ICFMH - International Committee on Food Microbiology & Hygiene

President:	W H Holzapfel Institut für Hygiene und Toxikologie / BFEL Haid-und-Neu-Str. 9, D-76131 Karlsruhe Tel.: +49-721-6625-450, Fax: +49-721-6625-453 Handy (Mobile): +49-179-2138256, e-mail: wilhelm.holzapfel@bfel.de
Honorary Presidents:	N Skovgaard
Vice Presidents:	L R Beuchat, T Deak
Secretary:	M Jakobsen
Treasurer:	Janet E L Corry
Counsellor-at-Large:	T A McMeekin
Co-opted Member:	A von Holy

ICSP - International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes

The body that oversees the nomenclature of prokaryotes, determines the rules by which prokaryotes are named and whose Judicial Commission issues opinions concerning taxonomic matters, revisions to the Bacteriological Code, etc.

Chairman:	A. OREN The Institute of Life Sciences The Hebrew University of Jerusalem 91904 Jerusalem ISRAEL Fax: +972 2 6528008 e-mail: orena@shum.cc.huji.ac.il
Vice Chairman	H.-J. Busse Institut für Bakteriology, Mykology, und Hygiene Veterinärmedizinische Universität Wien Veterinärplatz 1 A-1210 Wien AUSTRIA Fax: +43 1 1250 77 2190 e-mail: hans-juergen.busse@vu-wien.ac.a
Executive Secretary / Treasurer:	D. P. LABEDA National Center for Agricultural  Utilization Research 1815 N. University Street Peoria, IL 61604 USA Fax: +1 309 681-6672 e-mail:  labedadp@ncaur.usda.gov
Secretary for Subcommittees:	A. VENTOSA Departamento de Microbiologia y Parasitologia Facultad de Farmacia Universidad de Sevilla Prof. Garcia González, s/n E-41012 Sevilla SPAIN Fax: +34 954 62 81 62 e-mail: ventosa@us.es
Editorial Secretary:	S. B. KIM Department of Microbiology Chungnam National University 220 Gung-dong, Yusong Daejon 305-764 REPUBLIC OF KOREA Fax:+82 42 822 7367 e-mail: sbk01@cnu.ac.kr
Ex-Officio (Chair of Judicial Commission):	B. J. TINDALL DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH Mascheroder Weg 1b 38124 Braunschweig GERMANY Fax: +49 531-2616-418 e-mail: bti@dsmz.de
Members at Large:	D. R. BROWN University of Florida Pathobiology, Box 110880 Gainesville, FL   32611-0880 USA Fax: +1 352  392-9704 e-mail: brownd@mail.vetmed.ufl.edu D. HARMSEN Institut für Hygiene Universität Münster Robert-Koch-Str. 41 48149 Münster GERMANY Fax: +49 251-8355 341 e-mail: dharmsen@ridom.de
Judicial Commission Elected Members:	18th Class: D Jones, R M Kroppenstedt, F Portaels, G Zavarzin 19th Class: Rita R Colwell, M Goodfellow, H Prauser, J Stayley 15 20th Class: P A D Grimont, H G Trüper, N Weiss, J Young
Publications:	International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria (Bacteriological Code) Approved Lists of Bacterial Names

 

Ex Officio Members

Chairman, ICSB and Editor IJSB E Stackerandt
Executive Secretary/Treasurer, ICSB D P Labeda
Secretary for Subcommittees, ICSB M Goodfellow
Editorial Secretary, ICSB P De Vos

Subcommittee on Agrobacterium & Rhizobium
Chairman P H Graham
Secretary B D W Jarvis

Subcommittee on Arthrobacter & related organisms
Chairman H Prauser
Secretary G Alderson

Subcommittee on Genus Bacillus
Chairman R C W Berkeley
Secretary N A Logan

Subcommittee on Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus & related organisms
Chairman Prof. Franco Dellaglio
Secretary Guenter Klein

Subcommittee on Genus Brucella
Chairman G Gargani
Secretary A Lopez-Merino

Subcommittee on Campylobacter & related bacteria
Chairman J B Ursing
Secretary M A Karmali

Subcommittee on Clostridia & Clostridium-like organisms
Chairman J Wiegel
Secretary F A Rainey

Subcommittee on Enterobacteriaceae
Chairman P A D Grimont
Secretary J L Penner

Subcommittee on Flavobacterium
Chairman J B Ursing
Secretary B Holmes

Subcommittee on Gram negative rods
Chairman T Hofstad
Secretary H S Goldberg

Subcommittee on Halobacteriaceae
Chairman A Ventosa
Secretary A Oron

Subcommittee on Leptospira
Chairman E Kriety
Secretary R Marshall

Subcommittee on Methanogenic Bacteria
Chairman D R Boone
Secretary W B Whitman

Subcommitte on Microbacterium & related organisms
Chairman Yong-Ha Park
Secretary H Prauser

