title: Kineococcus xinjiangensis sp. nov., isolated from desert sand.
abstract: A brown-orange-pigmented, non-spore-forming, coccus-shaped actinomycete, designated S2-20(T), was isolated from desert sand from Xinjiang Province in China. The isolate stains Gram-positive, is motile and produces a brownish diffusible pigment. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that strain S2-20(T) was phylogenetically affiliated to the genus Kineococcus, and the sequence similarity to the type strains of Kineococcus species was less than 96 %, making it clear that strain S2-20(T) represents a species that is separate from recognized Kineococcus species. Its major fatty acid was anteiso-C(15 : 0). The major menaquinone was MK-9(H(2)). Whole-cell hydrolysates of strain S2-20(T) contained meso-diaminopimelic acid, arabinose and galactose. The DNA G+C content was 77.8 mol%. On the basis of phylogenetic, phenotypic and chemotaxonomic characteristics, strain S2-20(T) should be classified within a novel species of the genus Kineococcus, for which the name Kineococcus xinjiangensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is S2-20(T) (=CCTCC AB 207179(T) =KCTC 19474(T)).
authors.affiliation: College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, PR China.
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Fang
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Kundi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Gong
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Chengxiang
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fang
mesh_terms: D000192:Actinomycetales / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001482:Base Composition; D002681:China; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000032:analysis; D003889:Desert Climate; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010641:Phenotype; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012822:Silicon Dioxide; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D012822:Silicon Dioxide