Strain Jing01T, a novel actinomycete from rhizosphere soil of Cathaya argyrophylla, was identified using a polyphasic approach. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis of strain Jing01T revealed that it was a member of the genus Streptomyces and shared 99.03%, 99.03%, 98.96%, 98.89%, 98.83%, 98.82%, 98.76%, 98.74%, 98.73%, 98.69% and 98.68% similarities to Streptomyces rochei NRRL B-2410T, Streptomyces naganishii NBRC 12892T, Streptomyces rubradiris JCM 4955T, Streptomyces anandii NRRL B-3590T, Streptomyces aurantiogriseus NBRC 12842T, Streptomyces mutabilis NBRC 12800T, Streptomyces rameus LMG 20326T, Streptomyces djakartensis NBRC 15409T, Streptomyces bangladeshensis JCM 14924T, Streptomyces andamanensis KCTC 29502T and Streptomyces tuirus NBRC 15617T, respectively. In phylogenetic trees constructed based on 16S rRNA gene sequences, strain Jing01T generated a separate branch at the middle of the clade, suggesting it could be a potential novel species. In phylogenomic tree, strain Jing01T was related to S. rubradiris JCM 4955T. In phylogenetic trees based on the gene sequences of atpD, gyrB, recA, rpoB and trpB, strain Jing01T was related to S. bangladeshensis JCM 14924T and S. rubradiris JCM 4955T. Whereas, the multilocus sequence analysis distance, average nucleotide identity and DNA-DNA hybridization values between them were much less than the species-level thresholds. This conclusion was further supported by phenotypic and chemotaxonomic analysis. Consequently, strain Jing01T represents a new Streptomyces species, for which the proposed name is Streptomyces argyrophyllae sp. nov. The type strain is Jing01T (= MCCC 1K05707T = JCM 35923T).
Keywords: Cathaya argyrophylla; New species; Polyphasic taxonomy; Streptomyces argyrophyllae.
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