RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Lim, Jee-Min A1 Jeon, Che Ok A1 Lee, Jae-Chan A1 Xu, Li-Hua A1 Jiang, Cheng-Lin A1 Kim, Chang-JinYR 2006 T1 Paenibacillus gansuensis sp. nov., isolated from desert soil of Gansu Province in China JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 56 IS 9 SP 2131 OP 2134 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.64210-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A Gram-positive, endospore-forming, rod-shaped bacterium, designated strain B518T, was isolated from a desert-soil sample from Gansu Province in China. The isolate was strictly aerobic and was motile by means of several flagella. The strain grew optimally at 35–40 °C and at pH 7.0–7.5. The predominant fatty acids of strain B518T were anteiso-C15 : 0, C16 : 0, anteiso-C17 : 0, iso-C16 : 0 and iso-C15 : 0. The G+C content of the genomic DNA was 50 mol% and the predominant quinone was MK-7. Comparative 16S rRNA gene sequence analyses showed that strain B518T formed a distinct phyletic line within the genus Paenibacillus and was most closely related to Paenibacillus chitinolyticus IFO 15660T, with a 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity of 95.8 %. The levels of 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity with respect to other type strains of Paenibacillus species were below 95.1 %. On the basis of the chemotaxonomic data and molecular properties, strain B518T represents a novel species within the genus Paenibacillus, for which the name Paenibacillus gansuensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is B518T (=KCTC 3950T=DSM 16968T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.64210-0