title: Nocardia cerradoensis sp. nov., a novel isolate from Cerrado soil in Brazil.
abstract: An isolate from Cerrado soil, provisionally assigned to the genus Nocardia, was shown to have chemical and morphological properties typical of nocardiae. The strain formed a distinct monophyletic clade in the 16S rDNA tree together with Nocardia africana, Nocardia vaccinii and Nocardia veterana, and showed a unique combination of phenotypic properties that distinguished it from representatives of all recognized species of Nocardia. DNA-DNA relatedness studies indicated that the isolate belongs to a genomic species that is readily distinguished from its nearest neighbours, the type strains of N. africana and N. veterana. The organism is considered to merit species status, and it is proposed that it be designated Nocardia cerradoensis sp. nov., with strain YgT (=CCT 5601T =DSM 44546T) as the type strain.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Biologia Celular, Universidade de Brasilia, DF 70910900, Brazil.
authors.forename: Erika V S
authors.initials: EVS
authors.lastname: Albuquerque de Barros
authors.affiliation: Fundacão Tropical de Pesquisas e Tecnologia, 'Andre Tosello', Rua Latino Coelho 1301, 13087-010, Campinas (SP), Brazil.
authors.forename: Gilson P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Manfio
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Bioquimica e Biofisica, Universidade Federal de Goias, GO 74001970, Brazil.
authors.forename: Valéria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ribeiro Maitan
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Bioquimica e Biofisica, Universidade Federal de Goias, GO 74001970, Brazil.
authors.forename: Luiz A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Mendes Bataus
authors.affiliation: Department of Agricultural and Environmental Science, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK.
authors.forename: Seung Bum
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Agricultural and Environmental Science, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK.
authors.forename: Luis A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Maldonado
authors.affiliation: Department of Agricultural and Environmental Science, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Goodfellow
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009615:Nocardia / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D010641:Phenotype; D010802:Phylogeny; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S