilacus LMG 21477T (93.1 %). Sequence similarities to other members of the genus Flavobacterium were <93.0 %. The dominant fatty acids of strain F44-8T were iso-C15:0, summed feature 3 (iso-C15:0 2-OH and/or C16:1omega7c), iso-C15:1 G and iso-C17:0 3OH. The DNA G+C content of strain F44-8T was 38.6 mol%. These results were consistent with the characteristics of members of the genus Flavobacterium. Strain F44-8T could, however, readily be distinguished from all known Flavobacterium species by a number of phenotypic features. Therefore, according to the phenotypic and 16S rRNA gene sequence data, strain F44-8T is described as a new species in the genus Flavobacterium, for which the name Flavobacterium beibuense sp. nov. is proposed (type strain F44-8T =CCTCC AB 209067T =LMG 25233T=MCCC 1A02877T). PMID: 20190020 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
doi:10.1099/ijs.0.018846-0
Flavobacterium frigoris
Flavobacterium indicum
Flavobacterium terrae
Flavobacterium degerlachei
Flavobacterium algicola
Flavobacterium glycines
Flavobacterium micromati
Flavobacterium ponti
Flavobacterium gelidilacus
Flavobacterium beibuense

Fibrella aestuarina gen. nov., sp. nov., a filamentous bacterium of the family Cytophagaceae isolated from North Sea tidal flats and emended description of the genus Rudanella Weon et al., 2008.

2010-03-03T10:44:12+00:00

Fibrella aestuarina gen. nov., sp. nov., a filamentous bacterium of the family Cytophagaceae isolated from North Sea tidal flats and emended description of the genus Rudanella Weon et al., 2008. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2010 Feb 26; Authors: Filippini M, Svercel M, Laczko E, Kaech A, Ziegler U, Bagheri HC A gram-staining-negative, pink bacterium designated strain BUZ 2T, was isolated from coastal mud from the North Sea (Fedderwardersiel, Germany). Cells were rod-shaped and able to form multicellular filaments. Growth after 7 days was observed at 10-40 degrees C, at pH 6-8 and with 0-0.5 % NaCl. The phylogenetic tree based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that strain BUZ 2T is a member of the family Cytophagaceae, its closest neighbours being Rudanella lutea 5715S-11T, Spirosoma linguale LMG 10896T and Spirosoma panaciterrae Gsoil 1519T (87.8 %, 86.4 % and 86.1 % 16S rRNA gene similarity, respectively). The major fatty acids were summed feature 3 (comprising C16:1omega7c and/or isoC15:0 2-OH), C16:1omega5c and isoC15:0. The predominant respiratory quinone was MK-7 and the major polar lipids were phosphatidylethanolamine and several unidentified aminophospholipids. The G+C content was 56.5 mol%. On the basis of this polyphasic study, we propose that strain BUZ 2T represents a novel genus and species, for which the name Fibrella aestuarina gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is BUZ 2T (= DSMZ 22563T = CCUG 58136T). An emended description of the genus Rudanella is also proposed. PMID: 20190021 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
doi:10.1099/ijs.0.020503-0
Larkinella insperata
Spirosoma linguale
Rudanella lutea
Spirosoma panaciterrae
Jeongeupia naejangsanensis
Sphingosinicella vermicomposti
Cytophagaceae
Rhodocytophaga aerolata
Larkinella bovis
Fibrella aestuarina

Auritidibacter ignavus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel bacterium of the family Micrococcacea isolated from ear swab of a man with otitis externa, transfer of the family Yaniellaceae Li et al. 2008 to the family Micrococcaceae and emended description of the s

2010-03-03T10:44:11+00:00

Auritidibacter ignavus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel bacterium of the family Micrococcacea isolated from ear swab of a man with otitis externa, transfer of the family Yaniellaceae Li et al. 2008 to the family Micrococcaceae and emended description of the suborder Micrococcineae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2010 Feb 26; Authors: Yassin AF, Hupfer H, Siering C, Klenk HP, Schumann P A Gram-positive, strict aerobic, catalase-positive, non-spore-forming, rod-shaped bacterium, strain IMMIB L-1656T, isolated from an ear swab of a man was characterized using a polyphasic approach. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis indicated that strain IMMIB L-1656T is related to members of the family Micrococcaceae (<95.1 % sequence similarity). Treeing anaylsis using different algorithms consistently grouped strain IMMIB L-1656T with members of the genus Yaniella. The organism contained a cell wall murein based on L-lysine (variation A4a, type L-Lys - Gly - L-Glu), possessed MK-10 as the predominant menaquinone, synthesized long-chain cellular fatty acids of straight-chain and branched-chain saturated types (with i-C15:0 and ai-C17:0 predominating), the phospholipid type was PI with no nitrogen-containing phospholipid and the G+C content of the DNA was 59.7 mol%. On the basis of the distinctive genotypic and phenotypic characteristics, it is proposed that strain IMMIB L-1656T (=DSM 45359T =CCUG 57943T) represents the type strain of a novel species in a new genus, Auritidibacter ignavus gen. nov., sp. nov., of the family Micrococcaceae. PMID: 20190019 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
doi:10.1099/ijs.0.019786-0
Micrococcaceae
Micrococcineae
Thermoactinomycetaceae
Demequina aestuarii
Cellulomonas fermentans
Actinotalea fermentans
Ruania albidiflava
Desmospora activa
Atopococcus tabaci
Dermacoccaceae
Yimella lutea
Auritidibacter ignavus

