@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.65673-0, author = "Wang, Yong-Xia and Wang, Hai-Bin and Zhang, Yu-Qin and Xu, Li-Hua and Jiang, Cheng-Lin and Li, Wen-Jun", title = "Rhodococcus kunmingensis sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from a rhizosphere soil", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "2008", volume = "58", number = "6", pages = "1467-1471", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.65673-0", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.65673-0", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "A Gram-positive, aerobic, non-motile actinobacterium strain, designated YIM 45607T, was isolated from a rhizosphere soil sample in Kunming, south-west China. Chemotaxonomically, the isolate contained chemical markers that supported its assignment to the genus Rhodococcus. On the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity analysis, strain YIM 45607T formed a new subline within the genus Rhodococcus, with Rhodococcus equi as its closest phylogenetic neighbour (98.2 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity to the type strain). However, DNA–DNA hybridization demonstrated that strain YIM 45607T was different from R. equi DSM 20307T (35.4 % relatedness). Based on polyphasic analysis, strain YIM 45607T could be clearly distinguished from other species of the genus Rhodococcus. The isolate therefore represents a novel species of Rhodococcus, for which the name Rhodococcus kunmingensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is strain YIM 45607T (=KCTC 19149T =DSM 45001T).", }