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Streptomyces deserti sp. nov., isolated from hyper-arid Atacama Desert soil.
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek - 1 Mar 2012
Santhanam Rakesh, Okoro Chinyere K, Rong Xiaoying, Huang Ying, Bull Alan T, Andrews Barbara A, Asenjo Juan A, Weon Hang-Yeon, Goodfellow Michael
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The taxonomic position of a Streptomyces strain isolated from a hyper-arid desert soil was established using a polyphasic approach. The organism had chemical and morphological properties typical of the genus Streptomyces and formed a phyletic line at the periphery of the Streptomyces coeruleorubidus subcluster in the 16S rRNA gene tree. DNA:DNA relatedness values between the isolate and its nearest phylogenetic...
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