Myceligenerans xiligouense gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel hyphae-forming member of the family Promicromonosporaceae.

Strain XLG9A10.2T was isolated from an alkaline salt marsh soil in western China. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis indicated that strain XLG9A10.2T constitutes a distinct lineage within the family Promicromonosporaceae, sharing 94.8-95.1% gene similarity with members of the genus Promicromonospora and 94.4-95.7% similarity with those of Xylanimonas and related genera. The general colony and cell morphology of strain XLG9A10.2T is similar to that of members of Promicromonospora, but differs from members of the genus Xylanimonas in forming a well-developed branching mycelium and production of coccoid spores. Strain XLG9A10.2T shows the peptidoglycan type A4alpha (L-lys<--L-thr<--D-Glu), contains glucose, mannose and galactose as whole cell sugars and has MK-9(H4) and MK-9(H6) as major menaquinones, while phospholipids are phosphatidylglycerol, diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylinositol, three unidentified phospholipids and one unidentified glycolipid. The DNA base composition is 71.9 mol% G+C. On the basis of morphological, chemotaxonomic, metabolic and phylogenetic differences from other species of Promicromonosporaceae, a new genus and species, Myceligenerans xiligouense gen. nov., sp. nov., is proposed. The type strain is XLG9A10.2T (=DSM 15700T=CGMCC 1.3458T.)