Gordonia oryzae sp. nov., isolated from rice plant stems (Oryza sativa L.) Muangham, Supattra and Lipun, Kenika and Thamchaipenet, Arinthip and Matsumoto, Atsuko and Duangmal, Kannika,, 69, 1621-1627 (2019), doi = https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.003368, publicationName = Microbiology Society, issn = 1466-5026, abstract= A novel endophytic actinomycete, designated strain RS15-1ST, was isolated from surface-sterilized stems of Oryza sativa L. collected from Sisaket province, Thailand. The colony of strain was strong orange, catalase-positive and oxidase-negative. Growth occurred at a temperature range of 17–37 °C, at pH 4.0–9.0 and in the presence of 0–13 % (w/v) NaCl. Phylogenetic analyses based on the 16S rRNA sequences showed that strain RS15-1ST belonged to the genus Gordonia and was closely related to Gordonia polyisoprenivorans DSM 44302T (98.8 %) and Gordonia rhizosphera DSM 44383T (98.4 %). The major cellular fatty acids were C16 : 0, C18 : 0 10-methyl (tbsa), C16 : 1ω7c/C16 : 1ω6c and C18 : 1ω9c. The menaquinones were MK-9(H2) and MK-8(H2). Strain RS15-1ST contained meso-diaminopimelic acid, arabinose, galactose, mannose and ribose in whole-cell hydrolysates. The polar lipids of the strain were diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylinositol mannosides, an unidentified polar lipid and two unidentified phospholipids. The DNA G+C content was 66.3 mol%. In silico DNA–DNA hybridization of strain RS15-1ST showed 48.3 and 20.5 % relatedness to its closest neighbours, Gordonia polyisoprenivorans DSM 44302T and Gordonia rhizosphera DSM 44383T, respectively. Based on data of genotypic, phenotypic, phylogenetic and chemotaxonomic analysis, strain RS15-1ST represents a novel species of the genus Gordonia , for which the name Gordonia oryzae sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is RS15-1ST (=TBRC 8485T=NBRC 113446T)., language=, type=