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Fulvivirga kasyanovii gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the phylum Bacteroidetes isolated from seawater in a mussel farm.

Dyadobacter beijingensis sp. nov., isolated from the rhizosphere of turf grasses in China.

Biosynthesis of bile acids in a variety of marine bacterial taxa.

Grazer and virus-induced mortality of bacterioplankton accelerates development of Flectobacillus populations in a freshwater community.

Pontibacter akesuensis sp. nov., isolated from a desert soil in China.

In situ observation of the Cardinium symbionts of Brevipalpus (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) by electron microscopy.

Wolbachia-induced cytoplasmic incompatibility in Japanese populations of Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae).

Effects of temperature, storage period and the number of individuals on the detection of the false spider mite Cardinium endosymbiont.

Cyclobacterium lianum sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from sediment of an oilfield in the South China Sea, and emended description of the genus Cyclobacterium.

Runella limosa sp. nov., isolated from activated sludge.

Rhodonellum psychrophilum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel psychrophilic and alkaliphilic bacterium of the phylum Bacteroidetes isolated from Greenland.

Hymenobacter rigui sp. nov., isolated from wetland freshwater.

Proposal of Hymenobacter norwichensis sp. nov., classification of 'Taxeobacter ocellatus', 'Taxeobacter gelupurpurascens' and 'Taxeobacter chitinovorans' as Hymenobacter ocellatus sp. nov., Hymenobacter gelipurpurascens sp. nov. and Hymenobacter chitinivorans sp. nov., respectively, and emended description of the genus Hymenobacter Hirsch et al. 1999.

A carotenoid synthesis gene cluster from Algoriphagus sp. KK10202C with a novel fusion-type lycopene beta-cyclase gene.

Effluviibacter roseus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from muddy water, belonging to the family Flexibacteraceae.

Description of Fabibacter halotolerans gen. nov., sp. nov. and Roseivirga spongicola sp. nov., and reclassification of [Marinicola] seohaensis as Roseivirga seohaensis comb. nov.

Echinicola pacifica gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel flexibacterium isolated from the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus intermedius.

Emticicia oligotrophica gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family 'Flexibacteraceae', phylum Bacteroidetes.

Algoriphagus terrigena sp. nov., isolated from soil.

Chimaereicella alkaliphila gen. nov., sp. nov., a Gram-negative alkaliphilic bacterium isolated from a nonsaline alkaline groundwater.