A B C D 1990年12月18日 第４種郵便物認可 ISSN 0914-5818 201 7 VOL. 31 NO. 1 C 2017 T VOL. 31 NO. 1 IN ( O 公開 M A CTINOMYCETOLOGI Y C E CA T O L O G 日 本 I 放 C 線 菌 学 http://www. actino.jp/ 会 日本放線菌学会誌 第28巻 1 号 誌 Published by ACTINOMYCETOLOGICA VOL.28 NO.1, 2014 The Society for Actinomycetes Japan SAJ NEWS Vol. 31, No. 1, 2017 Contents • Outline of SAJ: Activities and Membership S 2 • List of new scientific names and nomenclatural changes in the phylum S 3 Actinobacteria validly published in 2016 • Award Lecture (Dr. Shumpei Asamizu) S 30 • Publication of Award Lecture (Dr. Shumpei Asamizu) S 41 • Award Lecture (Dr. Takashi Kawasaki) S 42 • Publication of Award Lecture (Dr. Takashi Kawasaki) S 47 • 60th Regular Colloquim S 48 • The 2017 Annual Meeting of the Society for Actinomycetes Japan S 49 • Online access to The Journal of Antibiotics for SAJ members S 50 S1 Outline of SAJ: Activities and Membership The Society for Actinomycetes Japan (SAJ) membership, please contact the SAJ secretariat was established in 1955 and authorized as a (see below). Annual membership fees are currently scientific organization by Science Council of Japan 5,000 yen for active members, 3,000 yen for in 1985. The Society for Applied Genetics of student members and 20,000 yen or more for Actinomycetes, which was established in 1972, supporting members (mainly companies), merged in SAJ in 1990. SAJ aims at promoting provided that the fees may be changed without actinomycete researches as well as social and advance announcement. scientific exchanges between members domestically and internationally. The Activities of The current members (April 2016 - March 2018) SAJ have included annual and regular scientific of the Board of Directors are: Masayuki Hayakawa meetings, workshops and publications of The (Chairperson; Univ. of Yamanashi), Tohru Dairi Journal of Antibiotics (the official journal, joint (Vice Chairperson; Hokkaido Univ.), Tomohiko publication with Japan Antibiotics Research Tamura (Secretary General; NITE), Takayuki Association), Actinomycetologica (Newsletter) Kajiura (Ajinomoto Co., Inc.), Jun Ishikawa and laboratory manuals. Contributions to (NIID), Hiroyasu Onaka (Tokyo Univ.), Yojiro International Streptomyces Project (ISP) and Anzai (Toho Univ.), Yoshimitsu Hamano (Fukui International Symposium on Biology of Pref. Univ.), Masayuki Igarashi (Institute of Actinomycetes (ISBA) have also been SAJ's Microbial Chemistry), Akira Arisawa activities. In addition, SAJ have occasional special (MicroBiopharm Japan Co., Ltd.), Takuji projects such as the publication of books related to Nakashima (Kitasato Univ.), Masaaki Kizuka actinomycetes: “Atlas of Actinomycetes, 1997”, (Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd.), Hisashi Kawasaki “Identification Manual of Actinomycetes, 2001” (Tokyo Denki Univ.), Takuji Kudo (RIKEN) and “Digital Atlas of Actinomycetes, 2002” Atsuko Matsumoto (Kitasato Univ.), Hideki (http://atlas.actino.jp/). These activities have Yamamura (Univ. of Yamanashi), and Hideyuki been planned and organized by the board of Muramatsu (Institute of Microbial Chemistry). directors with association of executive committees The members of the Advisory Board are: Yuzuru consisting of active members who belong to Mikami, Akira Yokota, Hiroyuki Osada, and Keiko academic and nonacademic organizations. Ochiai. The SAJ Memberships comprise active members, student members, supporting Copyright: The copyright of the articles members and honorary members. Currently (as published in Actinomycetologica is transferred of Dec. 31, 2016), SAJ has about 423 active from the authors to the publisher, The Society for members including student members, 22 oversea Actinomycetes Japan, upon acceptance of the members, 11 honorary members, 3 oversea manuscript. honorary members, 1 special member and 13 supporting members. The SAJ members are The SAJ Secretariat allowed to join the scientific and social meetings c/o Culture Collection Division, Biological or projects (regular and specific) of SAJ on a Resource Center, National Institute of membership basis and to browse The Journal of Technology and Evaluation (NBRC) Antibiotics from a link on the SAJ website and will 2-5-8, Kazusakamatari, Kisarazu, receive each issue of Actinomycetologica, Chiba 292-0818, Japan currently published in June and December. Phone: +81-438-20-5763 Actinomycete researchers in foreign countries are Fax: +81-438-52-2329 welcome to join SAJ. For application of SAJ E-mail: [email protected] S2 List of new scientific names and nomenclatural changes in the phylum Actinobacteria validly published in 2016 NEW ORDER Egibacterales Zhang et al. 2016, ord. nov. Egicoccales Zhang et al. 2016, ord. nov. Type genus: Egibacter Zhang et al. 2016. Type genus: Egicoccus Zhang et al. 2016. Reference: Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2016, Reference: Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2016, 66: 283-289. 