A new genus of Actinomycetales: Cathayosporangium alboflavum gen.nov., sp. nov.

Actinomycetes, Volume VI, Number 1, 1995 A New Genus of Actinomycetales : Cathayosporangium alboflavum gen. nov., sp. nov. H. Runmao, L. Junying and Y. Guozhu Code Number: AC95004 Size of Files: Text: 13K Graphics: Photo (jpg) - 49K / Haltones (gif) - 33.8K Abstract. A new aerobic mesophilic genus of Actinomycetales, Cathayosporangium, is described. The microorganism produces a filamentous growth which is differentiated into a vegetative mycelium and an aerial mycelium. Cathayosporangium strains are characterised by the formation of globose sporangia at the end of sporangiophores of various lengths borne on aerial hyphae, with each sporangium containing a single zoospore. Cell wall contains meso-diaminopimelic acid, asparagine and glutamine. Madurose, galactose, glucose and ribose are the sugars detected in whole cell hydrolysates. The type species of the new genus is Cathayosporangium alboflavum (type strain NA 945112 = ATCC 51497). Copyright 1995 CEC