Allokutzneria multivorans sp. nov., an actinomycete isolated from soil
An actinomycete with well-branched mycelia, designated strain YIM 120521T, was isolated from soil collected from the banks of the Nujiang River, Yunnan Province, south-west China. Both aerial and substrate mycelia were white and non-pigmented. Growth was observed at 4–40 °C (optimum 28 °C), pH 6.0–9.0 (optimum 7.0) and in 0–4 % (w/v) NaCl (optimum 0 %). Analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequence revealed that strain YIM 120521T belongs to the genus Allokutzneria with the highest sequence similarity to Allokutzneria albata DSM 44149T (98.4 %). However, the mean DNA–DNA relatedness value between the two strains was below 70 %. Chemotaxonomic characteristics supported the inclusion of strain YIM 120521T in the genus Allokutzneria , with rhamnose, arabinose, glucose, galactose and mannose as the whole-cell sugars, meso-diaminopimelic acid as the cell-wall diamino acid and MK-9(H4) as the predominant menaquinone. On the basis of physiological, biochemical and chemotaxonomic characteristics, strain YIM 120521T is considered to represent a novel species of the genus Allokutzneria , for which the name Allokutzneria multivorans sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is YIM 120521T ( = JCM 17342T = DSM 45532T).