RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Zhang, Yong-Guang A1 Lu, Xin-Hua A1 Ding, Yan-Bo A1 Wang, Su-Juan A1 Zhou, Xing-Kui A1 Wang, Hong-Fei A1 Guo, Jian-Wei A1 Liu, Yong-Hong A1 Duan, Yan-Qing A1 Li, Wen-JunYR 2016 T1 Lipingzhangella halophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Nocardiopsaceae JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 66 IS 10 SP 4071 OP 4076 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.001312 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB An alkaliphilic and halophilic actinomycete strain, designated EGI 80537T, was isolated from a saline-alkali soil sample of Xinjiang, north-west China and subjected to a taxonomic characterization using a polyphasic approach. Strain EGI 80537T formed reticulate long aerial hyphae. Whole-cell hydrolysates of the isolate contained meso-diaminopimelic acid as the cell-wall diamino acid and mannose as the diagnostic sugar. The major fatty acids identified were iso-C16 : 0, anteiso-C17 : 0 and 10-methyl-C18 : 0 (TBSA). The predominant menaquinones detected were MK-10(H8) and MK-10(H6). The G+C content of the genomic DNA of strain EGI 80537T was 67.6 mol%. Strain EGI 80537T showed the highest 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity to Allosalinactinospora lopnorensis CA15-2T (96.7 %). Phylogenetic analysis showed that strain EGI 80537T clustered with the members of the family Nocardiopsaceae . Based on phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and phylogenetic characteristics, strain EGI 80537T represents a novel species of a new genus in the family Nocardiopsaceae, for which the name Lipingzhangella halophila gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of the type species is EGI 80537T(=CGMCC 4.7224T= DSM 102030T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.001312