Paenibacillus endophyticus

Kang, Heeyoung, Kim, Haneul, Bae, Jin-Woo, Lee, Soon Dong, Kim, Wonyong, Kim, Myung Kyum, Cha, Chang-Jun, Yi, Hana, Im, Wan-Taek, Kim, Seung Bum & Joh, Chi Nam Seong and Kiseong, 2019, A report of 38 unrecorded bacterial species in Korea within the classes Bacilli and Deinococci isolated from various sources, Journal of Species Research 8 (2), pp. 176-190 : 184

Description of Paenibacillus endophyticus 17J76-8

Cells are Gram-stain-positive and rod-shaped. Colonies are irregular, flat, undulate, and cream colored after incubation for four days on R2 A at 25℃. Oxidase activity is positive. Aesculin is hydrolyzed. Enzyme activity for arginine dihydrolase, urease, and β -galactosidase is positive. Enzyme activity for gelatinase is negative. D-Glucose, L-arabinose, D-mannose, D-mannitol, N -acetyl-glucosamine, D-maltose, potassium gluconate, and malic acid are assimilated. Capric acid, adipic acid, trisodium citrate, and phenylacetic acid are not assimilated. Nitrate is not reduced to nitrite. Indole is not produced and glucose is not fermented. Strain 17J76-8 (= NIBRBAC000501346) was isolated from a soil sample, Jeju, Republic of Korea (33°27 ʹ 33.6 ʺ N 126°56 ʹ 32.1 ʺ E) .