Nocardia cerradoensis sp. nov., a novel isolate from Cerrado soil in Brazil.
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.
Albuquerque de Barros
Erika V S
EVS
Departamento de Biologia Celular, Universidade de Brasilia, DF 70910900, Brazil.
Manfio
Gilson P
GP
Fundacão Tropical de Pesquisas e Tecnologia, 'Andre Tosello', Rua Latino Coelho 1301, 13087-010, Campinas (SP), Brazil.
Ribeiro Maitan
Valéria
V
Departamento de Bioquimica e Biofisica, Universidade Federal de Goias, GO 74001970, Brazil.
Mendes Bataus
Luiz A
LA
Departamento de Bioquimica e Biofisica, Universidade Federal de Goias, GO 74001970, Brazil.
Kim
Seung Bum
SB
Department of Agricultural and Environmental Science, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK.
Maldonado
Luis A
LA
Department of Agricultural and Environmental Science, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK.
Goodfellow
Michael
M
Department of Agricultural and Environmental Science, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK.
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
D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S