title: Nocardia neocaledoniensis sp. nov., a novel actinomycete isolated from a New-Caledonian brown hypermagnesian ultramafic soil.
abstract: The taxonomic position of an actinomycete isolated from a hypermagnesian ultramafic soil was examined using a polyphasic approach. The strain, designated SBH(R) OA6(T), was shown to have chemical and morphological properties typical of members of the genus Nocardia. The organism was most closely associated with Nocardia asteroides using 16S rRNA gene sequence data. It showed a distinctive set of phenotypic properties that distinguished it from representatives of all species with validly published names classified in the genus Nocardia. The combined genotypic and phenotypic data show that strain SBH(R) OA6(T) (=DSM 44717(T)=NCIMB 13955(T)) merits description as the type strain of a novel Nocardia species, Nocardia neocaledoniensis sp. nov.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Biologie et Physiologie Végétales Appliquées, Université de la Nouvelle-Calédonie, BP 4477 98847, Nouméa, New Caledonia.
authors.forename: Danielle
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Saintpierre-Bonaccio
authors.affiliation: School of Biology, King George VIth Building, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK.
authors.forename: Luis A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Maldonado
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Biologie et Physiologie Végétales Appliquées, Université de la Nouvelle-Calédonie, BP 4477 98847, Nouméa, New Caledonia.
authors.forename: Hamid
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Amir
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Biologie et Physiologie Végétales Appliquées, Université de la Nouvelle-Calédonie, BP 4477 98847, Nouméa, New Caledonia.
authors.forename: René
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pineau
authors.affiliation: School of Biology, King George VIth Building, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Goodfellow
mesh_terms: D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D005838:Genotype; D008274:Magnesium; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009510:New Caledonia; D009615:Nocardia / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology; D010802:Phylogeny; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012987:Soil / Q000032:analysis; D012988:Soil Microbiology
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D012987:Soil; D008274:Magnesium