Novosphingobium arvoryzae sp. nov., isolated from a flooded rice field.

A bacterial strain, designated Jyi-02, was isolated from a flooded rice field in Taiwan and characterized using the polyphasic taxonomy approach. Cells of strain Jyi-02 were aerobic, Gram-stain-negative, rod-shaped, non-motile and formed yellowish orange coloured colonies. Growth occurred at 10-40 °C (optimum, 20 °C) and pH 5.

Novosphingobium ipomoeae sp. nov., isolated from a water convolvulus field.

A bacterial strain designated Tese-5T was isolated from a water convolvulus field in Taiwan and characterized using the polyphasic taxonomic approach. Strain Tese-5T was an aerobic, Gram-stain-negative, non-motile, rod-shaped bacterium and formed bright yellow coloured colonies. Strain Tese-5T grew at 15-35 °C (optimum, 30 °C), with 0-1.

Uliginosibacterium paludis sp. nov., isolated from a marsh.

A novel bacterial strain, designated KBP-13T, was isolated from a water sample taken from the Banping Lake Wetland Park in Taiwan and characterized using a polyphasic taxonomic approach. Cells of strain KBP-13T were Gram-stain-negative, aerobic, poly-β-hydroxybutyrate-accumulating, motile rods that formed light yellow colonies. Growth occurred at 15-40 °C (optimum, 30-40 °C), at pH 6.

sp. nov., isolated from a marsh.

A bacterial strain, designated KBP-30, was isolated from a water sample taken from the Banping Lake Wetland Park in Taiwan and characterized taxonomically using a polyphasic approach. Cells of strain KBP-30 were Gram-stain-negative, aerobic, motile by gliding rods that were covered by large capsules and formed red colonies. Growth occurred at 10-37 °C (optimum 20 °C), at pH 6-8 (optimum pH 6) and with 0-1 % NaCl (optimum 0 %).

Novosphingobium piscinae sp. nov., isolated from a fish culture pond.

A bacterial strain designated SLH-16T was isolated from a fish culture pond in Taiwan and characterized using a polyphasic taxonomic approach. Cells of strain SLH-16T were Gram-stain-negative, aerobic, motile rods that were covered by large capsules and formed yellow colonies. Growth occurred at 20-40 °C (optimum, 37-40 °C), at pH 4.

Rhizobium ipomoeae sp. nov., isolated from a water convolvulus field.

A bacterial strain, designated shin9-1T, was isolated from a water sample taken from a water convolvulus field in Taiwan and characterized using a polyphasic taxonomical approach. Cells of strain shin9-1T were aerobic, Gram-stain-negative, rod-shaped and surrounded by a thick capsule and formed cream-coloured colonies. Growth occurred at 10-45 °C (optimum, 30 °C), with 0-3.

sp. nov., isolated from a marsh.

A bacterial strain, designated KBP-31, was isolated from a water sample taken from the Banping Lake Wetland Park in Taiwan and characterized using a polyphasic taxonomic approach. Cells of strain KBP-31 were Gram-stain-negative, strictly aerobic, motile, light-yellow rods. Growth occurred at 10-37 °C (optimum 25 °C), at pH 6-8 (optimum pH 6) and with 0-1 % NaCl (w/v, optimum 0 %).

A Resultant Stress Effect of Contact Etching Stop Layer and Geometrical Designs of Poly Gate on Nanoscaled nMOSFETs with a Si1-xGe(x) Channel.

In this research, an n-type metal-oxide-semiconductor field effect transistor (nMOSFET) device with a SiGe channel exerted by the combination of a contact etching stop layer (CESL) and silicon germanium (Si1-xGe(x)) channel stressors is proposed. To explore the foregoing mechanical effect on the stress distribution of nMOSFETs within the channel region, a process-oriented simulated technique is adopted for the concerned nMOSFET device. The loading sources are a 1.

Paludibacterium paludis sp. nov., isolated from a marsh.

A bacterial strain, designated KBP-21(T), was isolated from a water sample taken from the Banping Lake Wetland Park in Taiwan and characterized in a taxonomic study using a polyphasic approach. Cells of strain KBP-21(T) were Gram-stain-negative, facultatively anaerobic, poly-β-hydroxybutyrate-accumulating, motile rods that formed yellow colonies. Growth occurred at 15-40 °C (optimum, 30 °C), at pH 5.