@article{harrigan:2004:TXL, title = {Application of high-throughput Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy in toxicology studies: contribution to a study on the development of an animal model for idiosyncratic toxicity}, author = {George G. Harrigan and Roxanne H. LaPlante and Greg N. Cosma and Gary Cockerell and Royston Goodacre and Jane F. Maddox and James P. Luyendyk and Patricia E. Ganey and Robert A. Roth}, journal = {Toxicology Letters}, month = {2 February}, number = 3, pages = {197--205}, volume = 146, year = 2004, notes = {Pharmacia Corporation, GMax-Bio}, doi = {doi:10.1016/j.toxlet.2003.09.011}, abstract = {An evaluation of high-throughput Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) as a technology that could support a {"}metabonomics{"} component in toxicological studies of drug candidates is presented. The hypothesis tested in this study was that FT-IR had sufficient resolving power to discriminate between urine collected from control rat populations and rats subjected to treatment with a potent inflammatory agent, bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS). It was also hypothesized that co-administration of LPS with ranitidine, a drug associated with reports of idiosyncratic susceptibility, would induce hepatotoxicity in rats and that this could be detected non-invasively by an FT-IR-based metabonomics approach. The co-administration of LPS with {"}idiosyncratic{"} drugs represents an attempt to develop a predictive model of idiosyncratic toxicity and FT-IR is used herein to support characterization of this model. FT-IR spectra are high dimensional and the use of genetic programming to identify spectral sub-regions that most contribute to discrimination is demonstrated. FT-IR is rapid, reagentless, highly reproducible and inexpensive. Results from this pilot study indicate it could be extended to routine applications in toxicology and to supporting characterization of a new animal model for idiosyncratic susceptibility.}, biburl = {http://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2c7b4b9376dc8389ee372409d8a21f2b5/brazovayeye}, keywords = {High-throughput spectroscopy, programming, Idiosyncratic infrared genetic algorithms, Bacterial lipopolysaccharide, toxicity, Metabonomics} } @book{Brabazon:2008:edbook, title = {Natural Computing in Computational Finance}, editor = {Anthony Brabazon and Michael O'Neill}, month = {April}, note = {Due 27 Feb 2008}, publisher = {Springer}, series = {Studies in Computational Intelligence}, volume = 100, year = 2008, url = {http://www.springer.com/engineering/book/978-3-540-77476-1}, size = {approx 300 pages}, abstract = {Natural Computing in Computational Finance is a innovative volume containing fifteen chapters which illustrate cutting-edge applications of natural computing or agent-based modelling in modern computational finance. Following an introductory chapter the book is organised into three sections. The first section deals with optimisation applications of natural computing demonstrating the application of a broad range of algorithms including, genetic algorithms, differential evolution, evolution strategies, quantum-inspired evolutionary algorithms and bacterial foraging algorithms to multiple financial applications including portfolio optimization, fund allocation and asset pricing. The second section explores the use of natural computing methodologies such as genetic programming, neural network hybrids and fuzzy-evolutionary hybrids for model induction in order to construct market trading, credit scoring and market prediction systems. The final section illustrates a range of agent-based applications including the modeling of payment card and financial markets. Each chapter provides an introduction to the relevant natural computing methodology as well as providing a clear description of the financial application addressed. The book was written to be accessible to a wide audience and should be of interest to practitioners, academics and students, in the fields of both natural computing and finance.}, biburl = {http://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2bcfd14824ab75ab98c2f7e0efa1b78bc/brazovayeye}, keywords = {evolution, computational quantum-inspired strategies, evolution finance, programming, foraging, differential genetic evolutionary algorithms algorithms, bacterial} } @article{kmpfer_pseudacidovorax_2008, title = {Pseudacidovorax intermedius gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel nitrogen-fixing betaproteobacterium isolated from soil}, author = {Peter Kämpfer and K Thummes and Horng-I Chu and Chen-Chung Tan and A B Arun and Wen-Ming Chen and Wei-An Lai and Fo-Ting Shen and P D Rekha and Chiu-Chung Young}, journal = {International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology}, month = {February}, note = {PMID: 18218955}, pages = {491-5}, volume = 58, year = 2008, issn = {14665026}, abstract = {A Gram-negative, short rod-shaped, nitrogen-fixing bacterium (CC-21(T)) was isolated from a soil sample collected from the regional agricultural research station in Kaohsiung County (Taiwan). Using 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, it could be clearly demonstrated that this isolate was novel: it showed {\textless}97 \% similarity to species of the genera Acidovorax, Alicycliphilus, Giesbergeria, Simplicispira and Diaphorobacter. The organism used several organic acids, but only a few sugars as substrates. The fatty acid profile differed from those reported for members of the genera Acidovorax, Alicycliphilus, Giesbergeria, Simplicispira and Diaphorobacter. On the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis in combination with physiological data, strain CC-21(T) represents a novel species in a new genus, for which the name Pseudacidovorax intermedius gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed; the type strain is CC-21(T) (=CCUG 54492(T)=CIP 109510(T)).