sp. nov., an endophytic actinomycete isolated from aerial parts of .

A novel actinomycete, designated NUM-2625, was isolated as an endophytic bacterium in aerial parts of , an endemic species in the Altai, Himalaya mountain chain area, collected from Khasagt Khairkhan Mountain in Mongolia. The 16S rRNA gene sequence of strain NUM-2625 showed the highest similarity to TT2-10 (99.4 %), KV-744 (99.