66: 530-535. A member of the class Nitriliruptoria. A member of the class Nitriliruptoria. NEW FAMILY Egibacteraceae Zhang et al. 2016, fam. nov. A member of the order Egicoccales. Type genus: Egibacter Zhang et al. 2016. Reference: Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2016, Parviterribacteraceae Foesel et al. 2016, fam. 66: 283-289. nov. A member of the order Egibacterales. Type genus: Parviterribacter Foesel et al. 2016. Egicoccaceae Zhang et al. 2016, fam. nov. Reference: Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2016, Type genus: Egicoccus Zhang et al. 2016. 66: 652-665. Reference: Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2016, A member of the order Solirubrobacterales. 66: 530-535. NEW GENUS Acidipropionibacterium Scholz and Kilian Actinorhabdospora Mingma et al. 2016, gen. 2016, gen. nov. nov. Type species: Acidipropionibacterium jensenii Type species: Actinorhabdospora filicis (van Niel 1928) Scholz and Kilian 2016. Mingma et al. 2016. Reference: Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2016, Reference: Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2016, 66: 4422-4432. 66: 3071-3077. A member of the family Propionibacteriaceae. A member of the family Micromonosporaceae. Actinocrispum Hatano et al. 2016, gen. nov. Allohumibacter Kim et al. 2016, gen. nov. Type species: Actinocrispum wychmicini Type species: Allohumibacter endophyticus Hatano et al. 2016. Kim et al. 2016. Reference: Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2016, Reference: Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2016, 66: 4779-4784. 66: 1823-1827. A member of the family Pseudonocardiaceae. A member of the family Microbacteriaceae. Actinorectispora Quadri et al. 2016, gen. nov. Cnuibacter Zhou et al. 2016, gen. nov. Type species: Actinorectispora indica Quadri et Type species: Cnuibacter physcomitrellae Zhou al. 2016. et al. 2016. Reference: Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2016, Reference: Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2016, 66: 939-945. 66: 680-688. A member of the family Pseudonocardiaceae. A member of the family Microbacteriaceae. S3 Cutibacterium Scholz and Kilian 2016, gen. Reference: Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2016, nov. 66: 2929-2935. Type species: Cutibacterium acnes (Gilchrist A member of the suborder Corynebacterineae. 1900) Scholz and Kilian 2016. Reference: Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2016, Lipingzhangella Zhang et al. 2016, gen. nov. 66: 4422-4432. Type species: Lipingzhangella halophila Zhang A member of the family Propionibacteriaceae. et al. 2016. Reference: Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2016, Egibacter Zhang et al. 2016, gen. nov. 66: 4071-4076. Type species: Egibacter rhizosphaerae Zhang A member of the family Nocardiopsaceae. et al. 2016. Reference: Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2016, Monashia Azman et al. 2016, gen. nov. 66: 283-289. Type species: Monashia flava Azman et al. A member of the family Egibacteraceae. 2016. Reference: Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2016, Egicoccus Zhang et al. 2016, gen. nov. 66: 554-561. Type species: Egicoccus halophilus Zhang et al. A member of the family Intrasporangiaceae. 2016. Reference: Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2016, Paenarthrobacter Busse 2016, gen. nov. 66: 530-535. Type species: Paenarthrobacter aurescens A member of the family Egicoccaceae. (Phillips 1953) Busse 2016. Reference: Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2016, Enorma Mishra et al. 2016, gen. nov. 66: 9-37. Type species: Enorma massiliensis Mishra et al. A member of the family Micrococcaceae. 2016. Reference: Stand. Genomic Sci., 2013, 8: Paeniglutamicibacter Busse 2016, gen. nov. 290-305; Validation List no. 168 [Int. J. Syst. Type species: Paeniglutamicibacter sulfureus Evol. Microbiol., 2016, 66: 1603-1606]. (Stackebrandt et al. 1984) Busse 2016. A member of the family Coriobacteriaceae. Reference: Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2016, 66: 9-37. Glutamicibacter Busse 2016, gen. nov. A member of the family Micrococcaceae. Type species: Glutamicibacter protophormiae (Lysenko 1959) Busse 2016. Parafrigoribacterium Kong et al. 2016, gen. Reference: Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2016, nov. 66: 9-37. Type species: Parafrigoribacterium A member of the family Micrococcaceae. mesophilum (Dastager et al. 2008) Kong et al. 2016. Herbihabitans Zhang et al. 2016, gen. nov. Reference: Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2016, Type species: Herbihabitans rhizosphaerae 66: 5252-5259. Zhang et al. 2016. A member of the family Microbacteriaceae. Reference: Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2016, 66: 4156-4161. Parviterribacter Foesel et al. 2016, gen. nov. A member of the family Pseudonocardiaceae. Type species: Parviterribacter kavangonensis Foesel et al. 2016. Huakuichenia Zhang et al. 2016, gen. nov. Reference: Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2016, Type species: Huakuichenia soli Zhang et al. 66: 652-665. 2016.