Subcommittee on Mycobacteria
Chairman M Goodfellow
Secretary J G Major

Subcommittee on Neisseriaceae
Chairman N A Vedros
Secretary J S Knapp

Subcommittee on Nocardia & related organisms
Chairman M Goodfellow
Secretary R M Kroppenstadt

Subcommittee on Pasteurellaceae
Chairman H. Christensen
Secretary P. Kuhnert

Subcommittee on Phage-typing of Staphylococci
Chairman K Rosendal
Secretary M de Sax

Subcommittee on Phototropic bacteria
Chairman J M Imhoff

Subcommittee on Pseudomonas & related organisms
Chairman T Bergan
Secretary E Yabuuchi

Subcommittee on Spirochaetales
Chairman K Hovind-Hougen
Secretary G Stanek

Subcommittee on Staphylococci & Streptococci
Chairman K H Schleifer
Secretary J M Hardie

Subcommittee on Streptomycetaceae
Chairman D Labeda
Secretary F A Rainey

Subcommittee on Vibrionaceae
Chairman J J Farmer III
Secretary B Holmes

MEMIC - Medical Microbiology Interdisciplinary Committee

Chairman: K Kobari
Secretary to be named

Chairman	M.B. Cole (Australia)
Secretary	L. Gram (Denmark)
Treasurer	J.M. Farber (Canada)
Members	R.L. Buchanan (USA), J.L. Cordier (Switzerland), S. Dahms (Germany), R.S. Flowers (USA), B. Franco (Brazil), L.G.M. Gorris (The Netherlands), J.L. Jouve (Italy), F. Kasuga (Japan), A.M. Lammerding (Canada), Z. Merican (Malaysia), M. Potter (USA), K. Swanson (USA), P. Teufel (Germany)

Members of the Balkan and Danubian Subcommission

Chairman	H D Kovacs
Secretary/Treasurer	V Spelina
Members	M Kalember-Radosavljevic, L Leali, I Kaloyanov

Members of the Latin American Subcommission

Chairman	M.A. Ratto (Peru)
Secretary	R.A. Sobol (Argentina)
Treasurer	R.A. Sobol (Argentina)
Members	B.D.G.M. Franco (Brazil), E. Marambio (Chile), J. Luna Cortez (Colombia), D.M. González (Uruguay), P. Hernandez S. (Venezuela)

Members of the South East Asian Subcommission

Chairman	Z. Merican (Malaysia)
Secretary	Q.L. Yeoh (Malaysia)
Treasurer	L.K. Pho (Singapore)
Secretary/Treasurer	Q.L. Yeoh (Malaysia)
Members	R. Dewanti-Hariyadi (Indonesia), R.C. Mabesa (Philippines), K.L. Lor (Singapore), C. Wongkhalaung (Thailand)
Honorary Members	F. Quevedo (Peru), S. Timo Iaria (Brazil), S. Mendoza (Venezuela), N. Sosa de Caruso (Uruguay)

Members of the Middle-East North African Subcommission

Chairman	R Hablas
Secretary/Treasurer	H Sid Ahmed
Members	A Aloui, A-K Nasir Al-Dulaimi, E-S El-Mossalami, Y Khalid Motawa, N Othman.

IFEPT - International Federation for Enteric Phage Typing

Contact L R Ward

WFCC - World Federation for Culture Collections

Also a multidisciplinary Commission of the International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS)
concerned with the collection, authentication, maintenance and distribution of cultures of
microorganisms and cultured cells.

President	Prof. Jean Swings BCCM/LMG Culture Collection K.L.Ledeganckstraat 35 GENT B9000 BELGIUM Tel.:+32-9-2645116 Fax: +32-9-2645092 Email: jean.swings@rug.ac.be
Vice President	Prof. Dr. Makoto M. Watanabe National Institute for Environmental Studies 16-2 Onogawa TSUKUBA IBARAKI 305-0053 Tel: +81-298-50-2555 Fax: +81-298-50-2577 Email: mmw@nies.go.jp
Secretary	Dr David Smith CABI Bioscience UK Centre Bakeham Lane Egham Surrey TW20 9TY Tel: +44 1491 829046 Fax: +44 1491 829100 Email: d.smith@cabi.org
Treasurer	Dr. Alan Doyle The Wellcome Trust 183 Euston Road London NW1 2BE, UNITED KINGDOM Tel: +44 171 611 8888 Fax: +44 171 611 8545 Email: a.doyle@wellcome.ac.uk

WFCC Committees
Biodiversity	Chairperson: Barbara Kirsop
Education & Capacity Building	Chairperson: Nina Gunde-Cimerman
Endangered Collections	Chairperson: Maija-Liisa Suihko
Patents	Chairperson: D Fritze
Postal, Quarantine & Safety Regulations	Chairperson: D Smith
Publications & Publicity	Chairperson:
World Data Centre on Microorganisms	Chairperson: L Sly