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Saccharopolyspora cebuensis sp. nov., a novel actinomycete isolated from a Philippine sponge (Porifera)

¹ Research Center for Infectious Diseases, University of Würzburg, Röntgenring 11, D-97070 Würzburg, Germany
² College of Pharmacy, University of San Carlos, Cebu City 6000, Philippines

Correspondence
Ute Hentschel
ute.hentschel{at}mail.uni-wuerzburg.de

The taxonomic status of a marine actinomycete isolated from the sponge Haliclona sp. collected from Cebu, Philippines, was established using both phenotypic and genotypic data. Strain SPE 10-1^T exhibited chemotaxonomic and morphological characteristics that were consistent with those of members of the genus Saccharopolyspora. It showed a strict requirement for salt and is the first obligate marine bacterium of the genus Saccharopolyspora to be isolated. The principal isoprenoid quinone detected was MK-9(H₄). The fatty acid pattern consisted mainly of terminally branched iso and anteiso fatty acids. The DNA G+C content was 72.6 mol%. Analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequence supported affiliation of the strain with the genus Saccharopolyspora; the type strain of Saccharopolyspora gregorii was the closest phylogenetic relative (96 % sequence similarity). Sequence similarities of strain SPE 10-1^T to other type strains of this genus were 93–95 %. It is proposed that strain SPE 10-1^T should be classified in the genus Saccharopolyspora as a representative of Saccharopolyspora cebuensis sp. nov. The type strain of Saccharopolyspora cebuensis is SPE 10-1^T (=DSM 45019^T=CIP 109355^T).

The GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of strain SPE 10-1^T is EF030715.

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