RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Yang, Zi-Wen A1 Salam, Nimaichand A1 Asem, Mipeshwaree Devi A1 Fang, Bao-Zhu A1 Lan, Liu A1 Xiao, Min A1 Wadaan, Mohammed A. M. A1 Hozzein, Wael N. A1 Li, Wen-JunYR 2018 T1 Saccharopolyspora deserti sp. nov., a novel halotolerant actinobacterium isolated from a desert JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 68 IS 3 SP 860 OP 864 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.002598 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB Strain SYSU D8010T was isolated from a desert sand sample collected in Saudi Arabia. The taxonomic position of the isolate was investigated by the polyphasic taxonomic approach. The isolate was found to be Gram-positive and aerobic. The strain was able to grow at 14–40 °C, pH 5.0–9.0 and in the presence of up to 22 % (w/v) NaCl. Strain SYSU D8010T contained meso-diaminopimelic acid as cell-wall diamino acid, and arabinose, fucose, galactose, glucose and rhamnose as the whole-cell sugars. The primary polar lipids were diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylinositol and phosphatidylinositolmannosides. Menaquinone MK-9(H4) was detected as the respiratory quinone; and anteiso-C17 : 0, iso-C16 : 0, iso-C15 : 0 and iso-C17 : 0 as the predominant fatty acids. Pairwise comparison of the 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that strain SYSU D8010T had a sequence similarity of 97.8 % to Saccharopolyspora halophila YIM 90500T. The genomic DNA G+C content of strain SYSU D8010T was determined to be 69.9 mol%. Based on the analyses of the phenotypic, genotypic and phylogenetic characteristics, strain SYSU D8010T was determined to represent a novel species of the genus Saccharopolyspora , for which the name Saccharopolyspora deserti sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of the species is SYSU D8010T (=KCTC 39989T=CPCC 204620T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.002598