RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Hozzein, Wael N. A1 Goodfellow, MichaelYR 2008 T1 Nocardiopsis arabia sp. nov., a halotolerant actinomycete isolated from a sand-dune soil JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 58 IS 11 SP 2520 OP 2524 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.65014-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB The taxonomic status of an unknown actinomycete isolated from a sand-dune soil was established using a polyphasic approach. Isolate S186T had chemotaxonomic and morphological properties consistent with its classification in the genus Nocardiopsis, grew on agar plates at NaCl concentrations of up to 15 % (w/v) and formed a distinct phyletic line in the Nocardiopsis 16S rRNA gene sequence tree. Its closest phylogenetic neighbours were Nocardiopsis chromatogenes, Nocardiopsis composta, Nocardiopsis gilva and Nocardiopsis trehalosi, with sequence similarity to the various type strains of 96.9 %, but it was readily distinguished from the type strains of these and related species using a range of phenotypic properties. It is apparent from the genotypic and phenotypic data that strain S186T belongs to a novel species of the genus Nocardiopsis, for which the name Nocardiopsis arabia sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is S186T (=CGMCC 4.2057T =DSM 45083T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.65014-0