title: Paenibacillus cellulositrophicus sp. nov., a cellulolytic bacterium from Thai soil.
abstract: A cellulolytic bacterium, strain P2-1(T), isolated from soil in Thailand, was characterized using a taxonomic approach based on phenotypic and chemotaxonomic characteristics and the 16S rRNA gene sequence. The novel strain was Gram-positive, facultatively anaerobic, spore-forming and rod-shaped. It contained meso-diaminopimelic as the diagnostic diamino acid in the cell-wall peptidoglycan. The DNA G+C content was 52.7 mol%. The major isoprenoid quinone was MK-7. Anteiso-C(15 : 0) and iso-C(16 : 0) were the dominant cellular fatty acids. Phylogenetic analyses using the 16S rRNA gene sequence showed that the novel strain was affiliated to the genus Paenibacillus. Strain P2-1(T) was closely related to Paenibacillus cineris KCTC 3998(T), P. favisporus KCTC 3910(T) and P. rhizosphaerae KCTC 13015(T) with 96.3-96.5 % gene sequence similarity. DNA-DNA relatedness, physiological characteristics and some biochemical characteristics clearly distinguished strain P2-1(T) from related species of the genus Paenibacillus. Therefore, strain P2-1(T) represents a novel species of the genus Paenibacillus, for which the name Paenibacillus cellulositrophicus sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is P2-1(T) (=KCTC 13135(T)=PCU 305(T)=TISTR 1888(T)).
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand.
authors.forename: Ancharida
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Akaracharanya
authors.forename: Wanlapa
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lorliam
authors.forename: Somboon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tanasupawat
authors.forename: Keun Chul
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Jung-Sook
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D002482:Cellulose / Q000378:metabolism*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D056507:Paenibacillus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism*; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D013785:Thailand
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D005227:Fatty Acids; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D002482:Cellulose