1. Geodermatophilus siccatus sp. nov., isolated from arid sand of the Saharan desert in Chad

   • Maria del Carmen Montero-Calasanz
   • Markus Göker
   • Hans-Peter Klenk

   Original Paper 18 October 2012 Pages: 449 - 456

   

2. Lentilitoribacter donghaensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a slowly-growing alphaproteobacterium isolated from coastal seawater

   • Sooyeon Park
   • Jung-Sook Lee
   • Jung-Hoon Yoon

   Original Paper 12 October 2012 Pages: 457 - 464

   

3. Thalassococcus lentus sp. nov., an alphaproteobacterium isolated from seawater of a seaweed farm

   • Sooyeon Park
   • Yong-Taek Jung
   • Jung-Hoon Yoon

   Original Paper 16 October 2012 Pages: 465 - 473

   

4. Methylobacillus rhizosphaerae sp. nov., a novel plant-associated methylotrophic bacterium isolated from rhizosphere of red pepper

   • M. Madhaiyan
   • S. Poonguzhali
   • J.-S. Lee

   Original Paper 31 October 2012 Pages: 475 - 484

   

5. Marinobacter nanhaiticus sp. nov., polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading bacterium isolated from the sediment of the South China Sea

   • Wei Gao
   • Zhisong Cui
   • Li Zheng

   Original Paper 02 November 2012 Pages: 485 - 491

   

6. Verrucosispora fiedleri sp. nov., an actinomycete isolated from a fjord sediment which synthesizes proximicins

   • Michael Goodfellow
   • Roselyn Brown
   • Jian Wang

   Original Paper 31 October 2012 Pages: 493 - 502

   

7. Halomonas cibimaris sp. nov., isolated from jeotgal, a traditional Korean fermented seafood

   • Sang Hyeon Jeong
   • Jong Hoon Lee
   • Che Ok Jeon

   Original Paper 25 October 2012 Pages: 503 - 512

   

8. Thermus tengchongensis sp. nov., isolated from a geothermally heated soil sample in Tengchong, Yunnan, south-west China

   • Tian-Tian Yu
   • Ji-Cheng Yao
   • Wen-Jun Li

   Original Paper 27 October 2012 Pages: 513 - 518

   

9. Marinilabilia nitratireducens sp. nov., a lipolytic bacterium of the family Marinilabiliaceae isolated from marine solar saltern

   • S. Shalley
   • S. Pradip Kumar
   • P. Anil Kumar

   Original Paper 05 November 2012 Pages: 519 - 525

   

10. Selection of associated heterotrophs by methane-oxidizing bacteria at different copper concentrations

    • David van der Ha
    • Inka Vanwonterghem
    • Nico Boon

    Original Paper 27 October 2012 Pages: 527 - 537

    

11. Absence of induced resistance in Agaricus bisporus against Lecanicillium fungicola

    • Roeland L. Berendsen
    • Niek Schrier
    • Peter A. H. M. Bakker

    Original Paper 26 October 2012 Pages: 539 - 550

    

12. Ogataea kanchanaburiensis sp. nov. and Ogataea wangdongensis sp. nov., two novel methylotrophic yeast species from phylloplane in Thailand

    • Savitree Limtong
    • Rungluk Kaewwichian
    • Marizeth Groenewald

    Original Paper 27 October 2012 Pages: 551 - 558

    

13. Rhizobium qilianshanense sp. nov., a novel species isolated from root nodule of Oxytropis ochrocephala Bunge in China

    • Lin Xu
    • Yong Zhang
    • Ge Hong Wei

    Original Paper 10 November 2012 Pages: 559 - 565

    

14. Detection of yeast species also occurring in substrates associated with animals and identification of a novel dimorphic species in Verbascum flowers from Georgia

    • Matthias Sipiczki

    Original Paper 01 November 2012 Pages: 567 - 576

    

15. Selection and characterization of a newly isolated thermotolerant Pichia kudriavzevii strain for ethanol production at high temperature from cassava starch hydrolysate

    • Napatchanok Yuangsaard
    • Wichien Yongmanitchai
    • Savitree Limtong

    Original Paper 07 November 2012 Pages: 577 - 588

    

16. Temporal dynamics of microbial communities in the rhizosphere of two genetically modified (GM) maize hybrids in tropical agrosystems

    • Simone Raposo Cotta
    • Armando Cavalcante Franco Dias
    • Lucy Seldin

    Original Paper 03 November 2012 Pages: 589 - 601

    

17. Large scale MALDI-TOF MS based taxa identification to identify novel pigment producers in a marine bacterial culture collection

    • Marit H. Stafsnes
    • Marius Dybwad
    • Per Bruheim

    Original Paper 07 November 2012 Pages: 603 - 615

    

18. Roseomonas musae sp. nov., a new bacterium isolated from a banana phyllosphere

    • Pumin Nutaratat
    • Nantana Srisuk
    • Yasuyoshi Nakagawa

    Original Paper 10 November 2012 Pages: 617 - 624

    

19. Spongiimonas flava gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from an unidentified marine sponge

    • Jaewoo Yoon
    • Jae-Hyuk Jang
    • Hiroaki Kasai

    Original Paper 07 November 2012 Pages: 625 - 633

    

20. The putative α/β-hydrolases of Dietzia cinnamea P4 strain as potential enzymes for biocatalytic applications

    • Luciano Procópio
    • Andrew Macrae
    • Lucy Seldin

    Original Paper 10 November 2012 Pages: 635 - 646

    

21. Paenibacillus brassicae sp. nov., isolated from cabbage rhizosphere in Beijing, China

    • Miao Gao
    • Hui Yang
    • Jian-guang Sun

    Original Paper 22 November 2012 Pages: 647 - 653

    

22. Prescottia equi gen. nov., comb. nov.: a new home for an old pathogen

    • Amanda L. Jones
    • Iain C. Sutcliffe
    • Michael Goodfellow

    Original Paper 18 November 2012 Pages: 655 - 671

    

23. Amycolatopsis umgeniensis sp. nov., isolated from soil from the banks of the Umgeni River in South Africa

    • Gareth J. Everest
    • Marilize le Roes-Hill
    • Paul R. Meyers

    Original Paper 20 November 2012 Pages: 673 - 681

    

24. A simple method for simultaneous RP-HPLC determination of indolic compounds related to bacterial biosynthesis of indole-3-acetic acid

    • Michał Szkop
    • Wiesław Bielawski

    Short Communication Open access 31 October 2012 Pages: 683 - 691

    

25. Activation of Bacillus spores at moderately elevated temperatures (30–33 °C)

    • Irene Stranden Løvdal
    • Per Einar Granum
    • Trond Løvdal

    Short Communication 07 November 2012 Pages: 693 - 700