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Verrucosispora andamanensis sp. nov., isolated from a marine sponge
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Date Issued
November 1, 2013
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Abstract
An actinomycete strain, SP03-05T, was isolated from a marine sponge sample (Xestospongia sp.) collected from Phuket Province of Thailand. The strain was aerobic, Gram-stain-positive and produced single spores at the tips of the substrate mycelium. Strain SP03-05T contained mesodiaminopimelic acid in the peptidoglycan; whole-cell sugars were arabinose, galactose, glucose, rhamnose, ribose and xylose. The polar lipid profile of strain SP03-05T consisted of phosphatidylethanolamine, diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylinositol, phosphatidylinositol mannosides and unknown polar lipids. Morphological and chemotaxonomic characteristics of the strain identified it as a member of the family Micromonosporaceae. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed similarity of the strain to Verrucosispora lutea YIM 013T (96.90 %), Verrucosispora sediminis MS426T (96.90 %), Verrucosispora gifhornensis DSM 44337T (96.80 %), Verrucosispora maris AB-18-032T (96.80 %) and Verrucosispora qiuiae RtIII47T (95.40 %). The DNA G+C content was 72.4 mol %. The phenotypic, genotypic and DNA-DNA hybridization results supported the classification of this strain as a representative of a novel species in the genus Verrucosispora, for which the name Verrucosispora andamanensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is SP03-05T (5BCC 45620T5NBRC 109075T). © 2013 IUMS.
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International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 63(PART 11), 3970-3974, 2013