Paenibacillus nasutitermitis sp. nov., isolated from a termite gut

• DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.000807
• Publication Date: 2015-11-30T21:48:06Z
• Authors: Xue Min Wang; Shichun Ma; Shu Yan Yang; Rong Peng; Ying Zheng; Hong Yang
• Keywords: Diamino acid; Diaminopimelic acid; Paenibacillus; Strain (injury); Phosphatidylglycerol

A Gram-stain-positive, non-motile, aerobic and terminal-endospore-forming rod-shaped bacterium, strain P5-1T, was isolated from the hindgut of a wood-feeding higher termite, Nasutitermes sp. Phylogenetic analysis 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that closely related to Paenibacillus sepulcri CCM 7311T (97.5 % similarity). Growth observed at 10-40 °C (optimum, 30 °C) pH 5.5-9.0 7.5). The DNA G+C content P5-1T 48.9 mol%. Cells contained menaquinone 7 (MK-7) as sole respiratory quinone major fatty acids were anteiso-C15 : 0 iso-C15 0. cellular polar lipids comprised phosphatidylglycerol, diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, one unidentified phospholipid, glycolipid aminophospholipid. diamino acid cell-wall peptidoglycan meso-diaminopimelic acid. Based on phylogenetic, chemotaxonomic phenotypic data obtained within this study, represents novel species genus Paenibacillus, for which name nasutitermitis nov. is proposed. type ( = CGMCC 1.15178T NBRC 111536T).