RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Guan, Tong-Wei A1 Xia, Zhan-Feng A1 Tang, Shu-Kun A1 Wu, Nan A1 Chen, Zheng-Jun A1 Huang, Ying A1 Ruan, Ji-Sheng A1 Li, Wen-Jun A1 Zhang, Li-LiYR 2012 T1 Amycolatopsis salitolerans sp. nov., a filamentous actinomycete isolated from a hypersaline habitat JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 62 IS 1 SP 23 OP 27 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.030031-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A novel actinomycete strain, designated TRM F103T, was isolated from a hypersaline habitat of the Tarim basin in Xinjiang province, north-west China. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that the isolate belonged to the genus Amycolatopsis and was most closely related to Amycolatopsis halophila YIM 93223T (99.3 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity). However, DNA–DNA relatedness between these two strains, based on triplicate experiments, was only 31.6 %. The isolate contained meso-diaminopimelic acid and ribose, glucose and galactose as the major whole-cell sugars. The predominant menaquinone was MK-8(H4). The major fatty acids were iso-C16 : 0 and C16 : 0. The polar lipids were diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylmethylethanolamine, phosphatidylethanolamine and glucosamine-containing phospholipids. The G+C content of the genomic DNA was 66.4 mol%. The phenotypic data clearly distinguished the isolate from its closest relatives. The combined phylogenetic, chemotaxonomic and phenotypic data indicate that the isolate represents a novel species of the genus Amycolatopsis. The proposed name is Amycolatopsis salitolerans sp. nov., with TRM F103T ( = JCM 15899T = CCTCC AB 208326T) as the type strain., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.030031-0