@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-49-1-239, author = "Tcherpakov, Marianna and Ben-Jacob, Eshel and Gutnick, David L.", title = "Paenibacillus dendritiformis sp. nov., proposal for a new pattern-forming species and its localization within a phylogenetic cluster", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "1999", volume = "49", number = "1", pages = "239-246", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-49-1-239", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-49-1-239", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", keywords = "pattern formation", keywords = "Paenibacillus dendritiformis sp. nov.", keywords = "chiral morphology", keywords = "tip-splitting", abstract = "A new strain capable of forming distinctive patterns during colony development was identified by using a combination of phenotypic characterization, fatty acid analysis and analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequence. The strain formed either a branched, tip-splitting colony morphology (referred to as the T morphotype) or a chiral pattern exhibiting thinner branches with distinctive curling patterns (referred to as the C morphotype). Isolates of the T morphotype exhibited sequence identities greater than 97% to Paenibacillus thiaminolyticus JCM 7540. Phylogenetic analysis placed the T morphotype within the Paenibacillus cluster on a phylogenetic tree. On the basis of unique colony morphology and distinctive phenotypic characteristics, it is proposed that the pattern-forming isolates should be placed within a new species of Paenibacillus, Paenibacillus dendritiformis sp. nov., the type strain of which is T168T(= 30A1T).", }