nocardioides iriomotensis sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from a forest soil. | an actinomycete strain, ir27-s3(t), was isolated from a forest soil sample collected from iriomote island, okinawa, japan, and was examined by a polyphasic taxonomic approach. cells of the isolate were gram-positive, aerobic, non-sporulating, non-motile, and coccoid or short rod-shaped. the strain grew in the presence of 0-7% (w/v) nacl, between ph 6-8, and over a temperature range of 12-37°c, with optimum growth at 30°c. chemotaxonomically, it contained ll-diaminopimelic acid as the diagnostic ... | 2010 | 20935090 |