Genome analysis reveals that Nocardiopsis baichengensis Li et al. 2006 is a later heterotypic synonym of Nocardiopsis halophila Al-Tai and Ruan 1994

A genome-based phylogeny of the publicly available genomes of the genus Nocardiopsis reveals tha Nocardiopsis baichengensis YIM 90130 T is closely related to Nocardiopsis halophila DSM 44494 T . Overall genome relatedness indices between the genomes of the two species were above the threshold values necessary for defining a new species (dDDH, 82.9 %; ANIb, 97.8 %; ANIm, 98.3 %; AAI, 97.7 %). Both species showed a similar G+C content of 73.6 mol% in their genomes. Considering the high similarity between the genomes of the two species, we propose tha Nocardiopsisbaichengesis Li et al . 2006 should be reclassified as a later heterotypic synonym of Nocardiopsis halophila Al-Tai and Ruan 1994.