%0 Journal Article %A Xing, Ke %A Qin, Sheng %A Fei, Shi-Min %A Lin, Qiang %A Bian, Guang-Kai %A Miao, Qian %A Wang, Yun %A Cao, Cheng-Liang %A Tang, Shu-Kun %A Jiang, Ji-Hong %A Li, Wen-Jun %T Nocardia endophytica sp. nov., an endophytic actinomycete isolated from the oil-seed plant Jatropha curcas L. %D 2011 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 61 %N 8 %P 1854-1858 %@ 1466-5034 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.027391-0 %I Microbiology Society, %X A novel actinomycete, designated strain KLBMP 1256T, was isolated from a surface-sterilized stem of the oil-seed plant Jatropha curcas L. collected from Sichuan Province, south-west China, and was characterized to determine its taxonomic position. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that the isolate was closely related to members of the genus Nocardia in the family Nocardiaceae, being most closely related to Nocardia callitridis CAP 290T (98.4 % similarity) and Nocardia nova JCM 6044T (97.5 %). Levels of 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity between strain KLBMP 1256T and the type strains of other recognized species of the genus Nocardia were less than 97 %. Chemotaxonomic data supported the affiliation of the new isolate to the genus Nocardia. However, the novel strain could be distinguished from its closest phylogenetic neighbour, N. callitridis CAP 290T, by a range of phenotypic properties. The combination of low DNA–DNA relatedness values and phenotypic differences from N. callitridis CAP 290T indicated that strain KLBMP 1256T represents a novel species of the genus Nocardia, for which the name Nocardia endophytica sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is KLBMP 1256T ( = KCTC 19777T  = CCTCC AA 2010004T). %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.027391-0