title: Paenibacillus (formerly Bacillus) gordonae (Pichinoty et al. 1986) Ash et al. 1994 is a later subjective synonym of Paenibacillus (formerly Bacillus) validus (Nakamura 1984) Ash et al. 1994: emended description of P. validus.
abstract: A polyphasic study in which we performed an amplified ribosomal DNA restriction analysis, sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of whole-cell proteins, a gas chromatographic analysis of methylated fatty acids, pyrolysis mass spectrometry, a random amplified polymorphic DNA analysis, a phenotypic analysis, and an analysis of the levels of DNA binding of Paenibacillus gordonae and Paenibacillus validus strains (including both type strains) showed that these organisms form a homogeneous group and that the names P. gordonae and P. validus are therefore synonyms. P. validus has nomenclatural priority, and an emended description of this species is given; the type strain is strain LMG 11161 (= ATCC 43897).
authors.affiliation: Laboratorium voor Microbiologie, Universiteit Gent, Belgium.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Heyndrickx
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Vandemeulebroecke
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Scheldeman
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hoste
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kersters
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: De Vos
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Logan
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Aziz
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ali
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Berkeley
mesh_terms: D001407:Bacillus / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal