title: Actinocatenispora thailandica gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Micromonosporaceae.
abstract: Two actinomycete strains, TT2-10(T) and TT2-3, which produced long spore chains (more than 10 spores per chain), were isolated from peat swamp forest soil in Pattaloong Province, Thailand. Their taxonomic positions were determined using a polyphasic approach. The chemotaxonomic characteristics of these strains coincided with those of the family Micromonosporaceae, i.e. cell-wall chemotype II, muramic acid of the N-glycolyl type, whole-cell sugar pattern D and type II phospholipids. Analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequences also indicated that these strains constitute a distinct lineage within the family Micromonosporaceae, sharing 91.3-93.8 % sequence similarity with members of this family. On the basis of their phenotypic and genotypic characteristics and their phylogenetic position, these strains represent a novel genus and species, for which the name Actinocatenispora thailandica gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of Actinocatenispora thailandica is strain TT2-10(T) (=JCM 12343(T)=PCU 235(T)=DSM 44816(T)).
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Biology, Faculty of Science, King Mongkut's Institute of Technology, Ladkrabang, Bangkok 10520, Thailand.
authors.forename: Chitti
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Thawai
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand.
authors.forename: Somboon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tanasupawat
authors.affiliation: Japan Collection of Microorganisms, RIKEN BioResource Center, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan.
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Itoh
authors.affiliation: Japan Collection of Microorganisms, RIKEN BioResource Center, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan.
authors.forename: Takuji
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kudo
mesh_terms: D002241:Carbohydrates / Q000032:analysis; D008848:Micromonosporaceae / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009112:Muramic Acids / Q000032:analysis; D010641:Phenotype; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000032:analysis; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D013045:Species Specificity; D013171:Spores, Bacterial; D013785:Thailand; D014197:Trees
chemical_list: D002241:Carbohydrates; D009112:Muramic Acids; D010743:Phospholipids; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S