title: Amycolatopsis helveola sp. nov. and Amycolatopsis pigmentata sp. nov., isolated from soil.
abstract: Three short spore chain-forming actinomycete strains were isolated from soil samples collected from subtropical islands in Japan. The cell-wall peptidoglycan of these strains contained meso-diaminopimelic acid (meso-A(2)pm), glutamic acid and alanine. The major isoprenoid quinone was MK-9(H(4)), iso-C(16 : 0) and 2-OH iso-C(16 : 0) were the major cellular fatty acids and phosphatidylethanolamine was a component of the polar lipids. The G+C content of the genomic DNA was 67-69 mol%. Phylogenetic analyses based on the 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that the novel strains consistently formed a monophyletic cluster with Amycolatopsis taiwanensis. On the basis this polyphasic taxonomical study, it is proposed that the two new isolates represent two novel species: Amycolatopsis helveola (type strain TT00-43(T)=NBRC 103394(T)=KCTC 19329(T)) and Amycolatopsis pigmentata (type strain TT99-32(T)=NBRC 103392(T)=KCTC 19330(T)).
authors.affiliation: NITE Biological Resource Center (NBRC), National Institute of Technology and Evaluation, 2-5-8 Kazusakamatari, Kisarazu, Chiba 292-0818, Japan.
authors.forename: Tomohiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tamura
authors.affiliation: NITE Biological Resource Center (NBRC), National Institute of Technology and Evaluation, 2-5-8 Kazusakamatari, Kisarazu, Chiba 292-0818, Japan.
authors.forename: Yuumi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ishida
authors.affiliation: NITE Biological Resource Center (NBRC), National Institute of Technology and Evaluation, 2-5-8 Kazusakamatari, Kisarazu, Chiba 292-0818, Japan.
authors.forename: Misa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Otoguro
authors.affiliation: NITE Biological Resource Center (NBRC), National Institute of Technology and Evaluation, 2-5-8 Kazusakamatari, Kisarazu, Chiba 292-0818, Japan.
authors.forename: Ken-Ichiro
authors.initials: KI
authors.lastname: Suzuki
mesh_terms: D000192:Actinomycetales / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D001482:Base Composition; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012988:Soil Microbiology
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D005227:Fatty Acids; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S