Table 1.
Streptomyces strains isolated from Antarctic soils and used in this study.
| Strain | Sampling site | Sampling year | Closest relatives or cloned sequencesa |
|---|---|---|---|
| So1 | Fildes Peninsula, King George Island | 2014 | Streptomyces sp.17 |
| So13.3 | Fildes Peninsula, King George Island | 2014 | Streptomyces sp.17 |
| Decept/INACH3013 | Fildes Peninsula, King George Island | 2011 | Streptomyces fildesensis 49 |
| So1C | Fildes Peninsula, King George Island (25 de Mayo) (ASPA #125) | 2014 | Streptomyces thermospinosisporus 17 |
| So5.1 | Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands (ASPA #126) | 2014 | Streptomyces sp.17 |
| So64.7 | Ardley Island, Maxwell Bay, King George Island (25 de Mayo) (ASPA #150) | 2014 | Streptomyces fildesensis 17 |
| So64.6 | Ardley Island, Maxwell Bay, King George Island (25 de Mayo) (ASPA #150) | 2014 | Streptomyces beijiangensis 17 |
| So3.2 | Coppermine Peninsula, Robert Island, South Shetland Islands (ASPA #112) | 2016 | Streptomyces luridus 95 |
aBased on partial sequencing of 16S rRNA and comparison with those present in GenBank database from NCBI by using BLASTN (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/blast) as previously described17,49.
ASPA: Antarctic Special Protected Area.