A new arthropod from the Early Cambrian of North Greenland, with a great appendage-like antennula

2010-03-03T10:44:08+00:00

doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00562.x
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/bsc/zoj/2010/00000158/00000003/art00001
Arthropoda
Kiisortoqia soperi

An evolutional special case in the lower Orthorrhapha: some attractive fossil flies from the Middle Jurassic of China (Insecta: Diptera: Brachycera)

2010-03-03T10:43:53+00:00

doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00552.x
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/bsc/zoj/2010/00000158/00000003/art00004
Diptera
Brachycera
Insecta
Rhagionidae
Tabanoidea
Nemestrinoidea
Rhagionemestriidae
Uranorhagionidae
Uranorhagio
Strenorhagio
Uranorhagio daohugouensis
Strenorhagio grimaldi
Strenorhagio conjugovenius

A new primitive alligatorine from the Eocene of Thailand: relevance of Asiatic members to the radiation of the group

2010-03-03T10:43:47+00:00

doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00582.x
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/bsc/zoj/2010/00000158/00000003/art00006
Crocodylia
Osteolaemus tetraspis
Alligatorinae
Procaimanoidea
Arambourgia gaudryi
Allognathosuchus polyodon
Krabisuchus siamogallicus

A New Species of Condyloderes (Cyclorhagida, Kinorhyncha) from Korea

2010-03-03T10:43:35+00:00

Zoological Science, Volume 27, Issue 3, Page 234-242, March 2010.
doi:10.2108/zsj.27.234
Nasutitermes takasagoensis
Poecilia reticulata
Kinorhyncha
Tardigrada
Pleoticus muelleri
Cephalorhyncha
Cyclorhagida
Echinoderes
Halechiniscidae
Condyloderes
Condyloderes megastigma
Campyloderes
Condyloderes setoensis
Zelinkaderes klepali
Antygomonas oreas
Cryptorhagae
Cateria
Sphenoderes
Neocentrophyidae
Zelinkaderidae
Echinoderes capitatus
Antygomonas

Bryoplana xerophila n. g. n. sp., a New Limnoterrestrial Microturbellarian (Platyhelminthes, Typhloplanidae, Protoplanellinae) from Epilithic Mosses, with Notes on Its Ecology

2010-03-03T10:43:34+00:00

Zoological Science, Volume 27, Issue 3, Page 285-291, March 2010.
doi:10.2108/zsj.27.285
Nasutitermes takasagoensis
Bilateria
Poecilia reticulata
Platyhelminthes
Tardigrada
Acoela
Turbellaria
Dalyellioida
Typhloplanoida
Kalyptorhynchia
Typhloplanidae
Macrotrachela quadricornifera
Plathelminthes
Neorhabdocoela
Rhabdocoela
Rhynchocoela
Trigonostomidae
Protoplanellinae
Olisthanella hungarica
Olisthanella virginiana
Microrhynchus virginianus
Ventrociliella romanae
Byrsophlebidae
Solenopharyngidae
Carcharodopharyngidae
Krumbachia minuta
Prorhynchella minuta
Adenoplea nanus
Mesostomum truncatum

Two New Species of Semicytherura (Podocopa: Ostracoda) from Akkeshi Bay, Hokkaido, Japan, with Comments on Their Speciation and Related Species

2010-03-03T10:43:33+00:00

Zoological Science, Volume 27, Issue 3, Page 292-302, March 2010.
doi:10.2108/zsj.27.292
Ostracoda
Insecta
Nasutitermes takasagoensis
Crustacea
Poecilia reticulata
Zygentoma
Chelicerata

Subtropical Sacoglossans in Okinawa—At “Special Risk” or “Predictably Rare”?

2010-03-01T21:37:04+00:00

American Malacological Bulletin, Volume 28, Issue 1-2, Page 167-181, February 2010.
doi:10.4003/006.028.0211
Gastropoda
Bivalvia
Dreissena polymorpha
Chlorophyta
Mollusca
Opisthobranchia
Codium fragile
Unionidae
Elysia rufescens
Bryopsis
Elysia ornata
Sacoglossa
Ascoglossa
Elysiidae
Codium geppiorum
Polybranchiidae
Placida cremoniana
Stiliger berghi
Codium nanwanense
Elysia grandifolia
Placida daguilarensis
Hermaea dendritica
Elysia trisinuata
Elysia sugashimae

Incongruent patterns of morphological, molecular, and karyotypic variation among populations of Ctenomys pearsoni Lessa and Langguth, 1983 (Rodentia, Ctenomyidae)

2010-03-01T21:37:03+00:00

Publication year: 2010Source: Mammalian Biology - Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 26 February 2010Alejandro, D’Anatro , Guillermo, D’ElíaThe genus Ctenomys of subterranean rodents is one of the most diverse of the mammal radiation. In addition to external and skull morphology, studies of Ctenomys alpha taxonomy have relied in an intense manner on chromosomal variation and several populations of this genus have been characterized only by means of cytogenetic techniques.Ctenomys pearsoni is the most karyotypically variable species of the genus (2n=56-70). The goal of this study was to assess the pattern of geographic variation of the skull morphology in several karyomorphs of Ctenomys pearsoni. Our main results indicate that, with the exception of the Solís karyomorph, the remaining...
doi:10.1016/j.mambio.2010.01.008
Rodentia
Hystricognathi
Octodontidae
Ctenomys lami
Ctenomyidae
Ctenomys pearsoni
Ctenomys minutus
Ctenomys alpha
Colonia pearsoni

Four new species of Chryseobacterium from the rhizosphere of coastal sand dune plants, Chryseobacterium elymi sp. nov., Chryseobacterium hagamense sp. nov., Chryseobacterium lathyri sp. nov. and Chryseobacterium rhizosphaera sp. nov.

