Contents

Akhurst, R.].: Xenorhabdus nematophilus subsp.poinarii: Its Interaction with Insect PathogenicNematodes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 142

Alderson, G. s. Goodfellow, M.Auling, G., Probst, A., Kroppenstedt, R. M.: Cherno- and

Molecular Taxonomy of D(-)-Tartrate-UtilizingPseudo monads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 114

Blanz, P.A., Gottschalk, M.: Systematic Position of Sep­tobasidium, Graphiola and Other Basidiomycetes asDeduced on the Basis of their 5S Ribosomal RNA Nu-cleotide Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 121

Bock, A. s. Zillig, W.Brenner, D. i. s. Holmes, B.Britz, T.]. s: Cottrell, M.

Campbell, N.1. s. Murray, W. D.Collins, M. D.: Lipid Composition of Arthrobacter

siderocapsulatus, A. viscosus, "A.oxamicetus","A. sialophilus ", "A. stabilis" and "Agrobacteriumpseudotsugae" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

-, Widdel, F.: Respiratory Quinones of Sulphate-Reduc-ing and Sulphur-Reducing Bacteria: A Systematic Inves-tigation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

- s. Shah, H. N.Cottrell, M., Kock, ]. 1. F., Lategan, P.M., Britz, T.].:

Long-Chain Fatty Acid Composition as an Aid in theClassification of the Genus Saccharomyces. . . . . .. 166

Daniel, R.M. s. Patel, B. K. C.De Ley, ]. s. Heyndrickx, M.- s. Stevens, P.Dellaglio, F., Torriani, S., Stefanova-Kondratenko, M.,

Vlaikovska, K., Iuanoua, P., Mustafova, K.: Presence ofLactobacillus helveticus and an L(+)-Lactic AcidFormer in Bulgarian Sour Milk . . . . . . . . . . . .. 223

De Vos, P. s. Heyndrickx, M.- s. Stevens, P.Devriese, 1. A. s. Hajek, V.

Elzenaar, C. P. s. Groothuis, D. G.

Fiala, G., Stetter, K.O., Jannasch, H. W., Langworthy,T. A., Madon, J.: Staphylothermus marinus sp. nov.Represents a Novel Genus of Extremely ThermophilicSubmarine Heterotrophic Archaebacteria Growing upt098°C 106

Fowler, V.]., Widdel, F., Pfennig, N., Woese, C. R.,Stackebrandt, E.: Phylogenetic Relationships of Sulfate-and Sulfur-Reducing Eubacteria . . . . . . . . . . .. 32

Galzy, P. s. Rauelomanana, R.Giesel, H. s. Schmid, U.Gilmore, M. s. Rocourt, J.Goebel, W. s. Rocourt, ].Goodfellow, M., Williams, S. T., Alderson, G.: Transfer

of Elytrosporangium brasiliense Falcao de Morais et al.,Elytrosporangium carpinense Falcao de Morais et al.,Elytrosporangium spirale Falcao de Morais, Micro­ellobosporia cinerea Cross et al., Microellobosporiaflavea Cross et al., Microellobosporia grisea (Konev etal.) Pridham and Microellobosporia violacea (Tsyganovet al.) Pridham to the Genus Streptomyces, withEmended Descriptions of the Species . . . . . . . . .. 48

- - -: Transfer of Chainia Species to the Genus Strepto-myceswith Emended Description of Species . . . . .. 55

- - -: Transfer of Actinosporangium violaceum Krail'­nikov and Yuan, Actinosporangium vitaminophilumShomura et al. and Actinopycnidium caeruleum Krasil'­nikov to the Genus Streptomyces, with Amended De-scriptions ofthe Species 61

- - -: Transfer of Kitasatoa purpurea Matsumae andHata to the Genus Streptomyces as Streptomyces pur-pureuscomb.nov. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 65

- s. Hajek, V.Gottschalk, M. s. Blanz, P.A.Groothuis, D. G., Elzenaar, C. P., Silfhout, A. van: An

Evaluation of the API-20 Strep System (Rapid-StrepSystem). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 137

Gropp, F. s. Zillig, W.Guiraud, ]. P. s. Ravelomanana, R.

