title: Actinoalloteichus nanshanensis sp. nov., isolated from the rhizosphere of a fig tree (Ficus religiosa).
abstract: A Gram-positive, aerobic actinomycete, designated strain NEAU 119(T), was isolated from the rhizosphere of a fig tree and was characterized using a polyphasic approach. The isolate formed branching, non-fragmenting vegetative hyphae and produced black pigment on yeast extract/malt extract (ISP medium 2). The G+C content of the DNA was 76.6 mol%. The organism had chemotaxonomic characteristics typical of the genus Actinoalloteichus and was closely related to the type strains of Actinoalloteichus cyanogriseus, Actinoalloteichus spitiensis and Actinoalloteichus hymeniacidonis, currently the only three recognized species of the genus Actinoalloteichus, sharing 16S rRNA gene similarities of 96.4, 96.6 and 98.1 %, respectively. However, the results of DNA-DNA hybridization studies demonstrated that the novel strain showed only 46.8 % relatedness with the type strain of A. hymeniacidonis. In addition, a set of phenotypic characteristics also readily distinguished strain NEAU 119(T) from the type strains of recognized species of the genus Actinoalloteichus. According to the above data, it is proposed that strain NEAU 119(T) represents a novel species, Actinoalloteichus nanshanensis sp. nov. The type strain of Actinoalloteichus nanshanensis is NEAU 119(T) ( = CGMCC 4.5714(T) = NBRC 106685(T)).
authors.affiliation: School of Life Science, Northeast Agricultural University, No. 59 Mucai Street, Xiangfang District, Harbin 150030, PR China.
authors.forename: Wensheng
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Xiang
authors.affiliation: School of Life Science, Northeast Agricultural University, No. 59 Mucai Street, Xiangfang District, Harbin 150030, PR China.
authors.forename: Chongxi
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: School of Life Science, Northeast Agricultural University, No. 59 Mucai Street, Xiangfang District, Harbin 150030, PR China.
authors.forename: Xiangjing
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: School of Life Science, Northeast Agricultural University, No. 59 Mucai Street, Xiangfang District, Harbin 150030, PR China.
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Du
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, PR China.
authors.forename: Lijun
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Xi
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, PR China.
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D000192:Actinomycetales / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D030681:Ficus / Q000382:microbiology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D058441:Rhizosphere; D012988:Soil Microbiology
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D005227:Fatty Acids; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S