Paenibacillus humicus sp nov., isolated from poultry litter compost

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2007

Authors

Ivone Vaz Moreira (Author) FEUP; Catia Faria (Author) Other; Fernanda F Nobre (Author) Other; Peter Schumann (Author) Other; Olga C Nunes (Author) FEUP; Celia M Manaia (Author) Other

Journal

Title: International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Vol. 57 No. 7

Pages: 2267-2271

ISSN: 1466-5026

Publisher: Microbiology Society

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Scientific classification

CORDIS: Natural sciences > Biological sciences > Biology > Microbiology ; Technological sciences > Engineering > Chemical engineering

FOS: Natural sciences > Biological sciences

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-004-763

DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.65124-0

Abstract (EN): Two bacterial strains, PC-142 and PC-147(T), isolated from poultry litter compost, were characterized with respect to their phenetic and phylogenetic characteristics. The isolates were enclospore-forming rods that were reddish in colour after Gram staining. They were catalaseand oxidase-positive, were able to degrade starch and gelatin and grew at 15-40 degrees C and pH 5.5-10.0. The predominant fatty acids were anteiso-C-15:0, iso-C-15:0 and iso-C-16:0, the major respiratory quinone was menaquinone MK-7, the cell-wall pepticloglycan was of the Ally type and the G + C content of the DNA was 58 mol%. The 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis and phenetic characterization indicated that these organisms belong to the genus Paenibacillus, with Paenibaciflus pasadenensis SAFN-007(T) as the closest phylogenetic neighbour (97.5%). Strains PC-142, PC-147(T) and P. pasadenensis SAFN-007(T) represent a novel lineage within the genus Paenibacillus, characterized by a high DNA G + C content (58-63 mol%). The low levels of 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity with respect to other taxa with validly published names and the identification of distinctive phenetic features in the two isolates indicate that strains PC-142 and PC-147(T) represent a novel species of the genus Paenibacillus, for which the name Paenibacillus humicus sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is PC-147(T) (=DSM 18784(T) =NBRC 102415(T) =LMG 23886(T)).

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 5