%0 Journal Article %A Zhao, Guo-Zhen %A Li, Jie %A Huang, Hai-Yu %A Zhu, Wen-Yong %A Park, Dong-Jin %A Kim, Chang-Jin %A Xu, Li-Hua %A Li, Wen-Jun %T Pseudonocardia kunmingensis sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from surface-sterilized roots of Artemisia annua L. %D 2011 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 61 %N 9 %P 2292-2297 %@ 1466-5034 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.027607-0 %I Microbiology Society, %X A Gram-positive, aerobic, actinobacterial strain with rod-shaped spores, designated YIM 63158T, was isolated from the surface-sterilized roots of Artemisia annua L. collected from Yunnan province, south-west China. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain YIM 63158T belonged to the genus Pseudonocardia. The closest neighbours were ‘Pseudonocardia sichuanensis’ KLBMP 1115 (99.9 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity), Pseudonocardia adelaidensis EUM 221T (99.1 %) and Pseudonocardia zijingensis DSM 44774T (98.8 %); sequence similarities to other members of the genus Pseudonocardia ranged from 98.6 to 94.4 %. The chemotaxonomic characteristics, such as the cell-wall diaminopimelic acid, whole-cell sugars, fatty acid components and major menaquinones, suggested that the isolate belonged to the genus Pseudonocardia. The G+C content of the genomic DNA was 73.3 mol%. On the basis of physiological, biochemical and chemotaxonomic data, including low DNA–DNA relatedness between the isolate and other members of the genus Pseudonocardia, it is proposed that strain YIM 63158T represents a novel species in this genus, with the name Pseudonocardia kunmingensis sp. nov. The type strain is YIM 63158T ( = DSM 45301T  = CCTCC AA 208081T). %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.027607-0