sp. nov., isolated from the top soil layer on basaltic material in Turkey.

An actinobacterium, designated 14C53, was isolated from a soil sample on basaltic material from Samsun, Turkey. The growth ranges for NaCl concentration and pH of strain 14C53 were quite limited and the growth temperature range of the strain was 20-37 °C, with an optimum at 28 °C. Phylogenetic analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that strain 14C53 was most closely related to A8036 (98.

sp. nov., isolated from soil.

A novel actinomycete, designated strain HC44, was isolated from a soil sample collected from Hacibektaş, Turkey, and characterized using a polyphasic approach. The strain had morphological characteristics and chemotaxonomic properties identical to those of members of the genus . Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequence comparisons revealed that HC44 clustered with members of the genus and the highest 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity values were obtained with NBRC 13094 (97.

Nonomuraea basaltis sp. nov., a siderophore-producing actinobacteria isolated from surface soil of basaltic parent material.

A Gram-stain-positive, aerobic, spore-forming actinobacterial strain, designated 160415, was isolated from a surface soil sample, which was formed on basaltic parent material, collected from Samsun, Turkey. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain 160415 clustered closely with species of the genus Nonomuraea, and showed the highest sequence similarity to Nonomuraea zeae NEAU-ND5, Nonomuraea candida HMC10 and Nonomuraea turkmeniaca DSM 43926 with 99.1%, 98.

Amycolatopsis cappadoca sp. nov., isolated from soil.

An Amycolatopsis strain, designated AG28, isolated from a soil sample collected from Acıgöl, Kapadokya, Turkey, was examined using a polyphasic taxonomic approach. Phylogenetic analysis based on an almost-complete 16S rRNA gene sequence showed that the strain is closely related to the type strains of Amycolatopsis deserti GY024 (97.1%), Amycolatopsis taiwanensis 0345 M-7 (96.