1. Polyphasic taxonomic characterisation of a novel strain as Pararhizobium haloflavum sp. nov., isolated from soil samples near a sewage treatment tank

   • Xia Shen
   • Yu Li
   • Min Wu

   Original Paper 13 November 2017 Pages: 485 - 491

   

2. Streptomyces sediminis sp. nov. isolated from crater lake sediment

   • Hilal Ay
   • Imen Nouioui
   • Nevzat Sahin

   Original Paper 27 October 2017 Pages: 493 - 500

   

3. Inhibition of quorum sensing-dependent biofilm and virulence genes expression in environmental pathogen Serratia marcescens by petroselinic acid

   • Srinivasan Ramanathan
   • Durgadevi Ravindran
   • Veera Ravi Arumugam

   Original Paper 03 November 2017 Pages: 501 - 515

   

4. Blastobotrys persicus sp. nov., an ascomycetous yeast species isolated from cave soil

   • Hoda Nouri
   • Hamid Moghimi
   • Shaghayegh Nasr

   Original Paper 01 November 2017 Pages: 517 - 524

   

5. Spathaspora piracicabensis f. a., sp. nov., a d-xylose-fermenting yeast species isolated from rotting wood in Brazil

   • Camila S. Varize
   • Raquel M. Cadete
   • Luiz C. Basso

   Original Paper 09 November 2017 Pages: 525 - 531

   

6. Microbiota associated with tubes of Escarpia sp. from cold seeps in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean constitutes a community distinct from that of surrounding marine sediment and water

   • Renata Medina-Silva
   • Rafael R. Oliveira
   • Adriana Giongo

   Original Paper 06 November 2017 Pages: 533 - 550

   

7. Differences in bacterial composition between men’s and women’s restrooms and other common areas within a public building

   • Priscila Caroline Thiago Dobbler
   • Álvaro Macedo Laureano
   • Luiz Fernando Wurdig Roesch

   Original Paper 10 November 2017 Pages: 551 - 561

   

8. Antifungal activity of avocado rhizobacteria against Fusarium euwallaceae and Graphium spp., associated with Euwallacea spp. nr. fornicatus, and Phytophthora cinnamomi

   • Edgar Guevara-Avendaño
   • Joseph D. Carrillo
   • Frédérique Reverchon

   Original Paper 09 November 2017 Pages: 563 - 572

   

9. Evidence from the gut microbiota of swarming alates of a vertical transmission of the bacterial symbionts in Nasutitermes arborum (Termitidae, Nasutitermitinae)

   • Michel Diouf
   • Vincent Hervé
   • Edouard Miambi

   Original Paper 10 November 2017 Pages: 573 - 587

   

10. Streptomyces swartbergensis sp. nov., a novel tyrosinase and antibiotic producing actinobacterium

    • Marilize le Roes-Hill
    • Alaric Prins
    • Paul R. Meyers

    Original Paper 06 November 2017 Pages: 589 - 600

    

11. Aidingibacillus halophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Bacillaceae

    • Yun Wang
    • Wei-Xun Chunyu
    • Shu-Kun Tang

    Original Paper 13 November 2017 Pages: 601 - 608

    

12. Differential roles for ArcA and ArcB homologues in swarming motility in Serratia marcescens FS14

    • Xiaolan Zhang
    • Defeng Wu
    • Dongqing Xu

    Original Paper 14 November 2017 Pages: 609 - 617

    

13. Deinococcus multiflagellatus sp. nov., isolated from a car air-conditioning system

    • Dong-Uk Kim
    • Hyosun Lee
    • Jong-Ok Ka

    Original Paper 14 November 2017 Pages: 619 - 627

    

14. Rhodococcus psychrotolerans sp. nov., isolated from rhizosphere of Deschampsia antarctica

    • Leonardo Jose Silva
    • Danilo Tosta Souza
    • Itamar Soares Melo

    Original Paper 15 November 2017 Pages: 629 - 636

    

15. Correction to: Cupriavidus malaysiensis sp. nov., a novel poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-4-hydroxybutyrate) accumulating bacterium isolated from the Malaysian environment

    • Hema Ramachandran
    • Nur Asilla Hani Shafie
    • Al-Ashraf Abdullah Amirul

    Correction 28 December 2017 Pages: 637 - 637