| amycolatopsis kentuckyensis sp. nov., amycolatopsis lexingtonensis sp. nov. and amycolatopsis pretoriensis sp. nov., isolated from equine placentas. | actinomycete strains isolated from lesions on equine placentas from two horses in kentucky and one in south africa were subjected to a polyphasic taxonomic study. chemotaxonomic and morphological characteristics indicated that the isolates are members of the genus amycolatopsis: on the basis of phylogenetic analysis of 16s rdna sequences, the isolates are related most closely to amycolatopsis mediterranei. physiological characteristics of these strains indicated that they do not belong to a. med ... | 2003 | 13130055 |