Actinoplanes oblitus sp. nov., producing the glycopeptide antibiotic A477

In 1973, Eli Lilly and Company described the filamentous actinomycete producing the glycopeptide antibiotic A477 as an Actinoplanes species on the basis of its morphological and physiological features and deposited it as NRRL 3884^T. In this paper, we report that the phylogenetic analysis based on the 16S rRNA gene sequence and the whole genome phylogenomic study indicate that NRRL 3884^T forms a distinct monophyletic line within the genus Actinoplanes, being most closely related to Actinoplanes octamycinicus NBRC 14524^T [99.6 % 16S rRNA gene similarity, 89.4 % average nucleotide identity (ANI), 46.0 % digital DNA-DNA hybridization (dDDH)] and Actinoplanes ianthinogenes NBRC 13996^T (98.8 % 16S rRNA gene similarity, 89.0 % ANI, 47.0 % dDDH). NRRL 3884^T forms an extensively branched, non-fragmented vegetative mycelium; either sterile aerial hyphae or regular subglobose sporangia are formed depending on cultivation conditions. The cell wall contains meso-2,6-diaminopimelic acid and 2,6-diamino-3-hydroxypimelic acid and the diagnostic sugars are glucose, mannose and ribose with a minor amount of rhamnose. The predominant menaquinone (MK) is MK-9(H₄), with minor amounts of MK-9(H₂), MK-9(H₆) and MK-9(H₈). Mycolic acids are absent. The diagnostic phospholipids are diphosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylethanolamine. The major cellular fatty acids are anteiso-C_17 : 0, iso-C_16 : 0 and iso-C_15 : 0, with moderate amounts of anteiso-C_15 : 0 and iso-C_17 : 0. The genomic G+C content is 71.5 mol%. Significant differences in the genomic, morphological, chemotaxonomic and biochemical data between NRRL 3884^T and the two most closely related Actinoplanes type strains clearly demonstrate that NRRL 3884^T represents a novel species of the genus Actinoplanes, for which the name Actinoplanes oblitus sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is NRRL 3884^T (=DSM 116196^T).