1. Amycolatopsis xuchangensis sp. nov. and Amycolatopsis jiguanensis sp. nov., isolated from soil

   • Jian-Rong Huang
   • Hong Ming
   • Guo-Xing Nie

   Original Paper 22 July 2016 Pages: 1423 - 1431

   

2. Pseudomonas kribbensis sp. nov., isolated from garden soils in Daejeon, Korea

   • Dong-Ho Chang
   • Moon-Soo Rhee
   • Byoung-Chan Kim

   Original Paper 26 July 2016 Pages: 1433 - 1446

   

3. Vibrio sonorensis sp. nov. isolated from a cultured oyster Crassostrea gigas

   • Adrián González-Castillo
   • Julissa Enciso-Ibarra
   • Bruno Gomez-Gil

   Original Paper 27 July 2016 Pages: 1447 - 1455

   

4. Citricoccus lacusdiani sp. nov., an actinobacterium promoting Microcystis growth with limited soluble phosphorus

   • Bing-Huo Zhang
   • Nimaichand Salam
   • Wen-Jun Li

   Original Paper 08 August 2016 Pages: 1457 - 1465

   

5. Streptomyces atlanticus sp. nov., a novel actinomycete isolated from marine sponge Aplysina fulva (Pallas, 1766)

   • Fábio Sérgio Paulino Silva
   • Danilo Tosta Souza
   • Itamar Soares Melo

   Original Paper 26 August 2016 Pages: 1467 - 1474

   

6. Paraburkholderia caffeinitolerans sp. nov., a caffeine degrading species isolated from a tea plantation soil sample

   • Zi-Qing Gao
   • Dong-Ying Zhao
   • Chun-Zhi Zhang

   Original Paper 11 August 2016 Pages: 1475 - 1482

   

7. cpsJ gene of Streptococcus iniae is involved in capsular polysaccharide synthesis and virulence

   • Yun Zeng
   • Yang He
   • Ping OuYang

   Original Paper 17 August 2016 Pages: 1483 - 1492

   

8. Selection and evaluation of reference genes for RT-qPCR expression studies on Burkholderia tropica strain Ppe8, a sugarcane-associated diazotrophic bacterium grown with different carbon sources or sugarcane juice

   • Paula Renata Alves da Silva
   • Marcia Soares Vidal
   • José Ivo Baldani

   Original Paper 17 August 2016 Pages: 1493 - 1502

   

9. Subinhibitory concentrations of phloretin repress the virulence of Salmonella typhimurium and protect against Salmonella typhimurium infection

   • Wu Shuai-Cheng
   • Fu Ben-Dong
   • Wu Zong-Mei

   Original Paper 22 August 2016 Pages: 1503 - 1512

   

10. Nocardia lasii sp. nov., a novel actinomycete isolated from the cuticle of an ant (Lasius fuliginosus L)

    • Chongxi Liu
    • Lu Bai
    • Xiangjing Wang

    Original Paper 10 August 2016 Pages: 1513 - 1520

    

11. Erratum to: A phylogenomic reappraisal of family-level divisions within the class Halobacteria: proposal to divide the order Halobacteriales into the families Halobacteriaceae, Haloarculaceae fam. nov., and Halococcaceae fam. nov., and the order Haloferacales into the families, Haloferacaceae and Halorubraceae fam nov.

    • Radhey S. Gupta
    • Sohail Naushad
    • Mobolaji Adeolu

    Erratum 17 September 2016 Pages: 1521 - 1523