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A novel endogenous actinobacteria strain, designated TRM 66187T, was isolated from Lycium ruthenicum sampled at Alar, Xinjiang, Northwest PR China, and characterized using a polyphasic taxonomic approach. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences affiliated strain TRM 66187T with the genus Streptomyces. The whole-cell sugar pattern of TRM 66187T consisted of galactose, glucose and ribose. The predominant menaquinones were MK-9(H4) and MK-9(H6). Major cellular fatty acids were iso-C14:0, iso-C15:0, anteiso-C15:0 and anteiso-C16:0. The detected polar lipids were diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylinositol, phosphatidylinositol mannoside and two unidentified polar lipids. The G+C content of strain TRM 66187T was 71.8 mol%. Results of phylogenetic analysis showed that strain TRM 66187T had 98.48% 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity to the closest described species Streptomyces qinglanensis DSM 42035T. The average nucleotide identity value between strain TRM 66187T and the closest related strain Streptomyces qinglanensis DSM 42035T was calculated to be 77.2%. The digital DNA-DNA hybridization value between them was 22.4%. Multilocus sequence analyses based on five housekeeping genes (atpD, gyrB, recA, rpoB and trpB) also indicated that strain TRM 66187T should be assigned to the genus Streptomyces. On the basis of evidence from this polyphasic study, strain TRM 66187T should be designated as representing a novel species of the genus Streptomyces, for which the name Streptomyces lycii sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is TRM 66187T (=LMG 31493T=CCTCC AA 2018094T).