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Actinopolyspora algeriensis sp. nov., a novel halophilic actinomycete isolated from a Saharan soil

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A halophilic actinomycete strain designated H19T, was isolated from a Saharan soil in the Bamendil region (Ouargla province, South Algeria) and was characterized taxonomically by using a polyphasic approach. The morphological and chemotaxonomic characteristics of the strain were consistent with those of members of the genus Actinopolyspora, and 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis confirmed that strain H19T was a novel species of the genus Actinopolyspora. DNA–DNA hybridization value between strain H19T and the nearest Actinopolyspora species, A. halophila, was clearly below the 70 % threshold. The genotypic and phenotypic data showed that the organism represents a novel species of the genus Actinopolyspora for which the name Actinopolyspora algeriensis sp. nov. is proposed, with the type strain H19T (= DSM 45476T = CCUG 62415T).

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Acknowledgments

We would like to gratefully acknowledge the help of Gabriele Pötter (DSMZ) for growing A. algeriensis cultures and for assistance with chemotaxonomical analyses and Bettina Sträubler for assistance with DNA–DNA hybridizations.

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  1. Laboratoire de Biologie des Systèmes Microbiens (LBSM), Ecole Normale Supérieure de Kouba, B.P. 92, 16 050, Kouba, Alger, Algeria

    Atika Meklat, Noureddine Bouras, Abdelghani Zitouni & Nasserdine Sabaou

  2. Laboratoire de Génie Chimique; UMR 5503 (CNRS/INPT/UPS), Université de Toulouse; INPT-ENSAT, 1 Avenue de l’Agrobiopole, BP 32607, Auzeville Tolosane, 31326, Castanet-Tolosan, France

    Florence Mathieu & Ahmed Lebrihi

  3. Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Inhoffenstraße 7B, 38124, Braunschweig, Germany

    Peter Schumann, Cathrin Spröer & Hans-Peter Klenk

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Meklat, A., Bouras, N., Zitouni, A. et al. Actinopolyspora algeriensis sp. nov., a novel halophilic actinomycete isolated from a Saharan soil. Extremophiles 16, 771–776 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00792-012-0473-9

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