2010-02-28T03:55:27+00:00

Related Articles Four new species of Chryseobacterium from the rhizosphere of coastal sand dune plants, Chryseobacterium elymi sp. nov., Chryseobacterium hagamense sp. nov., Chryseobacterium lathyri sp. nov. and Chryseobacterium rhizosphaera sp. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol. 2010 Feb 23; Authors: Cho SH, Lee KS, Shin DS, Han JH, Park KS, Lee CH, Park KH, Kim SB The taxonomic positions of five Gram-negative, non-spore-forming and non-motile bacterial strains isolated from the rhizosphere of sand dune plants were examined using a polyphasic approach. The analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequence indicated that all of the isolates fell into four distinct phylogenetic clusters belonging to the genus Chryseobacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae. The 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities of isolates to mostly related type strains of Chryseobacterium ranged from 97.5% to 98.5%. All strains contained MK-6 as the predominant menaquinone, and iso-C(15:0), iso-C(17:0) 3-OH and a summed feature of iso-C(15:0) 2-OH and/or C(16:1) omega7c as the dominant fatty acids. Combined phenotypic, genotypic and chemotaxonomic data supported that they represented four novel species in the genus Chryseobacterium, for which the names Chryseobacterium hagamense sp. nov. (type strain RHA2-9(T)=KCTC 22545(T)=NBRC 105253(T)), Chryseobacterium elymi sp. nov. (type strain RHA3-1(T)=KCTC 22547(T)=NBRC 105251(T)), Chryseobacterium lathyri sp. nov. (type strain RBA2-6(T)=KCTC 22544(T)=NBRC 105250(T)), and Chryseobacterium rhizosphaera sp. nov. (type strain RSB3-1(T)=KCTC 22548(T)=NBRC 105248(T)) are proposed. PMID: 20185262 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
doi:10.1016/j.syapm.2009.12.004
Flavobacteriaceae
Chryseobacterium soldanellicola
Chryseobacterium taeanense
Chryseobacterium caeni
Chryseobacterium daeguense
Chryseobacterium ureilyticum
Chryseobacterium pallidum
Chryseobacterium molle
Chryseobacterium humi
Chryseobacterium elymi
Chryseobacterium lathyri
Chryseobacterium rhizosphaera
Chryseobacterium hagamense
Chryseobacterium palustre

Keratitis caused by the recently described new species Aspergillus brasiliensis: two case reports.

2010-02-27T00:21:52+00:00

Keratitis caused by the recently described new species Aspergillus brasiliensis: two case reports. J Med Case Reports. 2010 Feb 24;4(1):68 Authors: Manikandan P, Varga J, Kocsube S, Revathi R, Anita R, Doczi I, Nemeth TM, Narendran V, Vagvolgyi C, Bhaskar M, Manoharan C, Samson RA, Kredics L ABSTRACT: INTRODUCTION: Human infections caused by Aspergillus brasiliensis have not yet been reported. We describe the first two known cases of fungal keratitis caused by Aspergillus brasiliensis. CASE PRESENTATION: A 49-year-old Indian Tamil woman agricultural worker came with pain and defective vision in the right eye for one month. Meanwhile, a 35-year-old Indian Tamil woman presented with a history of corneal ulcer involving the left eye for 15 days. The fungal strains isolated from these two cases were originally suspected to belong to Aspergillus section Nigri based on macro- and micromorphological characteristics. Molecular identification revealed that both isolates represent A. brasiliensis. CONCLUSION: The two A. brasiliensis strains examined in this study were part of six keratitis isolates from Aspergillus section Nigri, suggesting that this recently described species may be responsible for a significant proportion of corneal infections caused by black Aspergilli. The presented cases also indicate that significant differences may occur between the severities of keratitis caused by individual isolates of A. brasiliensis. PMID: 20181240 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
doi:10.1186/1752-1947-4-68
Aspergillus tubingensis
Aspergillus brasiliensis

The disrupted pattern of distribution of the genus Hadrurochactas Pocock; evidence of past connections between Amazon and the Brazilian Atlantic forest.

2010-02-25T20:37:03+00:00

The disrupted pattern of distribution of the genus Hadrurochactas Pocock; evidence of past connections between Amazon and the Brazilian Atlantic forest. C R Biol. 2010 Jan;333(1):41-47 Authors: Lourenço WR A new species, Hadrurochactas araripe sp. n. (Chactidae) is described from 'Chapada do Araripe', a 'Brejo type' formation located in the State of Pernambuco, Brazil. The description of the new species confirms a disrupted pattern of distribution presented by the genus Hadrurochactas. This includes species present both in Guiano-Amazon forests and forest islands within the 'Caatingas'. These are xerophytic formations in northeastern Brazil. This new species brings further evidence of a past connection between the Amazonian and Atlantic forests, as already suggested by palaeobotanists. PMID: 20176335 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
doi:10.1016/j.crvi.2009.11.002
Diptera
Araceae
Psychodidae
Scorpiones
Chactidae
Phlebotominae
Monstera adansonii klotzschiana
Lutzomyia umbratilis
Hadrurochactas araripe

Four new species of Chryseobacterium from the rhizosphere of coastal sand dune plants, Chryseobacterium elymi sp. nov., Chryseobacterium hagamense sp. nov., Chryseobacterium lathyri sp. nov. and Chryseobacterium rhizosphaera sp. nov.☆

