RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Nahar, Shamsun A1 Cha, Chang-JunYR 2018 T1 Paenibacillus limicola sp. nov., isolated from tidal flat sediment JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 68 IS 1 SP 423 OP 426 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.002522 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB An aerobic, Gram-staining-variable, rod-shaped, endospore-forming and motile bacterial strain, designated CJ6T, was isolated from a tidal flat on Ganghwa Island, South Korea. The isolate was characterized based on a polyphasic taxonomy approach. Strain CJ6T grew optimally on R2A agar media at 30 °C and pH 7. Phylogenetic analysis based on the 16S rRNA gene sequence revealed that strain CJ6T belonged to the genus Paenibacillus , displaying the highest sequence similarity to Paenibacillus vulneris CCUG 53270T (97.0 %) and clearly defined strain CJ6T as a novel species within the genus. The G+C content of the genomic DNA was 49.9 mol%. The major polar lipid contents of strain CJ6T were phosphatidylmonomethylethanolamine, diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine and unidentified glycolipids. MK-7 was detected as the major respiratory quinone. The dominant fatty acid was anteiso-C15 : 0. Analyses of phylogenetic, phenotypic, biochemical and chemotaxonomic characteristics indicated that strain CJ6T was distinguishable from its closely related type strains. Therefore, strain CJ6T represents a novel species in the genus Paenibacillus , for which name Paenibacillus limicola sp. nov. is proposed; the type strain is CJ6T (=KACC 19303T=JCM 32079T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.002522