}, biburl = {http://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/276e1f65c417d52d7d01b71a9be0ee269/recymikrobio}, keywords = {Ribosomal Phylogeny Cell_Wall Species_Specificity Comamonadaceae Molecular_Sequence_Data Nitrogen_Fixation Fatty_Acids Bacterial_Typing_Techniques Sequence_Analysis rRNA Soil_Microbiology Genes 16S RNA IFZ DNA Bacterial} } @article{scholz_brucella_2008, title = {Brucella microti sp. nov., isolated from the common vole Microtus arvalis}, author = {Holger C Scholz and Zdenek Hubalek and Ivo Sedlácek and Gilles Vergnaud and Herbert Tomaso and Sascha Al Dahouk and Falk Melzer and Peter Kämpfer and Heinrich Neubauer and Axel Cloeckaert and Marianne Maquart and Michel S Zygmunt and Adrian M Whatmore and Enevold Falsen and Peter Bahn and Cornelia Göllner and Martin Pfeffer and Birgit Huber and Hans-Jürgen Busse and Karsten Nöckler}, journal = {International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology}, month = {February}, note = {PMID: 18218934}, pages = {375-82}, volume = 58, year = 2008, issn = {14665026}, abstract = {Two Gram-negative, non-motile, non-spore-forming, coccoid bacteria (strains CCM 4915(T) and CCM 4916), isolated from clinical specimens of the common vole Microtus arvalis during an epizootic in the Czech Republic in 2001, were subjected to a polyphasic taxonomic study. On the basis of 16S rRNA (rrs) and recA gene sequence similarities, both isolates were allocated to the genus Brucella. Affiliation to Brucella was confirmed by DNA-DNA hybridization studies. Both strains reacted equally with Brucella M-monospecific antiserum and were lysed by the bacteriophages Tb, Wb, F1 and F25. Biochemical profiling revealed a high degree of enzyme activity and metabolic capabilities not observed in other Brucella species. The omp2a and omp2b genes of isolates CCM 4915(T) and CCM 4916 were indistinguishable. Whereas omp2a was identical to omp2a of brucellae from certain pinniped marine mammals, omp2b clustered with omp2b of terrestrial brucellae. Analysis of the bp26 gene downstream region identified strains CCM 4915(T) and CCM 4916 as Brucella of terrestrial origin. Both strains harboured five to six copies of the insertion element IS711, displaying a unique banding pattern as determined by Southern blotting. In comparative multilocus VNTR (variable-number tandem-repeat) analysis (MLVA) with 296 different genotypes, the two isolates grouped together, but formed a separate cluster within the genus Brucella. Multilocus sequence typing (MLST) analysis using nine different loci also placed the two isolates separately from other brucellae. In the IS711-based AMOS PCR, a 1900 bp fragment was generated with the Brucella ovis-specific primers, revealing that the insertion element had integrated between a putative membrane protein and cboL, encoding a methyltransferase, an integration site not observed in other brucellae. Isolates CCM 4915(T) and CCM 4916 could be clearly distinguished from all known Brucella species and their biovars by means of both their phenotypic and molecular properties, and therefore represent a novel species within the genus Brucella, for which the name Brucella microti sp. nov. with the type strain CCM 4915(T) (=BCCN 07-01(T)=CAPM 6434(T)) is proposed.}, biburl = {http://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/23661356d26a6d4e299b61c94d4b6c65b/recymikrobio}, keywords = {Ribosomal Phylogeny Animals Species_Specificity Arvicolinae Molecular_Sequence_Data Brucella Nucleic_Acid_Hybridization Bacterial_Typing_Techniques Sequence_Analysis Phenotype Genotype rRNA Genes RNA 16S IFZ Minisatellite_Repeats Bacterial_Outer_Membrane_Proteins DNA Rodent_Diseases Bacterial Brucellosis Rec_A_Recombinases} } @article{geueke_description_2007, title = {Description of Sphingosinicella xenopeptidilytica sp. nov., a beta-peptide-degrading species, and emended descriptions of the genus Sphingosinicella and the species Sphingosinicella microcystinivorans}, author = {Birgit Geueke and Hans-Jürgen Busse and Thomas Fleischmann and Peter Kämpfer and Hans-Peter E Kohler}, journal = {International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology}, note = {PMID: 17220451}, pages = {107-13}, volume = 57, year = 2007, issn = {14665026}, abstract = {A Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium, strain 3-2W4(T), was isolated from the aeration tank of a wastewater treatment plant in Zurich and was found to have the exceptional capacity to degrade synthetic beta-peptides. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis showed that strain 3-2W4(T) is closely related to Sphingosinicella microcystinivorans Y2(T), but DNA-DNA hybridization experiments between these two strains revealed that they belong to two different species. The two strains displayed different fingerprints after PCR analysis using the repetitive primers BOX, ERIC and REP. Strain 3-2W4(T) did not degrade microcystin, which is a characteristic trait of Sphingosinicella microcystinivorans Y2(T). Like Sphingosinicella microcystinivorans Y2(T), strain 3-2W4(T) had the following characteristics: fatty acids comprising mainly C(18 : 1)omega7c, summed feature 3 (C(16 : 1)omega7c and/or iso-C(15 : 0) 2-OH) and C(16 : 0), the presence of ubiquinone Q-10 and sym-homospermidine as the predominant polyamine compound. The polar lipid profiles of the two strains were almost identical, consisting of phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylmonomethylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol and sphingoglycolipid. Strain 3-2W4(T) and Sphingosinicella microcystinivorans Y2(T) utilized the beta-peptides H-betahVal-betahAla-betahLeu-OH and H-betahAla-betahLeu-OH as sole carbon and energy sources and shared beta-peptidyl aminopeptidase activity in common, which distinguishes them from Sphingomonas and Sphingopyxis type strains. On the basis of these results, strain 3-2W4(T) represents a novel species of the genus Sphingosinicella, for which the name Sphingosinicella xenopeptidilytica sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is 3-2W4(T) (=DSM 17130(T)=CCUG 52537(T)). The descriptions of the genus Sphingosinicella and the species Sphingosinicella microcystinivorans are emended.}, biburl = {http://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/22d64ff0fa9abfdaa4aa77811fae436b4/recymikrobio}, keywords = {Ribosomal Phylogeny Species_Specificity Microcystins Molecular_Sequence_Data Waste_Disposal Aminopeptidases Nucleic_Acid_Hybridization Switzerland Bacterial_Typing_Techniques Sphingomonadaceae Sequence_Analysis rRNA Genes RNA 16S IFZ Water_Microbiology DNA Peptides Bacterial Fluid} } @article{young_arenimonas_2007, title = {Arenimonas malthae sp. nov., a gammaproteobacterium isolated from an oil-contaminated site}, author = {Chiu-Chung Young and Peter Kämpfer and Mann-Jing Ho and Hans-Jürgen Busse and Birgit E Huber and A B Arun and Fo-Ting Shen and Wei-An Lai and P D Rekha}, journal = {International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology}, month = {December}, note = {PMID: 18048725}, pages = {2790-3}, volume = 57, year = 2007, issn = {14665026}, abstract = {A Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium (CC-JY-1(T)) was isolated on nutrient agar from a soil sample collected from an oil-contaminated site located in Chyai county, Taiwan. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis demonstrated that this isolate is unique, showing 96.7 \% sequence similarity to the type strain of Arenimonas donghaensis and similarities of 93.0-93.8 \% to species of the genera Thermomonas, Lysobacter and Silanimonas. The presence of ubiquinone Q-8, a polar lipid profile consisting of the major compounds diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylethanolamine and the fatty acid profile were in accordance with the phylogenetic affiliation of CC-JY-1(T). DNA-DNA reassociation experiments between CC-JY-1(T) and A. donghaensis KACC 11381(T) resulted in a mean relatedness value of 32 \%, indicating that strain CC-JY1(T) represents a novel species in the genus Arenimonas, for which we propose the name Arenimonas malthae sp. nov. The type strain is CC-JY-1(T) (=CCUG 53596(T) =CIP 109310(T)).}, biburl = {http://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2b18ebe5d69e7ca24e4e27c29a7d7a05b/recymikrobio}, keywords = {Ribosomal Phylogeny Taiwan Molecular_Sequence_Data Fatty_Acids Sequence_Homology Bacterial_Typing_Techniques Sequence_Analysis rRNA Soil_Microbiology Genes 16S RNA IFZ Petroleum Ubiquinone DNA Bacterial Xanthomonadaceae Nucleic_Acid Phospholipids} } @article{kmpfer_actinoplanes_2007, title = {Actinoplanes couchii sp. nov}, author = {Peter Kämpfer and Birgit Huber and Kathrin Thummes and Iris Grün-Wollny and Hans-Jürgen Busse}, journal = {International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology}, month = {April}, note = {PMID: 17392194}, pages = {721-4}, volume = 57, year = 2007, issn = {14665026}, abstract = {A Gram-positive bacterium, strain GW8-1761(T), was isolated from soil close to the Marmore waterfalls, Terni, Italy. 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity studies showed that strain GW8-1761(T) belonged to the genus Actinoplanes, being most closely related to Actinoplanes italicus JCM 3165(T) (98.9 \%), A. rectilineatus IFO 13941(T) (98.5 \%), A. palleronii JCM 7626(T) (97.8 \%), A. utahensis IFO 13244(T) (97.6 \%) and A. cyaneus DSM 46137(T) (97.6 \%). Strain GW8-1761(T) could be distinguished from any other Actinoplanes species with validly published names by 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity values of less than 97.5 \%. Chemotaxonomic data [major menaquinone MK-9(H(4)); major polar lipids diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylinositol, with phosphatidylcholine and aminoglycolipids absent; major fatty acids C(15 : 0), C(16 : 0), C(16 : 0) iso, C(17 : 1)omega8c and summed feature 3 (C(16 : 1)omega7c and/or C(15 : 0) iso 2-OH)] supported the affiliation of strain GW8-1761(T) to the genus Actinoplanes. The results of DNA-DNA hybridizations and physiological and biochemical tests allowed genotypic and phenotypic differentiation of strain GW8-1761(T) from the most closely related species. Strain GW8-1761(T) therefore merits species status, and we propose the name Actinoplanes couchii sp. nov., with the type strain GW8-1761(T) (=DSM 45050(T)=CIP 109316(T)).