Brian J. Tindall

TL;DR: Investigation of the recently described aerobic, extremely halophilic archaeobaterium, Halobacterium lacusprofundi showed that the major respiratory lipoquinones present were MK-8 and MK- 8(VIII-H2), a feature found in other members of the family Halobacteriaiaceae.

TL;DR: The purpose of the present article is to outline the key elements in the way that prokaryotes are characterized, with a view to providing an overview of some of the pitfalls commonly encountered in taxonomic papers.

TL;DR: In order to clarify the position of H. saccharovorum within the family Halobacteriaceae a chemotaxonomic study of this species was undertaken using strains obtained from five different sources, and shows that one of the strains is anomalous and should not be included in the species.

TL;DR: The methods described in this chapter are based primarily on methods developed for the characterization and identification of organisms which have usually been isolated on nutrient-rich media.

TL;DR: This volume contains the edition of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes that was presented in draft form and available for comment at the Plenary Session of the Fourteenth International Congress of Bacteriology and Applied Microbiology, Montréal, 2014, together with updated lists of conserved and rejected bacterial names and of Opinions issued by the Judicial Commission.