title: Paenibacillus aceris sp. nov., isolated from the rhizosphere of Acer okamotoanum, a plant native to Ulleungdo Island, Republic of Korea.
abstract: Strain KUDC4121Twas isolated from the rhizosphere of Acer okamotoanum, a plant native to the Korean island of Ulleungdo. The strain was a Gram-stain-positive, non-spore-forming, non-motile, rod-shaped bacterium that can grow at 18-37 °C and pH 6.0-7.5, with optimum growth at 30 °C and pH 7.0. It grew on tryptic soy agar containing less than 0.5 % (w/v) NaCl and in R2A broth. Cell length ranged from 2.0 to 2.5 µm. Strain KUDC4121Twas oxidase- and catalase-positive and did not hydrolyse starch or casein. The genomic G+C content was 48.8 mol%. The major fatty acids were anteiso-C15 : 0 and iso-C16 : 0. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that strain KUDC4121Tbelongs to the genus Paenibacillus. The closest type strain was Paenibacillus chondroitinus DSM 5051T, with 97.8 % similarity, followed by Paenibacillus alginolyticus DSM 5050T(97.6 %), Paenibacillus ferrarius CY1T(97.5 %), Paenibacillus pocheonensis Gsoil 1138T(97.5 %), Paenibacillus frigoriresistens YIM 016T(97.5 %), Paenibacillus pectinilyticus RCB-08T(97.2 %) and Paenibacillus aestuarii CJ25T(96.9 %). Based on its phenotypic properties and phylogenetic and genetic data, strain KUDC4121Tshould be considered to represent a novel species of the genus Paenibacillus, for which the name Paenibacillus aceris sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is KUDC4121T(=KCTC 13870T=DSM 24950T).
authors.affiliation: Republic of Korea School of Life Sciences, BK21 Plus KNU Creative BioResearch Group and Research Institute for Dok-do and Ulleung-do Island, Kyungpook National University, 80 Daehakro, Bukgu, Daegu 41566, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Ye-Ji
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.affiliation: Republic of Korea School of Life Sciences, BK21 Plus KNU Creative BioResearch Group and Research Institute for Dok-do and Ulleung-do Island, Kyungpook National University, 80 Daehakro, Bukgu, Daegu 41566, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Sa-Youl
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Ghim
mesh_terms: D031002:Acer / Q000382:microbiology*; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000737:chemistry; D062312:Islands; D056507:Paenibacillus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D056910:Republic of Korea; D058441:Rhizosphere; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012988:Soil Microbiology
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D005227:Fatty Acids; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
keywords: Paenibacillus; Paenibacillus acervicinus; Ulleungdo Island; rhizosphere