Name: Actinopolyspora xinjiangensis Guan et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: xin.ji.ang.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. xinjiangensis, referring to xinjiang, a region of China, from where the type strain was isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCTCC AA 209080; DSM 46732; KCTC 19656; TRM 40136

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: GU479394 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Guan TW, Liu Y, Zhao K, Xia ZF, Zhang XP, Zhang LL. Actinopolyspora xinjiangensis sp. nov., a novel exteremely halophilic actinomycete isolated from a salt lake in Xinjiang, China. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2010; 98:447-453.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 137. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1-3.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • See also: Publication: Hamedi J, Mohammadipanah F, Ventosa A. Systematic and biotechnological aspects of halophilic and halotolerant actinomycetes. Extremophiles 2013; 17:1-13.
  • The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007.

Parent taxon: Actinopolyspora Gochnauer et al. 1975 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Guan TW, Liu Y, Zhao K, Xia ZF, Zhang XP, Zhang LL. Actinopolyspora xinjiangensis sp. nov., a novel exteremely halophilic actinomycete isolated from a salt lake in Xinjiang, China. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2010; 98:447-453.

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