Motile Actinomycetes: Actinosynnema pretiosum subsp. pretiosum sp. nov., subsp. nov., and Actinosynnema pretiosum subsp. auranticum subsp. nov.

Three strains of motile nocardioform actinomycetes were isolated from sedge blades. The characteristics of these isolates led us to assign them to the genus Actinosynnema. Accordingly, we propose the following new taxa of Actinosynnema: Actinosynnema pretiosum subsp. pretiosum sp. nov., subsp. nov., containing type strain C-15003(N-1) (= IFO 13726 = FERM-P 3992 = ATCC 31281) and strain C-14919(N-2001) (= IFO 13723 = FERM-P 3991 = ATCC 31280); and Actinosynnema pretiosum subsp. auranticum subsp. nov., with type strain C-14482(N-1001) (= IFO 13725 = FERM-P 4130 = ATCC 31309).