%0 Journal Article %A Mayilraj, S. %A Suresh, K. %A Schumann, P. %A Kroppenstedt, R. M. %A Saini, H. S. %T Agrococcus lahaulensis sp. nov., isolated from a cold desert of the Indian Himalayas %D 2006 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 56 %N 8 %P 1807-1810 %@ 1466-5034 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.64247-0 %I Microbiology Society, %X The taxonomic position of a lemon-yellow-pigmented actinobacterium, strain K22-21T, isolated from a soil sample from Lahaul-Spiti Valley in the Indian Himalayas, was determined using a polyphasic approach. The strain had phenotypic and chemical properties that were consistent with its classification in the genus Agrococcus. Alignment of the 16S rRNA gene sequence of strain K22-21T with sequences from Agrococcus jenensis DSM 9580T, Agrococcus baldri DSM 14215T and Agrococcus citreus DSM 12453T revealed similarities of 98.5, 96.8 and 96.6 %, respectively. However, the level of DNA–DNA relatedness between strain K22-21T and A. jenensis was 55.1 %. The novel strain could be distinguished from type strains of the three species of the genus Agrococcus using DNA–DNA relatedness and phenotypic data. Based on these differences, strain K22-21T (=MTCC 7154T=DSM 17612T) should be classified as the type strain of a novel species of Agrococcus, for which the name Agrococcus lahaulensis sp. nov. is proposed. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.64247-0