RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Suominen, Irmgard A1 Spröer, Cathrin A1 Kämpfer, Peter A1 Rainey, Frederick A. A1 Lounatmaa, Kari A1 Salkinoja-Salonen, MirjaYR 2003 T1 Paenibacillus stellifer sp. nov., a cyclodextrin-producing species isolated from paperboard JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 53 IS 5 SP 1369 OP 1374 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.02277-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB The microflora isolated from food-packaging board is dominated by paenibacilli; a number of these micro-organisms have been characterized using a polyphasic approach. The highest 16S rRNA gene similarity was found between these isolates and Paenibacillus azotofixans ATCC 35681T (97·7 %). The main fatty acid of the paperboard isolates was C16 : 0 (34–45 %); straight-chain fatty acids made up 41–60 % of the total cellular fatty acids, thus distinguishing these strains from other Paenibacillus species. The paperboard isolates produced cyclodextrins from starch. The spore surface had a characteristic ribbed ornamentation. Spores and vegetative cells frequently had pilus-like appendages. Based on phylogenetic data and phenotypic and chemotaxonomic characteristics, it is proposed that the isolates represent a novel species, Paenibacillus stellifer sp. nov., with IS 1T (=DSM 14472T=CCUG 45566T) as the type strain., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.02277-0