title: Lentzea gen. nov., a new genus of the order Actinomycetales.
abstract: We describe a new genus of mesophilic actinomycetes, for which we propose the name Lentzea. The strains of this genus form abundant aerial hyphae that fragment into rod-shaped elements. Whole-cell hydrolysates contain the meso isomer of diaminopimelic acid and no characteristic sugar (wall chemotype III). The phospholipid pattern type is type PII (phosphatidylethanolamine is the characteristic phospholipid); the major menaquinone is MK-9. The fatty acid profile comprises saturated, unsaturated, and branched-chain fatty acids of the iso and anteiso types in addition to tuberculostearic acid (10Me-C18:0). A 16S ribosomal DNA sequence analysis revealed that the genus Lentzea is phylogenically related to the genera Actinosynnema, Saccharothrix, and Kutzneria. The type species of this genus is Lentzea albidocapillata sp. nov.; the type strain of this species is strain IMMIB D-958 (= DSM 44073).
authors.affiliation: Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Immunologie, Universität Bonn, Germany.
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Yassin
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Rainey
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Brzezinka
authors.forename: K D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Jahnke
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Weissbrodt
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Budzikiewicz
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Stackebrandt
authors.forename: K P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Schaal
mesh_terms: D000192:Actinomycetales / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S