}, biburl = {http://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/24a338f1f27faa6765dbbe515c56f8b6d/recymikrobio}, keywords = {Ribosomal Phylogeny Micromonosporaceae Soil_Microbiology RNA 16S IFZ Molecular_Sequence_Data DNA Bacterial Italy} } @article{kmpfer_description_2007, title = {Description of Pseudochrobactrum kiredjianiae sp. nov}, author = {Peter Kämpfer and Holger Scholz and Birgit Huber and Kathrin Thummes and Hans-Jürgen Busse and Elizabeth W Maas and Enevold Falsen}, journal = {International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology}, month = {April}, note = {PMID: 17392201}, pages = {755-60}, volume = 57, year = 2007, issn = {14665026}, abstract = {A Gram-negative, rod-shaped, oxidase-positive, non-spore-forming, non-motile bacterium (strain CCUG 49584(T)), isolated from a seafood processing plant sample in New Zealand, was subjected to a polyphasic taxonomic study. On the basis of 16S rRNA and recA gene sequence similarities, the isolate was allocated to the genus Pseudochrobactrum. This was confirmed by fatty acid data (major fatty acids: C(18 : 1)omega7c and C(19 : 0) cyclo omega8c), a polar lipid profile exhibiting major characteristics of Pseudochrobactrum (phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylmonomethylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol, diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylcholine), quinone system Q-10 and a polyamine pattern with the predominant compounds spermidine and putrescine. DNA-DNA hybridization with the type strains of the two established species of Pseudochrobactrum and physiological and biochemical data clearly differentiated the isolate from established Pseudochrobactrum species. As a consequence, this organism represents a novel species, for which the name Pseudochrobactrum kiredjianiae sp. nov. is proposed, with the type strain CCUG 49584(T) (=CIP 109227(T)).}, biburl = {http://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/26f633418ce91ee1d96a72d2961d157d8/recymikrobio}, keywords = {Ribosomal Phylogeny Food-Processing_Industry Brucellaceae RNA 16S IFZ Molecular_Sequence_Data DNA Seafood Bacterial New_Zealand} } @article{stolz_pseudomonas_2007, title = {Pseudomonas knackmussii sp. nov}, author = {Andreas Stolz and Hans-Jürgen Busse and Peter Kämpfer}, journal = {International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology}, month = {March}, note = {PMID: 17329787}, pages = {572-6}, volume = 57, year = 2007, issn = {14665026}, abstract = {The taxonomic position of Pseudomonas sp. B13(T), isolated as a 3-chlorobenzoate-degrading organism and used for several groundbreaking studies on the enzymology and genetics of the degradative pathway for haloaromatic compounds, was studied in detail. The previously performed physiological studies, the detection of ubiquinone Q-9, the polyamine pattern with putrescine and spermidine as major polyamines, a fatty acid profile with C(18 : 1)omega7c, summed feature 3 and C(16 : 0) as quantitatively the most important constituents and the 16S rRNA gene sequence demonstrated that Pseudomonas sp. B13(T) indeed belongs to the genus Pseudomonas. The sequence of the Pseudomonas sp. B13(T) 16S rRNA gene demonstrated a high degree of similarity with that of Pseudomonas citronellolis DSM 50332(T) (98.9 \%), Pseudomonas nitroreducens DSM 14399(T) (98.7 \%), Pseudomonas jinjuensis DSM 16612(T) (98.1 \%) and Pseudomonas multiresinivorans DSM 17553(T) (98.7 \%). Thus it was shown that strain Pseudomonas sp. B13(T) can be distinguished from related species by the ability/inability to assimilate N-acetylgalactosamine, d-galactose, putrescine, trans-aconitate and mesaconate and some differences in the fatty acid profile. The positioning of Pseudomonas sp. B13(T) as a separate taxon was finally verified by DNA hybridization, which demonstrated less than 45 \% DNA-DNA similarity between strain Pseudomonas sp. B13(T) and the reference strains. On the basis of these results, Pseudomonas sp. B13(T) represents a novel species for which the name Pseudomonas knackmussii sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is B13(T) (=DSM 6978(T)=LMG 23759(T)).}, biburl = {http://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2159bbca274b72c7370f272ed3f6ad20e/recymikrobio}, keywords = {Ribosomal RNA 16S IFZ Molecular_Sequence_Data DNA Pseudomonas Fatty_Acids Bacterial} } @article{kmpfer_difficulty_2007, title = {Difficulty in the identification and differentiation of clinically relevant Ochrobactrum species}, author = {Peter Kämpfer and Diane M Citron and Ellie J C Goldstein and Holger C Scholz}, journal = {Journal of medical microbiology}, month = {November}, note = {PMID: 17965364}, pages = {1571-3}, volume = 56, year = 2007, issn = {00222615}, biburl = {http://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/27b374ce6fa0956adf4570c0f820525ac/recymikrobio}, keywords = {Ribosomal Gram-Negative_Bacterial_Infections Humans Molecular_Sequence_Data Ochrobactrum