2010-02-25T20:36:58+00:00

Publication year: 2010Source: Systematic and Applied Microbiology, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 24 February 2010Sung-Heun, Cho , Kang Seon, Lee , Dong-Sung, Shin , Ji-Hye, Han , Ki Seok, Park , ...The taxonomic positions of five Gram-negative, non-spore-forming and non-motile bacterial strains isolated from the rhizosphere of sand dune plants were examined using a polyphasic approach. The analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequence indicated that all of the isolates fell into four distinct phylogenetic clusters belonging to the genus Chryseobacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae. The 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities of isolates to mostly related type strains of Chryseobacterium ranged from 97.5% to 98.5%. All strains contained MK-6 as the predominant menaquinone, and iso-C15:0, iso-C17:0 3-OH and a summed feature of iso-C15:0 2-OH and/or C16:1 ω7c as the dominant fatty...
Lactuca sativa
Flavobacteriaceae
Scophthalmus maximus
Streptomycetaceae
Flavobacteria
Chryseobacterium soldanellicola
Chryseobacterium taeanense
Bergeyella
Rhodobacterales
Calystegia soldanella
Chryseobacterium hispanicum
Chryseobacterium formosense
Chryseobacterium
Oceanicola batsensis
Oceanicola granulosus
Chryseobacterium caeni
Chryseobacterium daeguense
Chryseobacterium luteum
Chryseobacterium soli
Chryseobacterium jejuense
Chryseobacterium gregarium
Elymus mollis
Chryseobacterium gleum
Chryseobacterium elymi
Chryseobacterium lathyri
Lathyrus japonica
Flavobacterium scophthalmum
Chryseobacterium proteolyticum
Streptacidiphilus
Chryseobacterium rhizosphaera
Chryseobacterium hagamense

One new myxosporidian species, Myxobolus slendrii sp. nov., and one known species, M. punjabensis Gupta and Khera, 1989, infecting freshwater fishes in wetlands of Punjab, India.

2010-02-25T20:36:54+00:00

Related Articles One new myxosporidian species, Myxobolus slendrii sp. nov., and one known species, M. punjabensis Gupta and Khera, 1989, infecting freshwater fishes in wetlands of Punjab, India. Parasitol Res. 2010 Feb 24; Authors: Kaur H, Singh R Myxosporidian parasites of fish are very important as they cause severe damage to a large number of commercially important fishes. During our study of Myxozoan parasite of fishes of Punjab wetlands, India, a new myxosporean species, Myxobolus slendrii sp. nov., was recorded from mucous membrane around gill lamellae and one already known species Myxobolus punjabensis from caudal fins of Cirrhina mrigala has been described. Spores of M. slendrii sp. nov. are pyriform, highly elongated, and much slender in shape with a pointed anterior end and a rounded posterior end. The shell valves appear thicker at the posterior end of the spore than the rest on the spore body. Two polar capsules are placed posteriorly from the tip of the spore running parallel to each other. They are equal, pyriform, and highly elongated, equally containing six to eight coils of polar filament. Intercapsular process and iodinophilous vacuole are absent. PMID: 20180134 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
doi:10.1007/s00436-010-1746-9
Mugilidae
Teleostei
Osteichthyes
Myxosporea
Myxozoa
Myxobolidae
Auchenipteridae
Centromochlus heckelii
Mugil cephalus
Prochilodontidae
Myxobolus maculatus
Metynnis maculatus
Cirrhina mrigala
Semaprochilodus insignis
Myxobolus insignis
Myxobolus heckelii
Myxobolus goensis
Myxobolus punjabensis
Myxobolus slendrii
Myxobolus fallax

First complete sauropod dinosaur skull from the Cretaceous of the Americas and the evolution of sauropod dentition.

2010-02-25T20:36:53+00:00

Related Articles First complete sauropod dinosaur skull from the Cretaceous of the Americas and the evolution of sauropod dentition. Naturwissenschaften. 2010 Feb 24; Authors: Chure D, Britt BB, Whitlock JA, Wilson JA Sauropod dinosaur bones are common in Mesozoic terrestrial sediments, but sauropod skulls are exceedingly rare-cranial materials are known for less than one third of sauropod genera and even fewer are known from complete skulls. Here we describe the first complete sauropod skull from the Cretaceous of the Americas, Abydosaurus mcintoshi, n. gen., n. sp., known from 104.46 +/- 0.95 Ma (megannum) sediments from Dinosaur National Monument, USA. Abydosaurus shares close ancestry with Brachiosaurus, which appeared in the fossil record ca. 45 million years earlier and had substantially broader teeth. A survey of tooth shape in sauropodomorphs demonstrates that sauropods evolved broad crowns during the Early Jurassic but did not evolve narrow crowns until the Late Jurassic, when they occupied their greatest range of crown breadths. During the Cretaceous, brachiosaurids and other lineages independently underwent a marked diminution in tooth breadth, and before the latest Cretaceous broad-crowned sauropods were extinct on all continental landmasses. Differential survival and diversification of narrow-crowned sauropods in the Late Cretaceous appears to be a directed trend that was not correlated with changes in plant diversity or abundance, but may signal a shift towards elevated tooth replacement rates and high-wear dentition. Sauropods lacked many of the complex herbivorous adaptations present within contemporaneous ornithischian herbivores, such as beaks, cheeks, kinesis, and heterodonty. The spartan design of sauropod skulls may be related to their remarkably small size-sauropod skulls account for only 1/200th of total body volume compared to 1/30th body volume in ornithopod dinosaurs. PMID: 20179896 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
doi:10.1007/s00114-010-0650-6
Abydosaurus mcintoshi

