Paenibacillus massiliensis RS

Han, Ji-Hye, Joung, Yochan, Kim, Tae-Su, Bae, Jin-Woo, Cha, Chang-Jun, Chun, Jongsik, Im, Wan-Taek, Jahng, Kwang Yeop, Jeon, Che Ok, Joh, Kiseong, Seong, Chi Nam, Yoon, Jung-Hoon, Cho, Jang-Cheon & Kim, Seung Bum, 2015, Report on 24 unrecorded bacterial species of Korea belonging to the phylum Firmicutes, Journal of Species Research 4 (2), pp. 127-136 : 134

Description of Paenibacillus massiliensis RS 5-1

Cells are Gram-staining-negative, flagellated, non-pigmented, and rod­shaped. Colonies are rhizoid, undulate, smooth and white colored after 2 days of incubation on R2A at 30°C. Based on API 20NE, positive for nitrate reduction, but negative for indole production, glucose fermentation, arginine dihydrolase, urease, esculin hydrolysis, gelatinase and β ­galactosidase. D­Mannose and D­mannitol are utilized. Does not utilize D­Glucose, Larabinose, N ­acetyl­glucosamine, D­maltose, potassium gluconate, capric acid, adipic acid, malic acid, trisodium citrate and phenylacetic acid. Strain RS5­1 (= NIBRBA 0000113946) was isolated from ginseng cultivation soil, Anseong, Korea.