title: Taxonomic properties of five Kitasatosporia strains isolated by a new method.
abstract: Kitasatosporia strains were found to be resistant to an antibiotic, novobiocin. By a new method using novobiocin-containing agar medium, five Kitasatosporia strains, SK-3255, OM-5023, SK-3406, SK-3412 and SK-3421 were efficiently isolated from soils. These five strains were characterized in common by Rectiflexibiles, spores cylindrical with smooth surfaces, and no melanin formation. Two strains, SK-3255 and OM-5023 were taxonomically different from known species of the genus Kitasatosporia, while the two strains, SK-3406 and SK-3412 and the remaining strains SK-3421 were identified with K. phosalacinea and K. papulosa, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Kitasato Institute and School of Pharmaceutical Science, Kitasato University, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Seki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Iwai
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Omura
mesh_terms: D000192:Actinomycetales / Q000145:classification* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D007564:Japan; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D013045:Species Specificity