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
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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).
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