title: Isolation, taxonomy, and antagonistic properties of halophilic actinomycetes in Saharan soils of Algeria.
abstract: The diversity of a population of 52 halophilic actinomycetes was evaluated by a polyphasic approach, which showed the presence of members of the Actinopolyspora, Nocardiopsis, Saccharomonospora, Streptomonospora, and Saccharopolyspora genera. One strain was considered to be a new member of the last genus, and several other strains seemed to be new species. Furthermore, 50% of strains were active against a broad range of indicators and contained genes encoding polyketide synthetases and nonribosomal peptide synthetases.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Recherche sur les Produits Bioactifs et la Valorisation de la Biomasse, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Kouba, Kouba, Alger, Algeria.
authors.forename: Atika
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Meklat
authors.forename: Nasserdine
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sabaou
authors.forename: Abdelghani
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zitouni
authors.forename: Florence
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mathieu
authors.forename: Ahmed
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lebrihi
mesh_terms: D039903:Actinobacteria / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology; D000462:Algeria; D000898:Antibiosis; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010453:Peptide Synthases / Q000235:genetics; D010802:Phylogeny; D048630:Polyketide Synthases / Q000235:genetics; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012988:Soil Microbiology
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D048630:Polyketide Synthases; D010453:Peptide Synthases; C104385:non-ribosomal peptide synthase