International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology (2009), 59, 2114–2121 DOI 10.1099/ijs.0.013649-0 Proposed minimal standards for describing new taxa of aerobic, endospore-forming bacteria N. A. Logan,1 O. Berge,2 A. H. Bishop,3 H.-J. Busse,4 P. De Vos,5 D. Fritze,6 M. Heyndrickx,7 P. Ka¨mpfer,8 L. Rabinovitch,9 M. S. Salkinoja-Salonen,10 L. Seldin11 and A. Ventosa12 Correspondence 1Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University, Cowcaddens N. A. Logan Road, Glasgow G4 0BA, UK
[email protected] 2CEA Cadarache, DSV/IBEB/SBVME, LEMIRE, Baˆt. 161, F-13108 St Paul-lez-Durance Cedex, France 3Molecular Biology, Biosciences Group, dstl Porton Down, Building 384, Room 21, Salisbury SP4 0JQ, UK 4Institut fu¨r Bakteriologie, Mykologie & Hygiene, Veterina¨rmedizinische Universita¨t, Veterina¨rplatz 1, A-1210 Vienna, Austria 5Laboratorium voor Microbiologie, Universiteit Gent, K. L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Gent, Belgium 6DSMZ – Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH, Inhoffenstraße 7B, D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany 7Instituut voor Landbouw en Visserijonderzoek (ILVO), Technology and Food Sciences, Brusselsesteenweg 370, B-9090 Melle, Belgium 8Institut fu¨r Angewandte Mikrobiologie Fachbereich Agrarwissenschaften, O¨ kotrophologie und Umweltmanagement, Justus-Liebig-Universita¨t Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26–32, D-35392 Giessen, Germany 9Laborato´rio de Fisiologia Bacteriana, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz. Av. Brasil, 4365, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 21405-900, Brazil 10Department of