Paenibacillus mendelii sp. nov., a bacterium from surface-sterilized seeds of Pisum sativum L.
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| Year of publication | 2005 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology |
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| Web | http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/55/6/2351 |
| Field | Microbiology, virology |
| Keywords | Paenibacillus mendelii; new taxa; 16S rRNA; DNA-DNA hybridization |
| Description | A Gram-variable, facultatively anaerobic, endospore-forming bacterium was isolated from surface-sterilized seeds of the garden pea and characterized with phenotypic and molecular methods. A PCR with the Paenibacillus-specific primer PAEN515F and the 16S rRNA gene sequence indicated that strain C/2T belongs to the genus Paenibacillus and is closely related to Paenibacillus phyllosphaerae (94,0 % sequence similarity). Strain C/2T generated a unique phenotypic profile, in particular for the production of acid from substrates. The DNA G+C content (50,8 mol%) and the major fatty acid (anteiso-C15 : 0) are consistent with the genus Paenibacillus. DNA-DNA hybridization distinguished strain C/2T from other phylogenetically related Paenibacillus species and, therefore, strain C/2T (=CCM 4839T=LMG 23002T) is here described as the type strain of a novel species, for which the name Paenibacillus mendelii sp. nov. is proposed. |
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