Bacterial_Typing_Techniques Sequence_Analysis Genotype rRNA Genes 16S RNA IFZ DNA Bacterial} } @article{frhlich_occurrence_2007, title = {Occurrence of rhizobia in the gut of the higher termite Nasutitermes nigriceps}, author = {Jürgen Fröhlich and Christine Koustiane and Peter Kämpfer and Ramón Rosselló-Mora and Maria Valens and Manfred Berchtold and Thomas Kuhnigk and Horst Hertel and Dinesh K Maheshwari and Helmut König}, journal = {Systematic and applied microbiology}, note = {PMID: 16584862}, pages = {68-74}, volume = 30, year = 2007, issn = {07232020}, abstract = {Wood-eating termites feed on a diet highly deficient in nitrogen. They must complement their diet with the aid of nitrogen-fixing bacteria. Nitrogen fixation in the gut has been demonstrated, but information about nitrogen-fixing bacteria in pure culture is scarce. From the higher termite Nasutitermes nigriceps the symbiotic bacterial strain M3A was isolated, which thrives in the hindgut contents. The Gram-negative strain exhibited similarities to the species of the genus Ensifer (including Sinorhizobium) on the basis of morphological and physiological/biochemical features. The 16S rRNA gene analysis showed the highest sequence similarity of the isolate M3A to Ensifer adhaerens ({\textgreater}99\%; ATCC 33499). The DNA-DNA hybridization revealed a similarity of 66\% with E. adhaerens (NCIMB12342(T)). In contrast to the type strain the isolate M3A possesses the capacity to nodulate plant roots. This is the first report on the detailed identification of a rhizobia-related strain from the intestinal tract of animals. Strain M3A has been deposited with two culture collections (DSM10169; ATCC BAA-396).}, biburl = {http://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2cd4765ea013d2a753eb4ae4bced9fe3b/recymikrobio}, keywords = {Ribosomal Phylogeny Animals Symbiosis Rhizobiaceae Sinorhizobium Molecular_Sequence_Data Digestive_System Fatty_Acids Soil_Microbiology 16S RNA IFZ DNA Plants Bacterial Isoptera} } @article{thummes_thermophilic_2007, title = {Thermophilic methanogenic Archaea in compost material: occurrence, persistence and possible mechanisms for their distribution to other environments}, author = {Kathrin Thummes and Jenny Schäfer and Peter Kämpfer and Udo Jäckel}, journal = {Systematic and applied microbiology}, month = {December}, note = {PMID: 17988815}, pages = {634-43}, volume = 30, year = 2007, issn = {07232020}, abstract = {Since compost is widely used as soil amendment and the fact that during the processing of compost material high amounts of microorganisms are released into the air, we investigated whether compost may act as a carrier for thermophilic methanogens to temperate soils. All eight investigated compost materials showed a clear methane production potential between 0.01 and 0.98 micromol CH(4) g dw(-1)h(-1) at 50 degrees C. Single strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) and cloning analysis indicated the presence of Methanosarcina thermophila, Methanoculleus thermophilus, and Methanobacterium formicicum. Bioaerosols collected during the turning of a compost pile showed both a highly similar SSCP profile compared to the corresponding compost material and clear methane production during anoxic incubation in selective medium at 50 degrees C. Both observations indicated a considerable release of thermophilic methanogens into the air. To analyse the persistence of compost-borne thermophilic methanogens in temperate oxic soils, we therefore studied their potential activity in compost and compost/soil mixtures, which was brought to a meadow soil, as well as in an agricultural soil fertilised with compost. After 24h anoxic incubation at 50 degrees C, all samples containing compost showed a clear methanogenic activity, even 1 year after application. In combination with the in vitro observed resilience of the compost-borne methanogens against desiccation and UV radiation we assume that compost material acts as an effective carrier for the distribution of thermophilic methanogens by fertilisation and wind.}, biburl = {http://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2d4f14fcfcbbe8da1e04e8dbcc92d7c41/recymikrobio}, keywords = {Methane Molecular_Sequence_Data Polymorphism Methanomicrobiaceae Methanosarcina Ultraviolet_Rays Sequence_Analysis Soil_Microbiology Heat IFZ Single-Stranded_Conformational DNA Desiccation Bacterial Methanobacterium} } @article{kmpfer_sphingomonas_2007, title = {Sphingomonas pseudosanguinis sp. nov., isolated from the water reservoir of an air humidifier}, author = {Peter Kämpfer and Uwe Meurer and Michael Esser and Thomas Hirsch and Hans-Jürgen Busse}, journal = {International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology}, month = {June}, note = {PMID: 17551055}, pages = {1342-5}, volume = 57, year = 2007, issn = {14665026}, abstract = {A yellow-pigmented bacterial isolate, strain G1-2(T), obtained from the surface of an air humidifier, was characterized taxonomically. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, physiological characterization and estimation of the ubiquinone and polar lipid patterns and fatty acid composition revealed that strain G1-2(T) was similar to Sphingomonas yabuuchiae and Sphingomonas sanguinis, but also showed pronounced differences. On the basis of these results, a novel species of the genus Sphingomonas is described, for which the name Sphingomonas pseudosanguinis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is G1-2(T) (=CCUG 54232(T)=CIP 109431(T)).