RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Tang, Shu-Kun A1 Wang, Yun A1 Zhang, Hua A1 Lee, Jae-Chan A1 Lou, Kai A1 Kim, Chang-Jin A1 Li, Wen-JunYR 2010 T1 Haloechinothrix alba gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic, filamentous actinomycete of the suborder Pseudonocardineae JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 60 IS 9 SP 2154 OP 2158 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.018531-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A novel halophilic, filamentous actinomycete strain, designated YIM 93221T, was isolated from a salt lake in Xinjiang province, north-west China, and subjected to a polyphasic taxonomic characterization. The isolate grew with 9–23 % (w/v) NaCl and did not grow without NaCl. The isolate formed spiny aerial mycelium and did not form spores at maturity. The isolate contained meso-diaminopimelic acid as the diagnostic diamino acid and glucose, glucosamine, mannose and an unknown sugar as the major whole-cell sugars. The phospholipids were diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylinositol, phosphatidylinositol mannosides and an unknown phospholipid. MK-8(H4) was the predominant menaquinone. The major fatty acid was iso-C16 : 0. The DNA G+C content was 68.1 mol%. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that strain YIM 93221T formed a distinct lineage within the suborder Pseudonocardineae and showed 91.9–94.8 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity with members of the suborder Pseudonocardineae. On the basis of the evidence from this polyphasic study, a novel genus and species, Haloechinothrix alba gen. nov., sp. nov., are proposed. The type strain of Haloechinothrix alba is YIM 93221T (=DSM 45207T =CCTCC AB 208140T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.018531-0