“…The family Pseudonocardiaceae was emended by Stackebrandt et al [1] on the basis of the 16S rDNA sequencebased phylogenetic clustering and the proposal of the family-speci¢c signature nucleotides, and currently encompasses 14 genera, which are divided into two groups according to a cell wall type. Members belonging to a cell wall type IV contain eight genera, the genera Actinopolyspora, Amycolatopsis, Kibdelosporangium, Pseudonocardia, Saccharomonospora, Saccharopolyspora [1], Actinobispora [2,3], and Actinokineospora [4,5], whereas the other group having a cell wall type III comprises six genera, the genera Actinosynnema, Kutzneria, Lentzea, Saccharothrix, Streptoalloteichus, and Thermocrispum [1]. The family Pseudonocardiaceae phylogenetically forms a distinct lineage within the radiation of the class Actinobacteria and belongs to the suborder Pseudonocardineae of the order Actinomycetales [1].…”