title: Paenibacillus camelliae sp. nov., isolated from fermented leaves of Camellia sinensis.
abstract: A novel bacterium, strain blls-2(T) was isolated from Pu'er tea. The isolate was Gram-positive, endospore-forming motile rod that grew at 15 approximately 42 degrees C and pH 6.0 approximately 10.2. The DNA G+C content was 48.3 mol%, the predominant isoprenoid quinone was MK-7, and the predominant cellular fatty acid was anteiso-C15:0 (54.2%) followed by C16:0 (15.5%) and iso-C16:0 (8.2%). The polar lipid pattern of blls-2(T) was characterized by the presence of diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, and phosphatidylglycerol. Phy-logenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequence showed that the strain was affiliated within the Paenibacillaceae. The strain was most closely related to Paenibacillus granivorans A30(T), with a similarity of 97.1%. Based on the phylogenetic and phenotypic characteristics of strain blls-2(T), the isolate is thought to represent a novel taxon in the genus Paenibacillus. The name Paenibacillus camelliae sp. nov. is proposed for the fermented tea isolate; the type strain is blls-2(T) (= KCTC 13220(T)= CECT 7361(T)).
authors.affiliation: Biological Resources Center, KRIBB, Daejeon 305-806, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Hyun-Woo
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.forename: Byung-Chun
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Kang Hyun
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Do Young
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Doo-Sang
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Hee-Moon
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Kyung Sook
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Bae
mesh_terms: D001482:Base Composition; D028241:Camellia sinensis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000382:microbiology*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D005285:Fermentation; D016937:Gram-Positive Endospore-Forming Rods / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000378:metabolism / Q000382:microbiology*; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S