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SaccharomonosporaRANK: GenusTAXONOMY: Bacteria -> Terrabacteria group -> Actinobacteria -> Actinobacteria -> Pseudonocardiales -> Pseudonocardiaceae -> Saccharomonospora OVERVIEW: Gram-stain-positive, aerobic, and chemo-organotrophic. Produces single or paired spores on aerial hyphae. Spores may be formed on substrate mycelium. The aerial mycelium can be white, yellow-white, green, or light to dark blue; green pigmentation may also occur on the vegetative mycelium and diffuse into the surrounding medium. Substrate mycelia are rarely fragmented. Spores in pairs or short chains on vegetative or aerial hyphae are occasionally present. The cell wall contains meso-diaminopimelic acid (meso-DAP), and the sugars arabinose and galactose (wall chemotype IV). Mycolic acids are absent. Major amounts of iso- and anteiso-fatty acids are found; the main menaquinone is MK-9(H4). The diagnostic phospholipid is phosphatidylethanolamine (phospholipid type II), but some species may also contain glucosamine-containing phospholipids (type IV). Mesophilic or thermophilic; growth occurs between 24 and 60°C, and at neutral pH. NaCl may be required for growth. Isolated from soil, lake sediments, marsh soil, peat, manure, compost, and overheated fodder. DNA G+C content (mol%): 68–74. Type species: Saccharomonospora viridis
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