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Abstract
A Gram-stain-positive, non-motile actinomycete, designated strain YIM 48875T, was isolated from rhizosphere soil of Bletilla striata and its taxonomic position was established by using a polyphasic approach. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequence data showed that strain YIM 48875T belonged to the genus Planosporangium, supported by a bootstrap value of 100 %. Cells of strain YIM 48875T showed two kinds of sporangia, which also supported its classification in the genus Planosporangium. Strain YIM 48875T grew optimally at 28 °C, at pH 6.0–8.0 and in the presence of 2 % (w/v) NaCl. The level of 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity between strain YIM 48875T and Planosporangium flavigriseum YIM 46034T was 98.6 %. Strain YIM 48875T exhibited a quinone system with menaquinones MK-9(H4), MK-9(H6) and MK-9(H8) as the predominant compounds, a polar lipid profile comprising diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylinositol mannoside and the major fatty acids iso-C15 : 0 and iso-C16 : 0; these data were markedly different from those for P. flavigriseum YIM 46034T. The level of DNA–DNA relatedness between strain YIM 48875T and P. flavigriseum YIM 46034T was 45.5 %. It is apparent from the genotypic and phenotypic data that strain YIM 48875T represents a novel species of the genus Planosporangium, for which the name Planosporangium mesophilum sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is YIM 48875T ( = CCTCC AA 209049T = KCTC 19779T).
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Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (Award 30560001 and 30900002)
- International Cooperative Key Project of Ministry of Science and Technology (Award 2006DFA33550)