Genome analysis reveals that Nocardiopsis baichengensis Li et al. 2006 is a later heterotypic synonym of Nocardiopsis halophila Al-Tai and Ruan 1994 Author Zhang, Xiao-Tong Author Salam, Nimaichand Author Xiao, Min Author Asem, Mipeshwaree Devi Author Li, Wen-Jun text International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2020 2020-01-01 70 1 89 92 http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.003721 journal article 20665 10.1099/ijsem.0.003721 405ad849-36b6-4b6a-a1b4-309bd876ffe2 1466-5034 6048676

Table 3. Comparative characteristics of the type strains of Nocardiopsis halophila and Nocardiopsis baichengensis

Characteristic	Nocardiopsis halophila IQ-H3 T (=DSM 44494 T )	Nocardiopsis baichengensis YIM 90130
*DPG, diphosphotidylglycerol; PC, phosphotidylcholine; PE, phosphatidylethanoamine; PI, phosphatidylinositol; PIM, phosphatidylinositolmannoside; PME, phosphatidylmethylethanolamine
Colony pigmentation	White	White
Spore chains	Long	Long
Temperature range for growth (Ǫ C)	15 – 36	20 – 50
Optimal temperature for growth (Ǫ C)	30	37 – 40
NaCl range for growth (%)	3 – 20	0 – 18
Optimum NaCl concentration (%)	5 – 15	5 – 8
Utilization of sole carbon sources Arabinose
Fructose Galactose Glucose Inositol	+ + + +	+ + + +
Maltose Mannitol	+ +	– +
Mannose Raffinose	+ +	+ +
Rhamnose Ribose Sucrose Xylose	+ + + +	– + + +
	+	–
Hydrolysis of: Starch	–	–
Urea Diagnostic amino acids	+ meso -DAP	– meso -DAP
Major quinone (>10 %)	MK-10(H6, H8)	MK-10(H2, H4, H6),
Major polar lipids*	DPG, PC, PG, PI, PME	MK-9(H4) DPG, PC, PE, PG, PI, PIM, PME
References	[3, 9, 10]	[3]