title: Kitasatospora viridis sp. nov., a novel actinomycete from soil.
abstract: The taxonomic position of a rhizosphere isolate, strain 52108a(T), was determined using a polyphasic approach. The strain was found to have chemical and morphological properties consistent with its assignment to the genus Kitasatospora. An almost complete 16S rRNA gene sequence determined for the strain was aligned with corresponding sequences of representatives of the genus Kitasatospora and related taxa using three tree-making algorithms. The organism formed a distinct phyletic line within the Kitasatospora clade and was most closely related to Kitasatospora arboriphila (98.9 %), Kitasatospora kifunensis (99.0 %), Kitasatospora paracochleata (98.4 %) and Kitasatospora terrestris (98.2 %), but was readily distinguished from representatives of these species using a combination of phenotypic properties. The combined genotypic and phenotypic data show that the strain should be classified in the genus Kitasatospora as a novel species. The name proposed is Kitasatospora viridis sp. nov., with the type strain 52108a(T) (=AS 4.1878(T)=DSM 44826(T)).
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Zhiheng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: School of Biology, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK.
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rodríguez
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Liming
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Quingfeng
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: School of Biology, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK.
authors.forename: Erika T
authors.initials: ET
authors.lastname: Quintana
authors.affiliation: School of Biology, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Goodfellow
mesh_terms: D028244:Camellia / Q000382:microbiology*; D002681:China; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000032:analysis; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D005838:Genotype; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010641:Phenotype; D010802:Phylogeny; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000382:microbiology*; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D013306:Streptomycetaceae / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S