title: Paenibacillus chinjuensis sp. nov., a novel exopolysaccharide-producing bacterium.
abstract: A novel exopolysaccharide-producing bacterium (WN9T) was isolated from Chinju, Korea, and was identified as a member of the genus Paenibacillus on the basis of phenotypic characteristics and phylogenetic inference based on 16S rDNA sequence. This organism is a facultatively anaerobic, endospore-forming rod. The diamino acid found in the peptidoglycan is meso-diaminopimelic acid. The predominant menaquinone is MK-7. The major cellular fatty acid is anteiso-C15:0. The G+C content is 53 mol%. The phylogenetic tree shows that strain WN9T falls within the radiation of a cluster comprising the Paenibacillus species. The levels of 16S rDNA similarity between strain WN9T and the type strains of validly described Paenibacillus species are 92.1-95.8%. Strain WN9T is clearly distinguishable from some phylogenetically related Paenibacillus species on the basis of DNA-DNA relatedness data and phenotypic characters. Therefore, on the basis of these data, a novel species of the genus Paenibacillus, Paenibacillus chinjuensis sp. nov., is proposed. The type strain is strain WN9T (= KCTC 8951PT = JCM 10939T).
authors.forename: Jung-Hoon
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Yoon
authors.forename: Weon-Taek
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Seo
authors.forename: Yong Kook
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: Yung Hee
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Kho
authors.forename: Kook Hee
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Yong-Ha
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: D000693:Anaerobiosis; D001407:Bacillus / Q000145:classification / Q000378:metabolism; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry; D003960:Diaminopimelic Acid / Q000032:analysis; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis; D016937:Gram-Positive Endospore-Forming Rods / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D007723:Korea; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010457:Peptidoglycan / Q000737:chemistry; D010802:Phylogeny; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000737:chemistry; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D024482:Vitamin K 2 / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D005227:Fatty Acids; D010457:Peptidoglycan; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D024482:Vitamin K 2; D003960:Diaminopimelic Acid