Taxonomic properties of five Kitasatosporia strains isolated by a new method

Y Takahashi; Y Seki; Y Iwai; S Omura

Taxonomic properties of five Kitasatosporia strains isolated by a new method

Kitasato Arch Exp Med. 1991 Sep;64(2-3):123-32.

Authors

Y Takahashi¹, Y Seki, Y Iwai, S Omura

Affiliation

¹ Kitasato Institute and School of Pharmaceutical Science, Kitasato University, Tokyo, Japan.

PMID: 1811110

Abstract

Kitasatosporia strains were found to be resistant to an antibiotic, novobiocin. By a new method using novobiocin-containing agar medium, five Kitasatosporia strains, SK-3255, OM-5023, SK-3406, SK-3412 and SK-3421 were efficiently isolated from soils. These five strains were characterized in common by Rectiflexibiles, spores cylindrical with smooth surfaces, and no melanin formation. Two strains, SK-3255 and OM-5023 were taxonomically different from known species of the genus Kitasatosporia, while the two strains, SK-3406 and SK-3412 and the remaining strains SK-3421 were identified with K. phosalacinea and K. papulosa, respectively.

Publication types

Comparative Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Actinomycetales / classification*
Actinomycetales / drug effects
Actinomycetales / isolation & purification
Actinomycetales / metabolism
Actinomycetales / ultrastructure
Bacteriological Techniques
Drug Resistance, Microbial
Japan
Soil Microbiology*
Species Specificity