Isolation and characterization of the equol-producing bacterium Slackia sp. strain NATTS

2010-02-24T09:24:09+00:00

Abstracts Several kinds of carbohydrates such as sorbose, adonitol, and melezitose were found to enhance equol production from daidzein in an in vitro human fecal culture. Sorbose, one of the most effective carbohydrates, was used as a carbohydrate source for isolating the NATTS strain, which was a Gram-positive, non-spore-forming rod bacterium with high ability to convert daidzein to equol isolated from the 7th maintenance culture. The strain was found to belong to the genus Slackia family Coriobacteriaceae by 16S rRNA sequence-based analysis, and the prevalence of the Slackia sp. in Japanese adults was examined by reverse transcription-quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR), which was found to be 40% at a mean population level of 106 cells per gram of feces. Content Type Journal ArticleCategory Original PaperDOI 10.1007/s00203-010-0546-zAuthorsHirokazu Tsuji, Yakult Central Institute for Microbiological Research Yaho 1796, Kunitachi Tokyo 186-8650 JapanKaoru Moriyama, Yakult Central Institute for Microbiological Research Yaho 1796, Kunitachi Tokyo 186-8650 JapanKoji Nomoto, Yakult Central Institute for Microbiological Research Yaho 1796, Kunitachi Tokyo 186-8650 JapanNaoto Miyanaga, University of Tsukuba Urology and Andrology, Functional and Regulatory Medical Science, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba Ibaraki 305-8575 JapanHideyuki Akaza, University of Tsukuba Urology and Andrology, Functional and Regulatory Medical Science, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba Ibaraki 305-8575 JapanJournal Archives of MicrobiologyOnline ISSN 1432-072XPrint ISSN 0302-8933
Eggerthella
Eubacterium ramulus
Coriobacteriaceae
Asaccharobacter celatus
Adlercreutzia equolifaciens

Morphology and SSU rRNA gene-based phylogeny of two marine Euplotes species, E. orientalis spec. nov. and E. raikovi (Ciliophora, Euplotida).

2010-02-24T09:24:02+00:00

Morphology and SSU rRNA gene-based phylogeny of two marine Euplotes species, E. orientalis spec. nov. and E. raikovi (Ciliophora, Euplotida). Eur J Protistol. 2010 Feb 19; Authors: Jiang J, Zhang Q, Warren A, Al-Rasheid KA, Song W The living morphology, infraciliature and silverline system of two small marine Euplotes species, E. orientalis spec. nov. and E. raikoviAgamaliev, 1966, isolated from a sandy beach near Qingdao, China, were investigated. Euplotes orientalis is characterized by a combination of features including their small size (35-45mum long), five or six conspicuous dorsal ridges, two cilia-free basal plaques, eight normal-sized frontoventral cirri (FVC), and a double-patella-I type of silverline system. Euplotes raikovi is redescribed based on a Chinese population and includes the first detailed description of its morphology in vivo. It can be recognized by having one highly reduced and seven normal-sized frontoventral cirri, a single marginal cirrus, and a double-patella-I type of silverline system. For both species the small subunit rRNA (SSU rRNA) gene sequence was determined. Phylogenetic analyses based on these data indicate that E. orientalis is most closely related to E. plicatum and E. bisulcatus, whereas E. raikovi clusters with its conspecific strains, close to E. nobilii and E. elegans. PMID: 20172700 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
doi:10.1016/j.ejop.2009.11.003
Ciliophora
Spirotrichea
Euplotes raikovi
Trachelostyla pediculiformis
Hypotrichida
Spirotrachelostyla
Euplotes elegans
Euplotidae
Euplotida
Diophrys
Euplotes rariseta
Euplotes nobilii
Euplotes sinicus
Euplotes parabalteatus
Euplotes orientalis
Euplotes plicatum
Euplotes bisulcatus

Streptomyces lacticiproducens sp. nov., a lactic acid-producing streptomycete isolated from tomato roots soil in Guangzhou, China.

2010-02-24T09:23:59+00:00

Related Articles Streptomyces lacticiproducens sp. nov., a lactic acid-producing streptomycete isolated from tomato roots soil in Guangzhou, China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2010 Feb 19; Authors: Zhu HH, Yao Q, Yang SZ, Li ZK, Guo J An actinomycete, designated as strain GIMN4.001T, was isolated from the rhizosphere soil of tomato in Guangzhou, China. It produced greyish-white aerial mycelia, lactic acid and a large quantity of double diamond-shaped crystals on potato dextrose agar and yeast extract-malt extract agar (ISP 2). The colour of the substrate mycelium, was not sensitive to pH. Microscopic observations revealed that GIMN4.001T produced verticillate chains of cylindrical spores and chemotaxonomic data confirmed that GIMN4.001T belongs to the genus Streptomyces. Melanin pigments were not produced. No antibacterial activity was observed against Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Bacillus subtilis or Candida albicans, but inhibitory activity was observed against Penicillium citrinum. Analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequence revealed that the highest similarities were to Streptomyces morookaensis strain ATCC 19166T (98.9%) and Streptomyces lavenduligriseus ATCC 13306T (98.7%). DNA relatedness between GIMN4.001T and these two type strains, however was low (14-20%). Further, the morphological, physiological and biochemical characteristics of strain GIMN4.001T were different from S. morookaensis, Streptomyces lavenduligriseus and other closely related Streptomyces species. On the basis of its physiological and molecular properties, it is proposed that strain GIMN4.001T (=CCTCCM 208214T=NRRL B-24800T ) represents a novel species of Streptomyces, for which the name Streptomyces lacticiproducens sp. nov. is proposed. PMID: 20173013 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
doi:10.1099/ijs.0.019125-0
Escherichia coli
Bacillus subtilis
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Candida albicans
Penicillium citrinum
Streptomyces vietnamensis
Streptomyces speibonae
Streptomyces africanus
Nonomuraea maheshkhaliensis
Streptomyces jietaisiensis
Streptomyces morookaensis
Streptomyces lavenduligriseus
Streptomyces lacticiproducens

