RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Cao, Peng A1 Xu, Xi A1 Li, Chenxu A1 Han, Liyuan A1 Mu, Wenhao A1 Xiang, Wensheng A1 Zhao, Junwei A1 Wang, XiangjingYR 2021 T1 Actinomadura litoris sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from sandy soil in Sanya JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 71 IS 3 OP SP 004708 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.004708 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A novel actinobacterium, designated strain NEAU-AAG5T, was isolated from sandy soil collected from Niuwang island in Sanya, Hainan Province, PR China. The taxonomic position of the strain was investigated using a polyphasic approach. On the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, strain NEAU-AAG5T belongs to the genus Actinomadura and shared highest sequence similarity with Actinomadura macra NBRC 14102T (98.8 %). Strain NEAU-AAG5T grows at 20–40 °C (optimum, 28 °C), pH 6–10 (optimum, pH 7) and has NaCl tolerance of 0–3 %. The menaquinones were identified as MK-9(H4) (4.2 %), MK-9(H6) (49.2 %) and MK-9(H8) (46.5 %). The major fatty acids were C16 : 0 (31.4 %), 10-methyl C18 : 0 (21.3 %) and C18 : 1  ω9c (15.7 %). The polar lipids were diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylinositol, phosphatidylinositolmannoside, phosphatidylglycerol and phosphoglycolipid. The genomic DNA G+C content of strain NEAU-AAG5T based on whole genome sequences was 72.8 mol%. Digital DNA–DNA hybridization between strain NEAU-AAG5T and its closest phylogenetic neighbour, A. macra NBRC 14102T, resulted in similarity value of 28.0 % (<70 %). Additionally, the average nucleotide identity was 84.2 % for A. macra NBRC 14102T. On the basis of phenotypic, genotypic and phylogenetic data, strain NEAU-AAG5T can be characterized to represent a novel species of the genus Actinomadura , for which the name Actinomadura litoris sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is NEAU-AAG5T (=JCM 33456T=CCTCC AA 2019043T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.004708