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Actinopolyspora mortivallis sp. nov., a Moderately Halophilic Actinomycete

MASARU YOSHIDA^1,*,, KEIKO MATSUBARA¹, TAKUJI KUDO² and KOKI HORIKOSHI^1,

¹The Superbugs Project, Research Development Corporation of Japan, 2-28-8 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan
²Japan Collection of Microorganisms, RIKEN, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-01, Japan

^* Corresponding author.

ABSTRACT

A moderately halophilic actinomycete was isolated from a soil sample obtained from Death Valley, Calif. The morphological and chemical properties of the isolate conform to the characteristics of the genus Actinopolyspora, which until now has contained a single species, Actinopolyspora halophila. Our isolate can be distinguished from A. halophila on the basis of physiological and biochemical properties and DNA relatedness data. Therefore, we propose a new species for this strain, Actinopolyspora mortivallis; the type strain is strain HS-1 (= JCM 7550).

Present address: Technological Development Research Laboratories, Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Nakagawara, Shinkawacho, Nishikasugai-gun, Aichi, Japan.