Spirochaeta perfilievii sp. nov., oxygen-tolerant, sulfide oxidizing, sulfur and thiosulfate-reducing spirochete isolated from a saline spring.

2010-02-24T09:23:58+00:00

Related Articles Spirochaeta perfilievii sp. nov., oxygen-tolerant, sulfide oxidizing, sulfur and thiosulfate-reducing spirochete isolated from a saline spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2010 Feb 19; Authors: Dubinina G, Grabovich M, Leshcheva N, Rainey FA, Gavrish E A new strain of fermenting, aerotolerant, chemoorganoheterotrophic spirochete PT was isolated from a sulfur 'Thiodendron' mat in a saline spring at the Staraya Russa resort (Novgorod Region, Russia). Cells of the strain PT exhibited helical shape. The spirochete required sulfide in the growth medium and was able to non-enzymatically, via interaction of toxic product H2O2 with sulfide, oxidize it to elemental sulfur, which was deposited in the periplasmic space. Growth occurred within the temperature range 4-32 degrees C (optimum at 28-30 degrees C), pH 6.0-8.5 (optimum 7.0-7.5), and NaCl concentration 0.1-1 M (optimum 0.4 M). The isolate used several sugars and polysaccharides as carbon or energy sources, but not peptides, amino acids, organic acids or alcohols. The products of glucose fermentation were formate, acetate, ethanol, pyruvate, CO2 and H2. The G+C content of the genomic DNA was 41.7 mol%. The 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis showed that strain PT fell within the radiation of the Spirochaeta species S. litoralis, S. isovalerica and S. cellobiosiphila with which it shared less then 89% sequence similarity. On the basis of its typical morphology, physiology, and other phenotypic properties as well as phylogenetic position, the new isolate is considered to represent a novel species of the genus Spirochaeta, for which the name Spirochaeta perfilievii sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is PT (=DSM 19205T=VKM B-2514T). PMID: 20173011 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
doi:10.1099/ijs.0.018333-0
Thermosinus carboxydivorans
Spirochaeta litoralis
Spirochaeta isovalerica
Dethiosulfatibacter aminovorans
Dethiosulfovibrio russensis
Spirochaeta cellobiosiphila
Spirochaeta perfilievii
Thiodendron sulfur
Desulfonatronum cooperativum
Dethosulfovibrio acidaminovorans

Sporosalibacterium faouarense gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from an oil-contaminated soil of south Tunisia.

2010-02-24T09:23:58+00:00

Related Articles Sporosalibacterium faouarense gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from an oil-contaminated soil of south Tunisia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2010 Feb 19; Authors: Rezgui R, Ben Ali Gam Z, Ben Hamed S, Fardeau ML, Cayol JL, Maaroufi A, Labat M A novel strictly anaerobic, moderately halophilic and mesophilic bacterium, designated strain SOL3f37T, was isolated from a hydrocarbon-polluted soil surrounding a deep petroleum environment located in south Tunisia. Cells of strain SOL3f37T stained Gram positive, motile, straight, and spore-forming. Strain SOL3f37T showed an non-thick, non-multilayered, typical Gram-positive-type cell wall structure. The major fatty acids were iso-C15:0 (41 %), iso-C14:0 3-OH (21.6 %), iso-C13:0 (4.4 %), anteiso-C15:0 (3.9 %) and iso-C15:1 (2.8 %). Strain SOL3f37T grew between 20 and 48 degrees C (optimum 40 degrees C) and at pH 6.2 to 8.1 (optimum 6.9). Strain SOL3f37T was not found to require more than 0.5 g l-1 of NaCl and grew in the presence of NaCl concentrations up to 150 g l-1 (optimum 40 g l-1). Yeast extract (2 g l-1) was required to degrade pyruvate, fumarate, fructose, glucose and mannitol. Also, strain SOL3f37T grew heterotrophically on yeast extract, peptone and bio-Trypticase, but was unable to grow on casamino acids. Sulfate, thiosulfate, sulfite, elemental sulfur, fumarate, nitrate and nitrite were not reduced. The DNA G + C content was found to be 30.7 mol%. Phylogenetic analysis based on the 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that strain SOL3f37T was a member of the first family Clostridiaceae in the order Clostridiales. Strain SOL3f37T was nearest to different genus belonging to the first family (Clostridiaceae) of the Clostridiales. It exhibited highest 16S-rRNA-gene-sequence similarity of 93.3 % with Clostridiisalibacter paucivorans, 91.8 % with Caloranaerobacter azorensis and 91.7 % with Thermohalobacter berrensis.On the basis of genotypic, phenotypic and phylogenetic data, we suggest that strain SOL3f37T represents a novel genus and a novel species, and propose the name Sporosalibacterium faouarense gen. nov., sp. nov. The type strain is SOL3f37T (DSM 21485T, JCM 15487T). PMID: 20173012 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
doi:10.1099/ijs.0.017715-0
Clostridiales
Clostridiaceae
Geosporobacter subterraneus
Dethiosulfatibacter aminovorans
Clostridiisalibacter paucivorans
Caloranaerobacter azorensis
Fervidicola ferrireducens
Desulfovibrio tunisiensis
Thermohalobacter berrensis
Sporosalibacterium faouarense

Description of Neisseria wadsworthii sp. nov. and Neisseria shayeganii sp. nov. isolated from clinical specimens.

