sp. nov., isolated from riverside soil.

An actinobacterial strain designated MMS20-HV4-12, displaying a high hydrolytic potential for various substrates, was isolated from a riverside soil sample and characterized by polyphasic taxonomic analysis. Growth occurred at 10-37 °C (optimum, 30°C), with NaCl concentrations of 0-4 % (optimum, 0 %) and at pH 7-9 (optimum, pH 8). MMS20-HV4-12 was catalase-positive, oxidase-negative, rod-shaped and formed creamy white-coloured colonies.

sp. nov. and sp. nov., two new endophytic bacterial species isolated from plant roots.

Two Gram-positive, endospore-forming, rod-shaped bacterial strains designated MWE-103 and DLE-14 were isolated from plant roots. The 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis indicated that strain MWE-103 was closely related to SY01 with a sequence similarity of 97.82 %, and strain DLE-14 to IZS3-5 with 99.