Hajek, V., Deuriese, 1. A., Mordarski, M., Goodfellow,M., Pulverer, G., Varaldo, P.E.: Elevation of Staphylo­coccus hyicus subsp. chromogenes (Devriese et al.,1978) to Species Status: Staphylococcus chromogenes(Devriese et al., 1978) comb. nov. 169

Halland, 1. s. Van der Walt, ]. P.Heyndrickx, M., Vansteenbeeck, A., De Vos, P., De Ley,

].: Hydrogen Gas Production from Continuous Fermen­tation of Glucose in a Minimal Medium with Clo-stridiumbutyricumLMG 1213tl 239

Hippe, H. s. Stackebrandt, E.Hofmann, 1. s. Murray, W.D.Holding, A.]. s. Thompson.], K.Holmes, B., Steigerwalt, A. G., Weaver, R. E., Brenner,

D.].: Weeksella virosa gen. nov., sp. nov. (FormerlyGroup IIf), Found in Human Clinical Specimens . . .. 185

- - - -: Weeksella zoohelcum sp. nov. (Formerly GrouplIj), from Human Clinical Specimens. . . . . . . . .. 191

Holz, 1. s. Zillig, W.Honda, H., Kudo, T., Horikoshi, K.: Production of Ex­

tracellular Alkaline Xylanase of Alkalophilic Bacillussp. C-125 by Escherichia coliCarrying pCX 311 152

Horikoshi, K. s. Honda, H.

Ivanova, P. s. Dellaglio, F.

[annasch, H. W. s. Fiala, G.Johannsen, E. s. Van der Walt,]. P.[uez, G., Rodriguez-Valera, F., Ventosa, A., Kushner,

D.].: Haloarcula hispanica spec. nov. and Haloferaxgibbonsii spec. nov., Two New Species of ExtremelyHalophilic Archaebacteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 75

- s. Torreblanca, M.

Kamekura, M. s. Torreblanca, M.Kates, M. s. Torreblanca, M.Kock,]. 1. F., Van der Walt,]. P.: Fatty Acid Composition

of Schizosaccharomyces Lindner . . . . . . . . . . .. 163- s. Cottrell, M.Konig, H.: Chemical Composition of Cell Envelopes of

Methanogenic Bacteria Isolated from Human and Ani-mal Feces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 159

- s. Lauerer, G.Kothe, H. W. s. Vobis, G.Krist[ansson, J.K. s. Lauerer, G.Kroppenstedt, R. M. s. Auling, G.

IV Contents

Kudo, T. s. Honda, H.Kusel, E.A. s. Miller, T. L.Kushner, D.j. s. [uez, G.

Langworthy, T. A. s. Fiala, G.- s. Lauerer, G.Lategan, P.M. s. Cottrell, M.Lauerer, G., Kristjansson, J. K., Langworthy, T. A.,

Konig, H., Stetter, K.0 .: Methanothermus sociabilissp. nov., a Second Species within the Methanother­maceae Growing at 97 °C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Loof, M., Teuber, M.: Heteroduplex Analysis of theGenomes of Streptococcus lactis "subsp, diacetylactis"Bacterio phages of the P008-Type Isolated from GermanCheese Factories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

Madden, R.H. s. Murray, W.D.Madon,]. s. Fiala, G.Miller, T. L., Wolin, M.j., Kusel, E. A.: Isolation and

Characte rization of Methanogens from Animal Feces . 234Mordarski, M. s. Ha;ek, V.Morgan, H. W. s. Patel, B. K.C.Murray, W.D., Hofmann, 1., Campbell, N.L. , Madden,

R. H.: Clostridium lentocellum sp. nov., a CellulolyticSpecies from River Sediment Containing Paper-MillWaste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Mustafova, K. s. Dellaglio, F.

Nader de Macias, M.E., Perdigon, G., Oliver, G., RuizHolgado, A. P. de: Enzyme-Linked ImmunosorbentAssay (EU SA) for Determining Immunological Rela-tionship Among ~·Galactosidases from Lactobacilli 28

Oliller, G. s. Nader de Macias, M. E.Opperman, A. s. Van der Walt, ] .P.

Patel, B. K. c., Morgan, H. W., Daniel, R. M.: Studies onSome Thermophilic Glycolytic Anaerobic Bateria fromNew Zealand Hot Springs . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., 128

Perdigon, G. s. Nader de Macias, M. E.Pfennig, N. s. Fowler, V.] .Picuie, N. s. Stevens, P.Probst, A. s. Auling, G.Puluerer, G. s. Ha;ek, V.

