Streptomyces coacervatus sp. nov., isolated from the intestinal tract of Armadillidium vulgare
A Gram-staining-positive bacterium, designated AS-0823T, which formed spiral spore chains on the aerial mycelium, was isolated from the intestinal tract of Armadillidium vulgare, a small terrestrial crustacean commonly found on the ground around houses in Japan. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis showed that the isolate belonged to the genus Streptomyces and was most closely related to Streptomyces longisporus ISP 5166T (98.6 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity), Streptomyces curacoi NBRC 12761T (98.4 %) and Streptomyces griseoruber NBRC 12873T (98.4 %). The affiliation of strain AS-0823T to the genus Streptomyces was supported by chemotaxonomic data: iso-C16 : 0, anteiso-C15 : 0, C16 : 0, iso-C15 : 0 and anteiso-C17 : 0 as the major cellular fatty acids, ll-diaminopimelic acid as the characteristic diamino acid in the peptidoglycan and the absence of mycolic acids. DNA–DNA hybridization and physiological and biochemical analysis supported the differentiation of strain AS-0823T from S. longisporus JCM 4395T. Therefore, strain AS-0823T represents a novel species, for which the name Streptomyces coacervatus sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is AS-0823T ( = IFM 11055T = DSM 41983T = JCM 17138T).