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Biological Resource Center (NBRC), Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Technology and Evaluation, 2-5-8 Kazusakamatari, Kisarazu, Chiba 292-0812, Japan
Correspondence
Tomohiko Tamura
tamura-tomohiko{at}nite.go.jp
During a study of the distribution of actinomycetes in a mangrove zone, a strain forming spore chains borne on the tip of short sporophores arising directly from the agar surface was isolated from soil. The isolate contained glutamic acid, glycine, alanine and meso-diaminopimelic acid as cell-wall amino acids, menaquinone MK-10(H6, H8), fatty acid type 2d and xylose in the whole-cell hydrolysate. The 16S rRNA gene sequence of the isolate formed a monophyletic cluster with the members of the genus Asanoa in the family Micromonosporaceae. On the basis of morphological and chemotaxonomic characteristics, phylogenetic analysis and DNADNA hybridization, a novel species of the genus Asanoa is proposed for strain TT 97-02T (=NBRC 100142T=DSM 44745T), Asanoa iriomotensis sp. nov.
The GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of Asanoa iriomotensis TT 97-02T is AB112081
A scanning electron micrograph showing sporulation of strain TT 97-02T is available as supplementary material in IJSEM Online.
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