RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Luo, Xiao-xia A1 Kai, Liang A1 Wang, Yang A1 Wan, Chuan-xing A1 Zhang, Li-LiYR 2017 T1 Streptomyces luteus sp. nov., an actinomycete isolated from soil JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 67 IS 3 SP 543 OP 547 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.001611 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A Streptomyces -like strain, designated TRM 45540T, was isolated from soil of the Loulan area (89° 22′ 22″ E 40° 29′ 55″ N), Xinjiang Province, north-west China, and was characterized taxonomically by using a polyphasic study. Phylogenetic analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequence revealed that strain TRM 45540T shared 99.87 % similarity with Streptomyces mutabilis NBRC 12800T (GenBank accession number AB184156). The strain was aerobic, Gram-stain-positive, with an optimum NaCl concentration for growth of 5 % (w/v). The isolate formed white aerial mycelium that was long filamentous with few branches; the substrate mycelium possessed long, smooth-surfaced spore chains bearing smooth spores and produced a yellow diffusible pigment. The strain contained iso-C16 : 0, anteiso-C15 : 0, anteiso-C17 : 0 and C16 : 0 as major cellular fatty acids. The predominant menaquinones of the strain were MK-9(H6), MK-9(H4) and MK-9(H10). The whole-cell sugar pattern contained glucose and ribose. The polar lipid pattern of the strain consisted of phosphatidylethanolamine, diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphotidylinositol, phosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylinositolmannosides. Genotypic and phenotypic data confirmed that strain TRM 45540T represents a novel species, clearly different from related species of the genus Streptomyces, and for which the name Streptomyces luteus (type strain TRM 45540T=CCTCC AA 2014003T=NRRL B-59117T) is proposed., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.001611