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Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 57 (2007), 2009-2013; DOI  10.1099/ijs.0.65037-0
© 2007 International Union of Microbiological Societies

Streptomyces synnematoformans sp. nov., a novel actinomycete isolated from a sand dune soil in Egypt

Wael N. Hozzein1 and Michael Goodfellow2

1 Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt
2 School of Biology, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK

Correspondence
Wael N. Hozzein
hozzein29{at}yahoo.com

A polyphasic taxonomic study was undertaken to establish the status of a novel actinomycete, strain S155T, isolated from a sand dune soil in Egypt. The organism formed characteristic synnemata-like structures and exhibited chemical and morphological features consistent with its classification in the genus Streptomyces. An almost-complete 16S rRNA gene sequence of the isolate was compared with corresponding sequences of representative streptomycetes. The 16S rRNA gene sequence data supported the assignment of the strain to the genus Streptomyces and showed that it formed a distinct phyletic line; the organism was most similar to the type strains of Streptomyces ruber (97.0 %), Streptomyces rubiginosus (97.0 %), Streptomyces roseiscleroticus (96.9 %) and Streptomyces thermoalcalitolerans (97.1 %). It was readily distinguished from the type strains of these species using a combination of phenotypic properties. On the basis of these results, strain S155T (=CGMCC 4.2055T =DSM 41902T) is proposed as the type strain of the novel species Streptomyces synnematoformans sp. nov.

The GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of strain S155T is EF121313.

A scanning electron micrograph of strain S155T is available as supplementary material with the online version of this paper.






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