title: Longispora fulva sp. nov., isolated from a forest soil, and emended description of the genus Longispora.
abstract: A novel actinomycete, strain KZ0017(T), was isolated from a forest soil collected in Ohnuma, Fukushima, Japan. Strain KZ0017(T) formed spore chains borne on top of short sporophores arising from vegetative hyphae. Spores were non-motile and cylindrical with smooth surfaces. Strain KZ0017(T) contained meso-diaminopimelic (A(2)pm) acid, 3-OH A(2)pm, d-glutamic acid, glycine and l-alanine in the cell-wall peptidoglycan, and xylose, mannose, galactose, rhamnose and ribose in cell-wall hydrolysates. The acyl type of the cell-wall polysaccharides was glycolyl. The predominant menaquinones were MK-10(H(4)) and MK-10(H(6)); MK-10(H(8)) was a minor component. The polar lipids contained diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, hydroxyphosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylinositol and several unknown lipids and glycolipids. The major fatty acids were iso-C(16 : 0), 10-methyl-C(17 : 0) and iso-C(17 : 1)ω9c. The DNA G+C content was 70.7 mol%. The 16S rRNA gene sequence of the isolate formed a monophyletic cluster with the single member of the genus Longispora in the family Micromonosporaceae. On the basis of morphological, chemotaxonomic and phylogenetic properties, strain KZ0017(T) represents a novel species of the genus Longispora, for which the name Longispora fulva sp. nov. is proposed; the type strain is KZ0017(T) ( = NBRC 105670(T) = DSM 45356(T)).
authors.affiliation: Life Science Research Center, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, 1866 Kameino, Fujisawa 252-0880, Japan.
authors.forename: Hatsumi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shiratori-Takano
authors.affiliation: Life Science Research Center, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, 1866 Kameino, Fujisawa 252-0880, Japan.
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.affiliation: Life Science Research Center, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, 1866 Kameino, Fujisawa 252-0880, Japan.
authors.forename: Teruhiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Beppu
authors.affiliation: Life Science Research Center, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, 1866 Kameino, Fujisawa 252-0880, Japan.
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ueda
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000032:analysis; D001482:Base Composition; D002241:Carbohydrates / Q000032:analysis; D002473:Cell Wall / Q000737:chemistry; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000737:chemistry; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis; D007564:Japan; D008848:Micromonosporaceae / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000032:analysis; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D013171:Spores, Bacterial / Q000166:cytology; D014197:Trees; D024482:Vitamin K 2 / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D002241:Carbohydrates; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D005227:Fatty Acids; D010743:Phospholipids; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D024482:Vitamin K 2