Streptomyces atacamensis sp. nov., isolated from an extreme hyper-arid soil of 
the Atacama Desert, Chile

Santhanam, Rakesh; Okoro, Chinyere K.; Rong, Xiaoying; Huang, Ying; Bull, Alan T.; Weon, Hang-Yeon; Andrews, Barbara A.; Asenjo, Juan A.; Goodfellow, Michael

doi:10.1099/ijs.0.038463-0

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Streptomyces atacamensis sp. nov., isolated from an extreme hyper-arid soil of the Atacama Desert, Chile

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Santhanam, R., Okoro, C. K., Rong, X., Huang, Y., Bull, A. T., Weon, H.-Y., et al. (2012). Streptomyces atacamensis sp. nov., isolated from an extreme hyper-arid soil of the Atacama Desert, Chile. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 62(11), 2680-2684. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.038463-0.

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The taxonomic position of a Streptomyces strain isolated from an extreme hyper-arid soil sample collected from the Atacama Desert was determined using a polyphasic approach. The strain, isolate C60(T), had chemical and morphological features typical of members of the genus Streptomyces and formed a distinct phyletic line in the Streptomyces 16S rRNA gene tree, together with the type strain of Streptomyces radiopugnans. The two strains were distinguished readily using a combination of phenotypic properties and by a DNA-DNA relatedness value of 23.17 (± 0.95)%. On the basis of these genotypic and phenotypic data, it is proposed that isolate C60(T) (=CGMCC 4.7018(T)=KACC 15492(T)) be classified in the genus Streptomyces as Streptomyces atacamensis sp. nov.