Raveiomanana, R., Guiraud,]. P., Galzy, P.: Isolation ofa Pectin-Utilizing Yeast from Cocoa Beans . . . . . . . 230

Renner, B. s. Vobis, G.Rettenberger, M. s. Zillig, W.Ridell, M., Wallerstrom, G., Williams, S. T.: Immunodif­

fusion Analyses of Phenetically Defined Strains of Strep-tomyces, Streptouerticillium and Nocardiopsis . . . .. 24

Rocourt, j. , Gilmore, M., Goebel, W., Seeliger, H. P. R.:DNA Relatedness Among Listeria mOllocytogenes andListeriainnocuaBacteriop hages . . . . . . . . . . " 42

Rodriguez-Valera, F. s. [uez, G.- s. Torreblanca, M.Rogalski,]. s. Targonshi, Z.Rui: Holgado, A. P. de s. Nader de Macias, M.E.

Sahm, H.Is. Schmid, U.Scharer, D. s. Vobis, G.Schlesner, H.: Pirella marina sp. nov., a Budding, Pep­

tidoglycan-less Bacterium from Brackish Water .... 177-, Stackebrandt, K: Assignment of the Genera Planctomy­

ces and Pirella to a New Family Ptanctomycetaceaefarn. nov. and Descript ion of the Order Planctomy-cetales ord . nov. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 174

Schmid, U., Giesel, H., Schobert, S.M., Sahm, H.: Ther­moanaerobacter finnii spec. nov. , a New EthanologenicSporogenous Bacterium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Schoberth, S. M. s, Schmid, U.Seeliger, H. P. R. s. Rocourt.],Shah, H.N., Collins, M. D.: Reclassification of Bac­

teroides [urcosus Veillon and Zuber (Hauduroy,Ehringer, Urbain, Guillot and Magrou) in a New GenusAnaerorhabdus, as Anaerorhabdus [urcosus comb. nov. 86

Silfhout, A. uan s. Groothuis, D. G.Simon, G. s. Zillig, W.Stackebrandt, E., Hippe, H.: Transfer of Bacteroides amy­

lophilus to a New Genus Buminobactergen. nov., nom.rev. as Ruminobacter amylophilus comb. nov. 204

- s. Fowler, V.].- s. Schlesner, H.Stefanolla-Kondratenko, M. s. Dellaglio, F.Steigerwalt, A. G. s. Holmes, B.Stetter, K.O. s. Fiala, G.- s. Lauerer, G.Stevens, P., Plovie, N., De Vos, P., De Ley, ] .: Photo­

production of Molecular Hydrogen by Rhodobaetersulfidophilus , 19

Szczodrak.], s. Targonski, Z.

Targcnshi, Z., Rogalski, j. , Szczodrak, J.: Decomposi tionof 14C-Labelled Vanillic Acid and its Related Com­pounds by Fusarium oxysporum . . . . . . . . . . .. 148

Teuber, M. s. Loof, M.Thompson, j. K., Holding, A.] .: Genetic Map ping in a

Poultry Biotype of Staphylococcus aureus 113Totreblanca, M., Rodriguez-Valera, F., [uez, G., Ventosa ,

A., Kamekura, M., Kates, M.: Classification of Non­alkaliphilic Halobacteria Based on Numerical Tax­onomy and Polar Lipid Composition, and Descriptionof Haloarcula gen. nov. and Haloferax gen. nov. . . . . 89

Torriani, S. s, Dellaglio, F.

Van der Walt, J. P., Johannsen, E., Opperman, A., Hal-land, 1. : Kluyveromyces yarrowii sp. nov., a Haploid,Hetero thallic, Arboreal Species. . . . . . . . . . . . . 20!

- s. Kock, j. 1. F.Vansteenbeeck, A. s. Heyndrickx, M.Vara ldo, P. E. s. Ha;ek, V.Ventosa, A. s. [uez, G.- s. Torreblanca, M.Vlaikovska, K. s. Dellaglio, F.Vobis, G., schafer,D., Kothe, H. W., Renner, B.: Descrip­

tions of Pilimelia columellifera (ex Schafer 1973 ) nom.rev. and Pilimelia columellifera subsp , pallida (exSchafer 1973) nom. rev. . .

Wallerstrom, G. s. Ridell, M.Weaver, R.E. s. Holmes, B.Widdel, F. s. Collins, M. D.- s. Fowler, V. j.Williams, S.T. s. Goodfellow, M.- s. Ridell, M.Woese, C.R. s. Fowler, V.].Wolin, M.j. s. Miller, T. L.

Yeats, S. s, Zillig, W.

Zillig, W., Yeats, S., Holz, 1., Bock, A., Rettenberger, M.,Gropp, F. , Simon, G.: Desulfurolobus ambiualens, gen.nov., sp. nov., an Autotrophic Archaebacterium Facul-tatively Oxidizing or Reducing Sulfur .