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Streptomyces yatensis sp. nov., a novel bioactive streptomycete isolated from a New-Caledonian ultramafic soil

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The taxonomic position of an actinomycete isolated from an ultramafic soil in New Caledonia was examined using a polyphasic approach. The organism, which was designated SFOCin 76, was found to have chemical and morphological properties typical of streptomycetes and formed a distinct phyletic line in the Streptomyces violaceusniger clade of the 16S rDNA tree. It also showed a unique pattern of phenotypic properties that distinguished it from representatives of all of the validly described species classified in this clade. It is, therefore, proposed that strain SFOCin 76 be classified in the genus Streptomyces as Streptomyces yatensis sp. nov.

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  1. Laboratoire de Biologie et Physiologie Végétales Appliquées, Université de la Nouvelle-Calédonie, Nouméa, 98847

    Danielle Saintpierre, Hamid Amir & René Pineau

  2. Department of Agricultural and Environmental Science, University of Newcastle, NE1 7RU, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

    Langkah Sembiring & Michael Goodfellow

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Saintpierre, D., Amir, H., Pineau, R. et al. Streptomyces yatensis sp. nov., a novel bioactive streptomycete isolated from a New-Caledonian ultramafic soil. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 83, 21–26 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022906325397

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