}, biburl = {http://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/20fe54ca8175b0f57fef5bb64b22bc698/recymikrobio}, keywords = {Ribosomal Phylogeny Equipment_Contamination Chromatography Lipids Molecular_Sequence_Data Humidity Sequence_Homology Thin_Layer Bacterial_Typing_Techniques Sequence_Analysis rRNA Sphingomonas Genes RNA 16S IFZ Pigments Ubiquinone Biological DNA Bacterial Nucleic_Acid} } @article{wittich_sphingomonas_2007, title = {Sphingomonas fennica sp. nov. and Sphingomonas haloaromaticamans sp. nov., outliers of the genus Sphingomonas}, author = {Rolf-Michael Wittich and Hans-Jürgen Busse and Peter Kämpfer and Alexandre J Macedo and Marja Tiirola and Monika Wieser and Wolf-Rainer Abraham}, journal = {International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology}, month = {August}, note = {PMID: 17684248}, pages = {1740-6}, volume = 57, year = 2007, issn = {14665026}, abstract = {Bacterial isolates obtained from polychlorophenol-contaminated sites in Finland (strain K101(T)) and from a Dutch drinking water well (strain A175(T)) were characterized taxonomically. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, determination of DNA G+C content, physiological characterization, estimation of the ubiquinone and polar lipid patterns and fatty acid content revealed that strains K101(T) and A175(T) were similar to Sphingomonas wittichii RW1(T) but also showed pronounced differences. The DNA G+C contents of the two novel strains were 63.6 and 66.1 mol\%, respectively. On the basis of these results, two novel species of the genus Sphingomonas are described, for which the names Sphingomonas haloaromaticamans sp. nov. [type strain A175(T) (=DSM 13477(T)=CCUG 53463(T))] and Sphingomonas fennica sp. nov. [type strain K101(T) (=DSM 13665(T)=CCUG 53462(T))] are proposed.}, biburl = {http://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2030de1d31c0029e47fc1684305bda399/recymikrobio}, keywords = {Ribosomal Phylogeny Sphingomonas Chlorophenols Base_Composition RNA 16S IFZ Molecular_Sequence_Data DNA Bacterial} } @article{kmpfer_undibacterium_2007, title = {Undibacterium pigrum gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from drinking water}, author = {Peter Kämpfer and Ramon Rosselló-Mora and Malte Hermansson and Frank Persson and Birgit Huber and Enevold Falsen and Hans-Jürgen Busse}, journal = {International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology}, month = {July}, note = {PMID: 17625185}, pages = {1510-5}, volume = 57, year = 2007, issn = {14665026}, abstract = {Two Gram-negative, rod-shaped, oxidase-positive, non-spore-forming, non-motile bacteria (strains CCUG 49009(T) and CCUG 49012), both isolated from drinking water, were characterized. On the basis of chemotaxonomic data [major ubiquinone, Q-8; predominant polyamines, putrescine and 2-hydroxyputrescine; major polar lipids, phosphatidylethanolamine, moderate amounts of diphosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylglycerol and minor amounts of three aminolipids and phosphatidylserine; major fatty acids, C(16 : 0) and summed feature 3 (C(16 : 1) omega 7c/C(15 : 0) iso 2-OH)] and 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities, both strains clearly belong to the family Oxalobacteraceae of the Betaproteobacteria. 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities with members of the most closely related genera of this group (Herminiimonas, Massilia, Duganella, Telluria, Herbaspirillum, Janthinobacterium, Naxibacter and Paucimonas) were less than 96.5 \% for both strains. The two strains also shared a relatively low 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity (96.8 \%). Although phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities clearly showed that the two organisms formed a separate branch, their phenotypes (including chemotaxonomic features) were hardly distinguishable and showed high similarities to those reported for the most closely related genera. On the basis of DNA-DNA hybridization results, the two strains were shown to represent separate species (sharing only 20 \% DNA-DNA relatedness), but they could not be clearly differentiated phenotypically from each other. It is evident that these organisms represent a new genus, Undibacterium gen. nov., with one species, Undibacterium pigrum sp. nov. The type strain of Undibacterium pigrum is strain CCUG 49009(T) (=CIP 109318(T)). Strain CCUG 49012 (=CIP 108976) probably represents a second species of this genus, but is described here as a second genomovar of this species because of the lack of differentiating characters.}, biburl = {http://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/291fc6d9fac7982fea632b9929ff67789/recymikrobio}, keywords = {Ribosomal Phylogeny Polyamines Oxalobacteraceae Chromatography Molecular_Sequence_Data Fatty_Acids Nucleic_Acid_Hybridization Sequence_Homology Thin_Layer Sequence_Analysis Fresh_Water rRNA Genes RNA 16S Betaproteobacteria IFZ Ubiquinone DNA Bacterial Germany Nucleic_Acid Phospholipids} } @article{kmpfer_nocardia_2007, title = {Nocardia acidivorans sp. nov., isolated from soil of the island of Stromboli}, author = {Peter Kämpfer and Birgit Huber and Sandra Buczolits and Kathrin Thummes and Iris Grün-Wollny and Hans-Jürgen Busse}, journal = {International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology}, month = {June}, note = {PMID: 17551026}, pages = {1183-7}, volume = 57, year = 2007, issn = {14665026}, abstract = {A Gram-positive, non-spore-forming bacterium (strain GW4-1778(T)) was isolated from soil of the Italian island of Stromboli. 