Add to ORKGActinomycetes 1992 Vol.3, Part 3 45-50 A SPORANGIATE ACTINOMYCETE WITH UNUSUAL MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES: STREPTOSPORANGIUM CLAVIFORME SP. NOV. B. PETROLINI, S. QUARONI, P. SARDI, M. SARACCHI and N. ANDRIOLLO * Code Number: AC92010 Sizes of Files: Text: 16K Graphics: Photos (jpg) 139K / Halftones (gif) 426K ABSTRACT. A sporangiate actinomycete (strain DI = IPV 2852 = NCB 1160), isolated from decomposed leaf litter of Betula alba using an Andersen sampler connected to a sedimentation chamber, was studied. On the basis of its morphological features and cell wall composition, it was placed in the genus Streptosporangium. This organism is believed to belong to a new s.pecies, Streptosporangium claviforme, because of its characteristic production o...