%0 Journal Article %A Farris, M. Heath %A Duffy, Carol %A Findlay, Robert H. %A Olson, Julie B. %T Streptomyces scopuliridis sp. nov., a bacteriocin-producing soil streptomycete %D 2011 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 61 %N 9 %P 2112-2116 %@ 1466-5034 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.023192-0 %I Microbiology Society, %X Actinomycete strain RB72T was isolated from woodland bluff soil in northern Alabama, USA, and shown to produce a broad spectrum bacteriocin. Based on morphological and chemotaxonomic characteristics, the strain was determined to belong to the genus Streptomyces. Phylogenetic analysis of the near-complete 16S rRNA gene sequence indicated that it differed from those of the described streptomycetes available in public databases. The distinctive white aerial hyphae and lack of sporulation suggest a deficiency in the whi pathway of the organism. A combination of substrate utilization patterns, morphological and chemotaxonomic characteristics and DNA–DNA hybridization results supported the affiliation of strain RB72T to the genus Streptomyces and enabled the genotypic and phenotypic differentiation of strain RB72T from closely related reference strains. Strain RB72T therefore represents a novel species of the genus Streptomyces, for which the name Streptomyces scopuliridis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is RB72T ( = DSM 41917T  = NRRL B-24574T). %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.023192-0