African Journal of
Microbiology Research

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Microbiol. Res.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1996-0808
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJMR
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 5238

Full Length Research Paper

Streptomyces sannurensis sp. nov., a new alkaliphilic member of the genus Streptomyces isolated from Wadi Sannur in Egypt

  Wael N. Hozzein1,2*, Mohammed I. A. Ali3, Ola Hammouda2, Ahmed S. Mousa2 and Michael Goodfellow 4
  1Chair of Advanced Proteomics and Cytomics Research, Zoology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 2Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt. 3Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt. 4School of Biology, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK.
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  •  Accepted: 19 April 2011
  •  Published: 04 June 2011

Abstract

 

The taxonomic position of an actinomycete isolated from a soil sample collected from Wadi Sannur in Egypt was established using a polyphasic approach. The isolate, which was designated WS 51T, was shown to have chemical and morphological properties typical of streptomycetes. An almost complete 16S rDNAgene sequence of the strain was generated and compared with corresponding sequences of representative streptomycetes. The resultant data confirmed the classification of the strain in the genusStreptomyces but also showed that it formed a distinct phyletic line within the 16S rDNAStreptomyces gene tree. The organism was most closely associated to the type strains of Streptomyces hygroscopicusStreptomyces malaysiensis and Streptomyces yatensis but was readily separated from them using a range of phenotypic properties.  It is proposed that strain WS 51T (= CCTCC 001032T = DSM 41834T) be classified in the genus Streptomyces as Streptomyces sannurensis sp. nov.

 

Key words: Streptomyces sannurensis sp. nov., polyphasic taxonomy, alkaliphilic streptomycete.