RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Santhanam, Rakesh A1 Okoro, Chinyere K. A1 Rong, Xiaoying A1 Huang, Ying A1 Bull, Alan T. A1 Weon, Hang-Yeon A1 Andrews, Barbara A. A1 Asenjo, Juan A. A1 Goodfellow, MichaelYR 2012 T1 Streptomyces atacamensis sp. nov., isolated from an extreme hyper-arid soil of the Atacama Desert, Chile JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 62 IS Pt_11 SP 2680 OP 2684 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.038463-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB 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 C60T, 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 C60T ( = CGMCC 4.7018T = KACC 15492T) be classified in the genus Streptomyces as Streptomyces atacamensis sp. nov., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.038463-0