Micromonospora wenchangensis sp. nov., isolated from mangrove soil Ren, Jian and Li, Lei and Wei, Bin and Tang, Yi-Li and Deng, Zi-Xin and Sun, Ming and Hong, Kui,, 63, 2389-2395 (2013), doi = https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.045476-0, publicationName = Microbiology Society, issn = 1466-5026, abstract= An actinomycete, strain 2602GPT1-05T, was isolated from a composite mangrove soil sample collected from Wenchang, Hainan province, China. Strain 2602GPT1-05T showed closest 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity to Micromonospora haikouensis 232617T (99.05 %), and phylogenetically clustered with Micromonospora haikouensis 232617T, Micromonospora matsumotoense IMSNU 22003T (98.7 %) and Micromonospora rifamycinica AM105T (98.6 %) based on the 16S rRNA and gyrB gene sequence phylogenetic analysis. The strain harboured meso-DAP and glycine as major cell-wall amino acids, and MK-10(H6) and MK-9(H6) as predominant menaquinones. The characteristic whole-cell sugars were xylose, arabinose, glucose and galactose. The polar lipid profile comprised phosphatidylethanolamine, diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylinositol, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylinositol mannosides, unknown phospholipid and an unknown phosphoglycolipid. The major cellular fatty acids were C18 : 1ω9c, iso-C15 : 0, 10-methyl C18 : 0 (tuberculostearic acid), C16 : 0, C18 : 0 and iso-C16 : 0. The DNA G+C content was 71.7 mol%. Furthermore, some physiological and biochemical properties and low DNA–DNA relatedness values enabled the strain to be differentiated from members of closely related species. On the basis of these phenotypic, genotypic and chemotaxonomic data, strain 2602GPT1-05T represents a novel species of the genus Micromonospora , for which the name Micromonospora wenchangensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is 2602GPT1-05T ( = CCTCC AA 2012002T = DSM 45709T)., language=, type=