title: Amycolatopsis methanolica sp. nov., a facultatively methylotrophic actinomycete.
abstract: The generic position of a gram-positive, facultatively methylotrophic actinomycete known as Nocardia sp. strain 239 was determined by comparing reverse transcriptase sequences of 16S rRNA. The assignment of the organism to the genus Amycolatopsis was strongly supported by chemotaxonomic and morphological data. A comparison with the type strains of validly described Amycolatopsis species showed that the organism formed the nucleus of a new species. The name proposed for this new species is Amycolatopsis methanolica. The organism has been deposited in the National Collection of Industrial Bacteria as NCIB 11946.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Groningen, Haren, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: de Boer
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dijkhuizen
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Grobben
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Goodfellow
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Stackebrandt
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Parlett
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Whitehead
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Witt
mesh_terms: D000192:Actinomycetales / Q000145:classification*; D001483:Base Sequence; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D019605:Euryarchaeota / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009615:Nocardia / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000032:analysis*; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D009626:Terminology as Topic
chemical_list: D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S