title: Paenibacillus ginsengisoli sp. nov., a novel bacterium isolated from soil of a ginseng field in Pocheon Province, South Korea.
abstract: A Gram-positive, aerobic or facultative anaerobic, motile, spore-forming bacterial strain, designated Gsoil 1638T, was isolated from a soil sample of a ginseng field in Pocheon province (South Korea), and was characterized taxonomically by using a polyphasic approach. It grew well on nutrient agar medium, utilized a fairly narrow spectrum of carbon sources and tolerated 10% NaCl. The isolate was positive for catalase and oxidase tests but negative for the degradation of macromolecules such as casein, collagen, starch, chitin, CM-cellulose, xylan and DNA. The G + C content of the genomic DNA was 50.7 mol%. The predominant isoprenoid quinone was menaquinone 7 (MK-7). The major fatty acids were anteiso-C15:0 (44%) and C16:0 (25%). Comparative 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis showed that strain Gsoil 1638T fell within the radiation of the cluster comprising Paenibacillus species and joined Paenibacillus anaericanus DSM 15890T with a bootstrap value of 100%. These two strains shared 99.5% 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity with each other. The phylogenetic distance from any other validly described species within the genus Paenibacillus was less than 96.2%. DNA-DNA relatedness value between strain Gsoil 1638T and its closest phylogenetic neighbor, Paenibacillus anaericanus, was 62%. On the basis of its phenotypic properties and phylogenetic distinctiveness, strain Gsoil 1638T (= KCTC 13931T = LMG 23406T = CCUG 52472T) was classified in the genus Paenibacillus as the type strain of a novel species, for which the name Paenibacillus ginsengisoli sp. nov. is proposed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 373-1, Guseong-dong, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-701, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Myungjin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Leonid N
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Ten
authors.forename: Sang-Hoon
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Baek
authors.forename: Wan-Taek
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Im
authors.forename: Zubair
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Aslam
authors.forename: Sung-Taik
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000332:Aerobiosis; D000693:Anaerobiosis; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001482:Base Composition; D002244:Carbon / Q000378:metabolism; D002374:Catalase / Q000032:analysis; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D016936:Gram-Positive Endospore-Forming Bacteria / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology; D007723:Korea; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009068:Movement; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000032:analysis; D005894:Panax; D010802:Phylogeny; D011809:Quinones / Q000032:analysis; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D012988:Soil Microbiology
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D005227:Fatty Acids; D011809:Quinones; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D002244:Carbon; D010088:Oxidoreductases; D002374:Catalase