2010-02-24T09:23:57+00:00

Related Articles Description of Neisseria wadsworthii sp. nov. and Neisseria shayeganii sp. nov. isolated from clinical specimens. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2010 Feb 19; Authors: Wolfgang WJ, Carpenter AN, Cole JA, Gronow S, Habura A, Jose S, Nazarian EJ, Kohlerschmidt DJ, Limberger R, Schoonmaker-Bopp D, Spröer C, Musser KA An analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences from archived clinical reference specimens has identified two new Neisseria species: Neisseria wadsworthii sp. nov. and Neisseria shayeganii sp. nov. For each species, two strains from independent sources have been identified. The closest valid species to both new organisms are Neisseria canis, N. dentiae, N. zoodegmatis, N. animaloris, and N. weaveri. DNA-DNA hybridization studies demonstrate that the new isolates are distinct species from these nearest phylogenetic neighbors. A partial 23S rRNA gene sequence for the new strains and their nearest neighbors also provides additional support for the species designation. Bayesian analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences suggests that the new isolates are distinct but related species of the genus Neisseria, and are members of a clade that includes N. dentiae, N. bacilliformis, and N. canis. The predominant cellular fatty acids (CFA) (16:0, 16:1omega7c, and 18:1omega7c), as well as biochemical and morphological analyses further support designation of N. wadsworthii sp. nov. (type strain DSM 22247T= CIP 109934T) and N. shayeganii sp. nov. (type strain DSM 22246T = CIP 109933T) as new species within the genus Neisseria. PMID: 20173010 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
doi:10.1099/ijs.0.022426-0
Neisseria bacilliformis
Neisseria animaloris
Neisseria zoodegmatis
Neisseria canis
Neisseria dentiae
Pseudoxanthomonas mexicana
Pseudoxanthomonas japonensis
Pedobacter steynii
Pedobacter duraquae
Pedobacter metabolipauper
Mycobacterium crocinum
Mycobacterium pallens
Mycobacterium rutilum
Mycobacterium rufum
Mycobacterium aromaticivorans
Neisseria wadsworthii
Neisseria weaveri
Neisseria shayeganii

Anoxybacillus tengchongensis sp. nov. and Anoxybacillus eryuanensis sp. nov., two novel facultatively anaerobic, alkalitolerant bacteria from hot springs in Yunnan, China.

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Related Articles Anoxybacillus tengchongensis sp. nov. and Anoxybacillus eryuanensis sp. nov., two novel facultatively anaerobic, alkalitolerant bacteria from hot springs in Yunnan, China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2010 Feb 19; Authors: Zhang CM, Huang XW, Pan WZ, Zhang J, Wei KB, Klenk HP, Tang SK, Li WJ, Zhang KQ Two new thermophilic spore-forming bacterial strains T-11T and E-112T were isolated from the hot springs in Tengchong and Eryuan counties of Yunnan province, South-West China. The two strains were Gram staining positive, rod-shaped, occurring singly or in chains. Growth of the strain T-11T was observed between 30 and 75 degrees C (optimum 50 degrees C), and at pH 7-11 (optimum pH 8.5); while the temperature range for the strain E-112T growth was from 35 to 70 degrees C (optimum 55 degrees C), and pH range from 7.0 to 11.0 (optimum 8.0). The G+C content of strains T-11T and E-112T were 41.1 mol% and 42.6 mol%, respectively. On the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity, both of the two strains have been shown most closely to be related to Anoxybacillus species. The chemotaxonomic characteristics (predominant isoprenoidquinone-menaquinone-7; major fatty acids iso-C15:0 and iso-C17:0) have also supported the affiliation of strains T-11T and E-112T to the genus Anoxybacillus. The results of DNA-DNA hybridization, physiological and biochemical tests had allowed genotypic and phenotypic differentiation of strains T-11T and E-112T from the valid Anoxybacillus species. Strains T-11T and E-112T therefore represent two new species, for which the names Anoxybacillus tengchongensis sp. nov. (= CCTCC AB209237T= KCTC 13721T) and Anoxybacillus eryuanensis sp. nov. (= CCTCC AB209236T= KCTC 13720T) are proposed. PMID: 20173008 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
doi:10.1099/ijs.0.020834-0
Anoxybacillus amylolyticus
Anoxybacillus kamchatkensis
Anoxybacillus bogrovensis
Anoxybacillus thermarum
Anoxybacillus tengchongensis
Anoxybacillus eryuanensis

Nocardioides caricicola sp. nov., an endophytic bacterium isolated from a halophyte, Carex scabrifolia Steud.

