title: Actinaurispora siamensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Micromonosporaceae.
abstract: Two actinomycete strains, CM2-8(T) and CM2-12, were isolated from temperate peat swamp forest soil in Chiang Mai Province, Thailand. Their taxonomic positions were determined using a polyphasic approach. Chemotaxonomic characteristics of these strains coincided with those of the family Micromonosporaceae, i.e. cell wall chemotype II, N-glycolyl type of muramic acid, and type II phospholipids. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequence data also indicated that these strains fell within the family Micromonosporaceae and formed a distinct taxon in the Micromonosporaceae phylogenetic tree. On the basis of phylogenetic analysis, characteristic patterns of 16S rRNA gene signature nucleotides and chemotaxonomic data, it is proposed that the novel isolates belong to a new genus, Actinaurispora gen. nov. The type species of the genus is proposed as Actinaurispora siamensis sp. nov., with strain CM2-8(T) (=JCM 15677(T)=BCC 34762(T)) as the type strain.
authors.affiliation: Microbial Resource Management Unit, Scientific Instrument Center, Faculty of Science, King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Bangkok 10520, Thailand.|Department of 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: Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand.|Center for Bioactive Natural Products from Marine Organisms and Endophytic Fungi (BNPME), Bangkok 10330, Thailand.
authors.forename: Khanit
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Suwanborirux
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: D001483:Base Sequence; D008848:Micromonosporaceae / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012988:Soil Microbiology
chemical_list: D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S