Goodfellowia gen. nov., a new genus of the Pseudonocardineae related to Actinoalloteichus, containing Goodfellowia coeruleoviolacea gen. nov., comb. nov.

During the course of a phylogenetic evaluation of Saccharothrix strains held in the AIRS Culture Collection, it was discovered that Saccharothrix coeruleoviolacea NRRL B-24058(T) is unrelated to other species within this genus, and a polyphasic study was undertaken to clarify its taxonomic position. Strain NRRL B-24058(T) is observed to be phylogenetically separate from the genus Saccharothrix and is most closely related to the genus Actinoalloteichus. The strain exhibits chemotaxonomic properties that distinguish it from members of Actinoalloteichus, including a whole-cell sugar pattern consisting of galactose and ribose as diagnostic sugars, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylethanolamine containing 2-OH fatty acids and diphosphaticlylglycerol as the predominant polar lipids and MK-9(H-4) and MK-10(H-4) as the only menaquinones observed. Strain NRRL B-24058(T) is distinct from other taxa within the suborder Pseudonocardineae and a new genus to be named Goodfellowia gen. nov. is proposed. The type species of this new genus is Goodfellowia coeruleoviolacea gen. nov., comb. nov., and the type strain is NRRL B-24058(T) (= DSM 43935(T)= INA 3564(T)=JCM 9110(T) =NBRC 14988(T) = VKM Ac-1083(T)).