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity studies showed that strain GW4-1778(T) is a member of the genus Nocardia, most closely related to Nocardia pseudobrasiliensis (GenBank accession no. DQ659914; 98.6 \%), Nocardia nova (Z36930; 98.6 \%), Nocardia niigatensis (AB092563; 98.4 \%), Nocardia jiangxiensis (AY639902; 98.0 \%), Nocardia uniformis (Z46752; 98.0 \%) and Nocardia miyunensis (AY639901; 97.8 \%). Strain GW4-1778(T) could be distinguished from any other established Nocardia species by sequence similarity values of less than 97.5 \%. Strain GW4-1778(T) exhibited a quinone system with the predominant compound MK-8 (H(4), omega-cycl) (99.5 \%) and traces of MK-8 (H(4)), characteristic for the genus Nocardia. The polar lipid profile of strain GW4-1778(T) consisted of the predominant compound diphosphatidylglycerol, moderate amounts of phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylinositol, two phosphatidylinositol mannosides, a unknown polar lipid and trace amounts of two unknown lipids and the major fatty acids were C(15 : 0), C(16 : 0), C(17 : 1)omega8c and 10-methyl C(17 : 0). The results of DNA-DNA hybridizations and physiological and biochemical tests allowed genotypic and phenotypic differentiation of strain GW4-1778(T) from related species with 16S rRNA gene similarities of {\textgreater}97.5 \%. Therefore, strain GW4-1778(T) merits species status, for which the name Nocardia acidivorans sp. nov. is proposed, with the type strain GW4-1778(T) (=CCUG 53410(T)=CIP 109315(T)=DSM 45049(T)).}, biburl = {http://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/26d01f467b51fa2f6506e820ba7b9eccd/recymikrobio}, keywords = {Ribosomal Phylogeny Lipids Molecular_Sequence_Data Nucleic_Acid_Hybridization Sequence_Homology Italy Bacterial_Typing_Techniques Sequence_Analysis Quinones rRNA Soil_Microbiology Genes RNA 16S IFZ DNA Spores Bacterial Nocardia Nucleic_Acid} } @article{young_luteimonas_2007, title = {Luteimonas composti sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic bacterium isolated from food waste}, author = {Chiu-Chung Young and Peter Kämpfer and Wen-Ming Chen and Wen-Shao Yen and A B Arun and Wei-An Lai and Fo-Ting Shen and P D Rekha and Kuan-Yin Lin and Jui-Hsing Chou}, journal = {International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology}, month = {April}, note = {PMID: 17392198}, pages = {741-4}, volume = 57, year = 2007, issn = {14665026}, abstract = {A yellow-pigmented, Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium (strain CC-YY255(T)) was isolated from compost generated from food waste collected from Kinmen County, Taiwan. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis indicated that the strain formed a monophyletic branch at the periphery of the evolutionary radiation occupied by the genus Luteimonas; its closest neighbour was the type strain of Luteimonas mephitis (94.4 \% sequence similarity). The isolate was distinguished from Luteimonas mephitis on the basis of several phenotypic properties. The organism utilized glucose, maltose, gentiobiose, melibiose and turanose and only a few organic acids (acetate, propionate) and amino acids (L-alanyl glycine, glycyl L-aspartic acid and glycyl L-glutamic acid) as substrates. The fatty acid profile was slightly different from that reported for Luteimonas mephitis. It is evident from the genotypic, chemotaxonomic and physiological data presented that strain CC-YY255(T) represents a novel species of the genus Luteimonas, for which the name Luteimonas composti sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is CC-YY255(T) (=CCUG 53595(T)=CIP 109311(T)=BCRC 17598(T)).}, biburl = {http://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/263119885ce79da8ad83dfa20c8398f23/recymikrobio}, keywords = {Ribosomal Taiwan RNA 16S IFZ Molecular_Sequence_Data Temperature DNA Food_Microbiology Bacterial Xanthomonadaceae} } @article{kmpfer_ochrobactrum_2007, title = {Ochrobactrum haematophilum sp. nov. and Ochrobactrum pseudogrignonense sp. nov., isolated from human clinical specimens}, author = {Peter Kämpfer and Holger C Scholz and Birgit Huber and Enevold Falsen and Hans-Jürgen Busse}, journal = {International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology}, month = {November}, note = {PMID: 17978211}, pages = {2513-8}, volume = 57, year = 2007, issn = {14665026}, abstract = {Three Gram-negative, rod-shaped, non-spore-forming bacteria were isolated from clinical specimens between 1992 and 2000. On the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities, these strains (CCUG 30717T, CCUG 43892 and CCUG 38531T) were shown to belong to the Alphaproteobacteria, most closely related to Ochrobactrum grignonense (99.0 and 98.2\% similarity to the type strain). Chemotaxonomic data (major ubiquinone Q-10; major polyamines spermidine, sym-homospermidine and putrescine; major