| actinoplanes couchii sp. nov. | a gram-positive bacterium, strain gw8-1761(t), was isolated from soil close to the marmore waterfalls, terni, italy. 16s rrna gene sequence similarity studies showed that strain gw8-1761(t) belonged to the genus actinoplanes, being most closely related to actinoplanes italicus jcm 3165(t) (98.9 %), a. rectilineatus ifo 13941(t) (98.5 %), a. palleronii jcm 7626(t) (97.8 %), a. utahensis ifo 13244(t) (97.6 %) and a. cyaneus dsm 46137(t) (97.6 %). strain gw8-1761(t) could be distinguished from any ... | 2007 | 17392194 |