title: Amycolatopsis dongchuanensis sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from soil.
abstract: A novel actinomycete strain, designated YIM 75904(T), was isolated from a soil sample that had been collected from a dry and hot river valley in Dongchuan county, Yunnan province, south-western China. The taxonomic position of the novel strain was investigated by a polyphasic approach. In phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences, strain YIM 75904(T) formed a distinct clade within the genus Amycolatopsis and appeared to be closely related to Amycolatopsis sacchari K24(T) (99.3% sequence similarity). Strain YIM 75904(T) had a type-IV cell wall, with no detectable mycolic acids, and had MK-9(H(4)) as its predominant menaquonine. Its cell wall contained meso-diaminopimelic acid, galactose, glucose and arabinose, and its major cellular fatty acids were iso-C(16:0), iso-C(15:0), anteiso-C(17:0) and anteiso-C(15:0). The genomic DNA G+C content of the novel strain was 68.5 mol%. Based on the results of physiological and biochemical tests and DNA-DNA hybridizations, strain YIM 75904(T) represents a novel species of the genus Amycolatopsis for which the name Amycolatopsis dongchuanensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is YIM 75904(T) (=CCTCC AA 2011016(T) =JCM 18054(T)).
authors.affiliation: College of Life Sciences, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, PR China.
authors.forename: Guo-Xing
authors.initials: GX
authors.lastname: Nie
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Sciences and Technology, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang 453003, PR China.|Key Laboratory of Microbial Diversity in Southwest China, Ministry of Education and Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-resources, Yunnan Institute of Microbiology, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, PR China.
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ming
authors.affiliation: College of Life Sciences, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, PR China.
authors.forename: Shuai
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Microbial Diversity in Southwest China, Ministry of Education and Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-resources, Yunnan Institute of Microbiology, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, PR China.
authors.forename: En-Min
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Microbial Diversity in Southwest China, Ministry of Education and Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-resources, Yunnan Institute of Microbiology, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, PR China.
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Microbial Diversity in Southwest China, Ministry of Education and Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-resources, Yunnan Institute of Microbiology, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, PR China.
authors.forename: Xia
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Sciences and Technology, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang 453003, PR China.
authors.forename: Hui-Gen
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Microbial Diversity in Southwest China, Ministry of Education and Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-resources, Yunnan Institute of Microbiology, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, PR China.
authors.forename: Shu-Kun
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Microbial Diversity in Southwest China, Ministry of Education and Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-resources, Yunnan Institute of Microbiology, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, PR China.
authors.forename: Wen-Jun
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000192:Actinomycetales / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001482:Base Composition; D002681:China; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D024482:Vitamin K 2 / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D005227:Fatty Acids; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D024482:Vitamin K 2; C073355:menaquinone 9