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Nonomuraea terrinata sp. nov., a novel soil actinomycete

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The taxonomic position of a soil isolate, strain E626, was evaluated using the polyphasic approach. The organism was found to have chemical and morphological features consistent with its assignment to the genus Nonomuraea, a member of the family Streptosporangiaceae. Strain E626 consistently formed a distinct phyletic line within the Streptosporangiaceae 16S rDNA tree using four different algorithms. Furthermore, the taxonomic distinctness of the organism is underpinned by a range of phenotypic properties, notably morphological features. It is, therefore, proposed that the organism be classified in the genus Nonomuraea as Nonomuraea terrinata sp. nov.

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    Erika Quintana, Luis Maldonado & Michael Goodfellow

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Quintana, E., Maldonado, L. & Goodfellow, M. Nonomuraea terrinata sp. nov., a novel soil actinomycete. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 84, 1–6 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1024474719786

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