%0 Journal Article %A Songsumanus, Apakorn %A Tanasupawat, Somboon %A Thawai, Chitti %A Suwanborirux, Khanit %A Kudo, Takuji %T Micromonospora humi sp. nov., isolated from peat swamp forest soil %D 2011 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 61 %N 5 %P 1176-1181 %@ 1466-5034 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.024281-0 %I Microbiology Society, %X A novel actinomycete, strain P0402T, was isolated from peat swamp forest soil collected in Thailand. Its taxonomic position was determined by using a polyphasic taxonomic approach. The chemotaxonomic characteristics of this strain matched those of the genus Micromonospora, i.e. the presence of meso-diaminopimelic acid and N-glycolyl muramic acid in the peptidoglycan, whole-cell sugar pattern D, phospholipid type II, and cellular fatty acid type 3b. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed a close relationship between strain P0402T and Micromonospora coxensis JCM 13248T (99.0 % similarity), Micromonospora eburnea JCM 12345T (99.0 %), Micromonospora marina JCM 12870T (98.9 %), Micromonospora halophytica JCM 3125T (98.7 %), Micromonospora chalcea JCM 3031T (98.7 %), Micromonospora purpureochromogenes JCM 3156T (98.6 %) and Micromonospora aurantiaca JCM 10878T (98.5 %). It could be clearly distinguished from these type strains based on low levels of DNA–DNA relatedness and phenotypic differences. On the basis of the data presented, strain P0402T is suggested to represent a novel species of the genus Micromonospora, for which the name Micromonospora humi sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is P0402T ( = JCM 15292T  = PCU 315T  = TISTR 1883T). %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.024281-0