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Related Articles Nocardioides caricicola sp. nov., an endophytic bacterium isolated from a halophyte, Carex scabrifolia Steud. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2010 Feb 19; Authors: Song GC, Yasir M, Bibi F, Chung EJ, Jeon CO, Chung YR A Gram-positive, rod-shaped bacterium, designated strain YC6903T, was isolated from a halophytic plant (Carex scabrifolia Steud.) collected from sand dunes on Namhae Island, Korea, and its taxonomic position was investigated by a polyphasic approach. Strain YC6903T grew optimally at 30 degrees C and at pH 8.0. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that strain YC6903T belongs to the genus Nocardioides in the family Nocardioidaceae. The most closely related species were Nocardioides pyridinolyticus OS4T (97.0 %), Nocardioides dokdonensis FR1436T (96.6 %), Nocardioides aquiterrae GW-9T (96.6 %) and Nocardioides hankookensis DS-30T (96.6 %). The cell-wall peptidoglycan type was LL-diaminopimelic acid and ubiquinone MK-8(H4) was the major respiratory quinone system. DNA-DNA relatedness between strain YC6903T and N. pyridinolyticus OS4T was 53.5+/-5.5 %. The predominant cellular fatty acid of strain YC6903T was iso-C16:0 (28.9 %). The total DNA G+C content was 71.7 mol%. The phenotypic, phylogenetic and chemotaxonomic data showed that strain YC6903T represents a novel species of the genus Nocardioides, for which the name Nocardioides caricicola sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is YC6903T (= KACC 13778T = DSM 22177T). PMID: 20173009 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
doi:10.1099/ijs.0.019919-0
Nocardioides
Nocardioides insulae
Nocardioidaceae
Nocardioides terrigena
Nocardioides aquiterrae
Nocardioides pyridinolyticus
Nocardioides hankookensis
Nocardioides dokdonensis
Nocardioides panacisoli
Nocardioides caricicola
Carex scabrifolia

Jiangella muralis sp. nov., from the indoor environment.

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Related Articles Jiangella muralis sp. nov., from the indoor environment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2010 Feb 19; Authors: Kämpfer P, Schäfer J, Lodders N, Martin K A Gram-positive, non spore forming actinobacterium (15-Je-017T) isolated from the wall material of an indoor environment was studied for its taxonomic position. The isolate formed a rudimentary substrate-mycelium that fragments into rod-shaped cells. On the basis of the 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity studies, strain 15-Je-017T was shown to belong to the genus Jiangella closely related to Jiangella alba DSM 45237T (99.7 %), Jiangella alkaliphila DSM 45079T (99.0 %) and Jiangella gansuensis DSM 44835T (99.0%). The predominant menaquinone was MK-9(H4), whole cell hydrolysates contained LL-diaminopimelic acid as diagnostic diamino acid of the cell wall and the main sugars rhamnose and glucose were detected. Mycolic acids were absent. The polar lipid profile consisted of the lipids diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylcholine, phosphaditylinositol, phosphatidylinositol mannoside and six unknown phospholipids. The major fatty acids C15:0 iso, C15:0 anteiso, C16:0 iso, C17:0 iso, and C17:0 anteiso supported the affiliation of strain 15-Je-017T to the genus Jiangella. The results of DNA-DNA hybridizations, physiological and biochemical tests allowed a phenotypic differentiation of strain 15-Je-017T from the three known Jiangella species. Strain 15-Je-017T represents a novel Jiangella species, for which we propose the name Jiangella muralis sp. nov., with the type strain 15-Je-017T (=DSM 45357T=CCM 7680T). PMID: 20173006 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
doi:10.1099/ijs.0.022277-0
Citricoccus alkalitolerans
Jiangella gansuensis
Jiangella alkaliphila
Jiangella alba
Citricoccus parietis
Prauserella muralis
Brevibacterium sandarkinum
Microlunatus parietis
Jiangella muralis

Miniimonas arenae gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel actinobacterium isolated from sea sand.

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Related Articles Miniimonas arenae gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel actinobacterium isolated from sea sand. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2010 Feb 19; Authors: Ue H, Matsuo Y, Kasai H, Yokota A A Gram-positive, non-motile, rod and coccoid, non-spore-forming bacterium, designated strain YM18-15T, was isolated from sea sand and was subjected to a polyphasic taxonomic study. YM18-15T was grown under both aerobic and anaerobic conditions. The cell-wall peptidoglycan type of strain YM18-15T was A4beta ornithine was the diagnostics diamino acid. The polar lipids were phosphatidylglycerol, diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylinositol and an unknown phospholipid, MK-8(H4) as major menaquinone and anteiso-C15:0 and C16:0 as major fatty acids. The DNA G+C content was 74.2 mol%. High 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities (96.3-97.3 %) were found to the sequence of the type strains of the three genera of the family Beutenbergiaceae. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain YM18-15T formed a clade with Serinibacter salmoneus, Salana multivorans, and Beutenbergia cavernae. Strain YM18-15T differed from these three type strains on chemotaxonomic characteristics and the signature nucleotides. Based on genetic and chemotaxonomic evidence, it is proposed that strain YM18-15T represents a novel genus and species of the family Beutenbergiaceae, for which the name Miniimonas arenae gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is YM18-15T (=NBRC 106267T=KCTC 19750T=MBIC 08348T). The GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of strain YM18-15T is AB522642. PMID: 20173007 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
doi:10.1099/ijs.0.019596-0
Phycicola gilvus
Beutenbergiaceae
Dermacoccaceae
Bogoriellaceae
Serinibacter salmoneus
Salana multivorans
Yimella lutea
Frondihabitans peucedani
Ruaniaceae
Haloactinobacterium album
Beutenbergia cavernae
Miniimonas arenae