title: Kribbella shirazensis sp. nov., isolated from Iranian soil.
abstract: The taxonomic position of a strain isolated from soil in Shiraz, Fars province, Iran, was investigated. Strain UTMC 693(T) produced an extensively branched substrate mycelium and aerial hyphae consisting of hyphae that fragment into short to elongated rod-like elements. The chemotaxonomic characteristics of the isolate matched those described for the genus Kribbella. Strain UTMC 693(T) showed the highest 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity to Kribbella karoonensis DSM 17344(T) (98.3%), K. swartbergensis DSM 17345(T) (98.2%), K. hippodromi S1.4(T) (98.0%), K. aluminosa HKI 0478(T) (98.0%) and K. jejuensis HD9(T) (98.0%). DNA-DNA hybridization studies with closely related type strains showed 56.3% relatedness to K. karoonensis, 21.3% to K. swartbergensis, 39.0% to K. jejuensis and 42.0% to K. aluminosa. Thus, strain UTMC 693(T) can be considered to represent a novel Kribbella species. Strain UTMC 693(T) showed the typical morphology found among members of Kribbella, but can be differentiated easily from closely related species by genotypic characteristics, chemotaxonomic results and other phenotypic markers. Based on these results, strain UTMC 693(T) ( =DSM 45490(T) =CCUG 61792(T)) is considered the type strain of a novel species of the genus Kribbella, for which the name Kribbella shirazensis sp. nov. is proposed.
authors.affiliation: University of Tehran Microorganisms Collection (UTMC), Microbial Technology and Products Research Center, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.|Microbial Biotechnology Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, School of Biology and Center of Excellence in Phylogeny of Living Organisms, College of Science, University of Tehran, 14155-6455 Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Fatemeh
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mohammadipanah
authors.affiliation: University of Tehran Microorganisms Collection (UTMC), Microbial Technology and Products Research Center, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.|Microbial Biotechnology Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, School of Biology and Center of Excellence in Phylogeny of Living Organisms, College of Science, University of Tehran, 14155-6455 Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Javad
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hamedi
authors.affiliation: Leibniz-Institute DSMZ - German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Inhoffenstrasse 7b, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany.
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Göker
authors.affiliation: Leibniz-Institute DSMZ - German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Inhoffenstrasse 7b, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany.
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fiebig
authors.affiliation: Leibniz-Institute DSMZ - German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Inhoffenstrasse 7b, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany.
authors.forename: Rüdiger
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pukall
authors.affiliation: Leibniz-Institute DSMZ - German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Inhoffenstrasse 7b, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany.
authors.forename: Cathrin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Spröer
authors.affiliation: Leibniz-Institute DSMZ - German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Inhoffenstrasse 7b, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany.
authors.forename: Hans-Peter
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Klenk
mesh_terms: D000192:Actinomycetales / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis; D007492:Iran; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010457:Peptidoglycan / Q000032:analysis; 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; D010457:Peptidoglycan; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D024482:Vitamin K 2; C073355:menaquinone 9