RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Addou, Ammara Nariman A1 Schumann, Peter A1 Spröer, Cathrin A1 Bouanane-Darenfed, Amel A1 Amarouche-Yala, Samia A1 Hacene, Hocine A1 Cayol, Jean-Luc A1 Fardeau, Marie-LaureYR 2013 T1 Melghirimyces thermohalophilus sp. nov., a thermoactinomycete isolated from an Algerian salt lake JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 63 IS Pt_5 SP 1717 OP 1722 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.043760-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A novel filamentous bacterium, designated Nari11AT, was isolated from soil collected from a salt lake named Chott Melghir, located in north-eastern Algeria. The strain is an aerobic, halophilic, thermotolerant, Gram-stain-positive bacterium, growing at NaCl concentrations between 5 and 20 % (w/v) and at 43–60 °C and pH 5.0–10.0. The major fatty acids were iso-C15 : 0, anteiso-C15 : 0 and iso-C17 : 0. The DNA G+C content was 53.4 mol%. ll-Diaminopimelic acid was the diamino acid of the peptidoglycan. The major menaquinone was MK-7, but MK-6 and MK-8 were also present in trace amounts. The polar lipid profile consisted of phosphatidylglycerol, diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylmonomethylethanolamine and three unidentified phospholipids. Results of molecular and phenotypic analyses led to the description of the strain as a novel member to the genus Melghirimyces , family Thermoactinomycetaceae . Strain Nari11AT shows 96.7 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity to the type strain of Melghirimyces algeriensis . On the basis of phenotypic, physiological and phylogenetic data, strain Nari11AT ( = DSM 45514T  = CCUG 60050T) represents the type strain of a novel species, for which the name Melghirimyces thermohalophilus sp. nov. is proposed., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.043760-0