title: Nocardiopsis xinjiangensis sp. nov., a halophilic actinomycete isolated from a saline soil sample in China.
abstract: An actinomycete strain (YIM 90004T) was isolated from a saline soil sample from the Xinjiang Province, People's Republic of China. The strain displayed abundant aerial and substrate mycelia, and short spore chains were borne on the aerial mycelium. The spore chains were composed of non-motile, smooth-surfaced, rod-shaped spores. The cell wall of strain YIM 90004T contained mainly meso-diaminopimelic acid, alanine and glutamic acid (cell wall type III). Glucose, ribose, galactose, xylose and arabinose were the whole-cell sugars of the strain. The predominant phospholipids were phosphatidylinositol and phosphatidylglycerol; MK-10(H2) and MK-10(H4) were the predominant menaquinones. The DNA G + C content of strain YIM 90004T was 74.3 mol%. Chemotaxonomic properties and 16S rDNA analysis placed strain YIM 90004T in the genus Nocardiopsis. On the basis of phenotypic and phylogenetic analyses and DNA-DNA hybridization results, strain YIM 90004T (= CCRC 16285T = CCTCC AA99004T = DSM 44589T) is considered to represent a novel species of the genus Nocardiopsis, for which the name Nocardiopsis xinjiangensis is proposed.
authors.affiliation: The Key Laboratory for Microbial Resources of the Ministry of Education, Institute of Microbiology, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, Yunnan, China.
authors.forename: Ming-Gang
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: The Key Laboratory for Microbial Resources of the Ministry of Education, Institute of Microbiology, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, Yunnan, China.
authors.forename: Wen-Jun
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: The Key Laboratory for Microbial Resources of the Ministry of Education, Institute of Microbiology, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, Yunnan, China.
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: The Key Laboratory for Microbial Resources of the Ministry of Education, Institute of Microbiology, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, Yunnan, China.
authors.forename: Xiao-Long
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.affiliation: The Key Laboratory for Microbial Resources of the Ministry of Education, Institute of Microbiology, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, Yunnan, China.
authors.forename: Li-Hua
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: The Key Laboratory for Microbial Resources of the Ministry of Education, Institute of Microbiology, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, Yunnan, China.
authors.forename: Cheng-Lin
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Jiang
mesh_terms: D000192:Actinomycetales / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D001482:Base Composition; D002681:China; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010641:Phenotype; D010802:Phylogeny; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012988:Soil Microbiology
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S