RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Tseng, M. A1 Yang, S.-F. A1 Hoang, K.-C. A1 Liao, H.-C. A1 Yuan, G.-F. A1 Liao, C.-C.YR 2009 T1 Actinomadura miaoliensis sp. nov., a thermotolerant polyester-degrading actinomycete JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 59 IS 3 SP 517 OP 520 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.001479-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB An actinomycete, strain BC 44T-5T, with the ability to degrade poly(d-3-hydroxybutyrate) was isolated from a soil sample collected from Miaoli County, Taiwan. The isolate displayed substrate mycelia and short spore chains were borne on the aerial mycelia. Spores were non-motile, round, 1 μm in diameter and spiny. The aerial spore mass was blue. Strain BC 44T-5T had meso-diaminopimelic acid as the diagnostic diamino acid of the cell-wall peptidoglycan. Whole-cell sugars of the novel strain were identified as glucose, galactose and madurose. Diphosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylinositol were detected. The predominant menaquinones were MK-9(H4) and MK-9(H2). Mycolic acids were not detected. Major cellular fatty acids were iso-C16 : 0 (14.82 %), C16 : 0 (14.63 %), C17 : 0 (13.79 %) and 10-methyl-C17 : 0 (23.77 %.) The DNA G+C content of strain BC 44T-5T was 70.6 mol%. On the basis of phenotypic and genotypic data, it is proposed that strain BC 44T-5T (=FIRDI 002T=BCRC 16873T=LMG 24335T) should be classified as the type strain of a novel species of the genus Actinomadura, Actinomadura miaoliensis sp. nov., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.001479-0