title: Nonomuraea candida sp. nov., a new species from South African soil.
abstract: A novel actinomycete, strain HMC10(T), was isolated from a soil sample taken from the banks of the Gamka River in the Swartberg Nature Reserve, Western Cape Province, South Africa. Strain HMC10(T) was identified as a member of the genus Nonomuraea by a polyphasic approach. Strain HMC10(T) could be differentiated from other members of the genus Nonomuraea on the basis of physiology and 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis. DNA-DNA hybridization further differentiated strain HMC10(T) from its nearest phylogenetic neighbour, Nonomuraea turkmeniaca NRRL B-16246(T) (4.5 +/- 3.8% DNA relatedness). Strain HMC10(T) exhibited weak antibiosis against Mycobacterium aurum A+, but none against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv(T). The name Nonomuraea candida is proposed, with the type strain HMC10(T) (= DSM 45086(T) = NRRL B-24552(T)).
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, Private Bag 1, Cape Town, 7701, South Africa.
authors.forename: Marilize le
authors.initials: Ml
authors.lastname: Roes
authors.forename: Paul R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Meyers
mesh_terms: D000192:Actinomycetales / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D013019:South Africa
chemical_list: D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S