RESUMEN
An actinobacterial strain, designated A5X3R13T, was isolated from a compost soil suspension supplemented with extracellular material from a Micrococcus luteus-culture supernatant. The strain was cultured on tenfold-diluted reasoner's 2A agar. The cells were ovoid-to-rod shaped, non-motile, Gram-stain-positive, oxidase-negative, catalase-positive and had a width of 0.5 µm and a length of 0.8-1.2 µm. The results of both 16S rRNA-based phylogenetic and whole-genome analyses indicate that A5X3R13T forms a distinct lineage within the family Nocardioidaceae (order Propionibacteriales). On the basis of the 16S rRNA gene sequence, A5X3R13T was closely related to Aeromicrobium terrae CC-CFT486T (96.2â%), Nocardioides iriomotensis IR27-S3T (96.2â%), Nocardioides guangzhouensis 130T (95.6â%), Marmoricola caldifontis YIM 730233T (95.5 %), Aeromicrobium alkaliterrae KSL-107T (95.4â%), Aeromicrobium choanae 9H-4T (95.4â%), Aeromicrobium panaciterrae Gsoil 161T (95.3â%), and Nocardioides jensenii NBRC 14755T (95.2â%). The genome had a length of 4â915â757 bp, and its DNA G+C content was 68.5 molâ%. The main fatty acids were 10-methyl C17â:â0, C16â:â0, C15â:â0, C18â:â0, C17â:â0 and iso-C16â:â0. The main polar lipids were phosphatidylglycerol, diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylinositol and two unidentified phospholipids. MK-9(H4) was the predominant respiratory quinone. The peptidoglycan type was A3γ (A41.1) and contained alanine, glycine, glutamic acid and ll-diaminopimelic acid in a molar ratio of 1.2â:â0.9â:â1.0â:â0.8. On the basis of the results of the phylogenetic and phenotypic analyses and comparisons with other members of the family Nocardioidaceae, strain A5X3R13T is proposed to represent a novel species within a novel genus, for which the name Solicola gregarius gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is A5X3R13T (=DSM 112953T=NCCB 100840T).