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To identify the prevalence and geographic distribution of aerobic actinomycetes in soil of Qazvin province, a study was carried out during 2006-2007. In this study, the incidence and diversity of medically important aerobic actinomycetes was determined in 300 soil samples of different parts of Qazvin. The suspensions of superficial soil samples were prepared by adding of normal saline, streptomycin and chloramphenicol and the supernatants were cultured on brain-heart infusion agar and Sabouraud's dextrose agar contain cycloheximide. The isolated microorganisms were examined by Gram and acid-fast stains and were identified biochemically and morphologically. Of 96 aerobic actinomycetes isolates identified,\n                    <jats:italic>Actinomadura madurae<\/jats:italic>\n                    and\n                    <jats:italic>Streptomyces somaliensis<\/jats:italic>\n                    were the most frequently isolated species each representing 19.8% of isolates, followed by\n                    <jats:italic>Nocardia asteroides<\/jats:italic>\n                    (15.6%),\n                    <jats:italic>N<\/jats:italic>\n                    .\n                    <jats:italic>otitidiscaviarum<\/jats:italic>\n                    (9.4%),\n                    <jats:italic>N<\/jats:italic>\n                    .\n                    <jats:italic>brasiliensis<\/jats:italic>\n                    (7.3%)\n                    <jats:italic>, A<\/jats:italic>\n                    .\n                    <jats:italic>peletieri<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>S<\/jats:italic>\n                    .\n                    <jats:italic>griseus<\/jats:italic>\n                    , and\n                    <jats:italic>Nocardia<\/jats:italic>\n                    spp. (each 5.2%), and\n                    <jats:italic>N<\/jats:italic>\n                    .\n                    <jats:italic>transvalensis, Nocardiopsis dassonvillei<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>Actinomadura<\/jats:italic>\n                    spp. and\n                    <jats:italic>Streptomyces<\/jats:italic>\n                    spp. (each 3.1%). To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report on epidemiological investigation of medically important aerobic actinomycetes in soil samples from Iran. In recent years, mycetoma and nocardiosis have been increasingly reported in Iran. The results showed that medically important actinomycetes occur in the environment of Iran and soil could be potential source of actinomycotic infections.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.2174\/1874285800903010053","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2009,4,28]],"date-time":"2009-04-28T12:51:07Z","timestamp":1240923067000},"page":"53-57","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.2174\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":35,"title":["Isolation and Characterization of Medically Important Aerobic Actinomycetes in Soil of Iran (2006 - 2007)"],"prefix":"10.2174","volume":"3","author":[{"given":"Mohammad Reza","family":"Aghamirian","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Seyed Amir","family":"Ghiasian","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"965","reference":[{"key":"refR1","unstructured":"Anonymous. 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