| actinomadura apis sp. nov., isolated from a honey bee (apis mellifera) hive in thailand and the reclassification of actinomadura cremea subsp. rifamycini gauze et al. 1987 as actinomadura rifamycini (gauze et al. 1987) sp. nov., comb. nov. | a gram-positive aerobic actinomycete, designated strain im17-1(t), was isolated from a honey bee (apis mellifera) hive collected from chiang mai province, thailand. this strain formed a branched substrate mycelium and the mature aerial mycelium bore short chains of arthrospores with warty surfaces. the cell wall contained meso-2,6-diaminopimelic acid (type iii) and the whole cell sugars were fucose, galactose, glucose, madurose, mannose and ribose. the major isoprenoid quinone was hexahydrogenat ... | 2010 | 20952541 |