RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Boubetra, Dalila A1 Zitouni, Abdelghani A1 Bouras, Noureddine A1 Schumann, Peter A1 Spröer, Cathrin A1 Klenk, Hans-Peter A1 Sabaou, NasserdineYR 2015 T1 Saccharothrix tamanrassetensis sp. nov., an actinomycete isolated from Saharan soil JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 65 IS Pt_4 SP 1316 OP 1320 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.000104 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB Actinomycete strain SA198T, isolated from a Saharan soil sample of Algeria, was characterized taxonomically by using a polyphasic approach. Chemotaxonomic and morphological characteristics observed suggested that it was a member of the genus Saccharothrix . The 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis confirmed that strain SA198T was a member of the genus Saccharothrix and showed a similarity level ranging between 97.5 and 98.9 % within species of the genus Saccharothrix , Saccharothrix australiensis being the most closely related. However, DNA–DNA hybridization values between strain SA198T and its closest phylogenetic neighbours, the type strains of S. australiensis , Saccharothrix xinjiangensis , Saccharothrix algeriensis and Saccharothrix espanaensis , were clearly below the 70 % threshold. Based upon genotypic and phenotypic differences from other members of the genus, a novel species, Saccharothrix tamanrassetensis sp. nov., is proposed, with SA198T ( = DSM 45947T = CECT 8640T) as the type strain., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.000104