polar lipids phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylmonomethylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylcholine; major fatty acids C18:1omega7c and C19:0 cyclo omega8c) supported the affiliation of the isolates to the genus Ochrobactrum. The results of DNA-DNA hybridization and physiological and biochemical tests allowed genotypic and phenotypic differentiation of the isolates from described Ochrobactrum species. Isolates CCUG 30717T and CCUG 43892 were closely related on the basis of DNA-DNA reassociation experiments and therefore represent one novel species, for which the name Ochrobactrum pseudogrignonense sp. nov. is proposed, with the type strain CCUG 30717T (=CIP 109451T). Isolate CCUG 38531T was different from these strains and also from other Ochrobactrum species. For this strain, the name Ochrobactrum haematophilum sp. nov. is proposed, with the type strain CCUG 38531T (=CIP 109452T).}, biburl = {http://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/262e256baa76f6c7551daf0bcfbd3d0c7/recymikrobio}, keywords = {Ribosomal Phylogeny Gram-Negative_Bacterial_Infections Humans Molecular_Sequence_Data Fatty_Acids Nucleic_Acid_Hybridization Ochrobactrum Bacterial_Typing_Techniques Sequence_Analysis Phenotype Genotype rRNA Genes RNA 16S IFZ DNA Bacterial} } @article{wittich_sphingobium_2007, title = {Sphingobium aromaticiconvertens sp. nov., a xenobiotic-compound-degrading bacterium from polluted river sediment}, author = {Rolf-Michael Wittich and Hans-Jürgen Busse and Peter Kämpfer and Marja Tiirola and Monika Wieser and Alexandre J Macedo and Wolf-Rainer Abraham}, journal = {International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology}, month = {February}, note = {PMID: 17267969}, pages = {306-10}, volume = 57, year = 2007, issn = {14665026}, abstract = {A bacterial strain capable of degrading some monochlorinated dibenzofurans, designated RW16T, was isolated from aerobic River Elbe sediments. The strain was characterized based on 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, DNA G+C content, physiological characteristics, polyamines, ubiquinone and polar lipid pattern and fatty acid composition. This analysis revealed that strain RW16T represents a novel species of the genus Sphingobium. The DNA G+C content of strain RW16T, 60.7 mol\%, is the lowest yet reported for the genus. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis placed strain RW16T as an outlier in the genus Sphingobium. The name Sphingobium aromaticiconvertens sp. nov. is proposed for this dibenzofuran-mineralizing organism, with type strain RW16T (=DSM 12677T=CIP 109198T).}, biburl = {http://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/20d89a15a716dc6027c7034795d176a28/recymikrobio}, keywords = {Polyamines Chemical Bacterial_Typing_Techniques Quinones Sequence_Analysis Sphingomonadaceae rRNA Genes 16S IFZ Bacterial Phospholipids Phylogeny Ribosomal Rivers Geologic_Sediments Carbohydrate_Metabolism Molecular_Sequence_Data Fatty_Acids Sequence_Homology Benzofurans Base_Composition RNA DNA Germany Water_Pollution Nucleic_Acid} } @article{vaneechoutte_chryseobacterium_2007, title = {Chryseobacterium hominis sp. nov., to accommodate clinical isolates biochemically similar to CDC groups II-h and II-c}, author = {Mario Vaneechoutte and Peter Kämpfer and Thierry De Baere and Véronique Avesani and Michèle Janssens and Georges Wauters}, journal = {International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology}, month = {November}, note = {PMID: 17978230}, pages = {2623-8}, volume = 57, year = 2007, issn = {14665026}, abstract = {A collection of eight clinical strains from Belgian hospitals and three clinical strains of the CCUG collection were characterized biochemically as being similar to CDC groups II-h and II-c; the latter differs from group II-h only by positivity for sucrose acidification. These 11 strains were found to cluster according to 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity at a level of {\textgreater}or=99.5\%, and on the basis of their tDNA-PCR profile. Based on 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, this collection of strains was related most closely to Chryseobacterium hispanicum (97.2\%), but they differed from the type strain of this species by the following phenotypic characteristics: growth at 37 degrees C, negativity for xylose acidification, positivity for acetate assimilation-alkalinization on Simmons' agar base and absence of flexirubin pigments, and by their tDNA-PCR profile. Strain NF802T showed only 57.8\% DNA-DNA relatedness to the type strain of C. hispanicum. Fatty acid composition did not enable differentiation from C. hispanicum. The DNA G+C content of strain NF802T is 36.5 mol\%. The name Chryseobacterium hominis sp. nov. is proposed for this taxon, with type strain NF802T (=CCUG 52711T=CIP 109415T).}, biburl = {http://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/29633bfdbfa2360945fa5d0208a295bca/recymikrobio}, keywords = {Ribosomal Phylogeny Centers_for_Disease_Control_and_Prevention_(U.S.) United_States Chryseobacterium Humans Molecular_Sequence_Data Flavobacteriaceae_Infections Nucleic_Acid_Hybridization Polymerase_Chain_Reaction Transfer Bacterial_Typing_Techniques Sequence_Analysis Phenotype rRNA Genes RNA 16S IFZ DNA Bacterial} }