RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Fang, Caiyuan A1 Zhang, Jianli A1 Pang, Huancheng A1 Li, Yuyi A1 Xin, Yuhua A1 Zhang, YaboYR 2011 T1 Nocardiopsis flavescens sp. nov., an actinomycete isolated from marine sediment JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 61 IS 11 SP 2640 OP 2645 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.027987-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A Gram-positive, aerobic bacterium, strain SA6T, was isolated from marine sediment taken at a depth of 20 cm on the seashore of Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province, China. Strain SA6T contained meso-diaminopimelic acid, no diagnostic sugars, type PIII phospholipids, and MK-10(H2) and MK-10(H4) as the predominant menaquinones. The organism showed a range of chemical and morphological properties consistent with its classification in the genus Nocardiopsis. The almost-complete 16S rRNA gene sequence of strain SA6T was aligned with corresponding sequences of representatives of the genus Nocardiopsis and related taxa by using two tree-making algorithms. Strain SA6T formed a distinct phyletic line within the evolutionary radiation occupied by the genus Nocardiopsis and was related most closely to the type strain of Nocardiopsis lucentensis. Strain SA6T could be distinguished from its nearest phylogenetic relatives in the genus Nocardiopsis based on DNA–DNA relatedness data and a combination of phenotypic properties. Strain SA6T should therefore be assigned to the genus Nocardiopsis as a representative of a novel species, for which the name Nocardiopsis flavescens sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is SA6T ( = CGMCC 4.5723T  = JCM 17424T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.027987-0